I have 8 Inch Android 2.2 ( includes flash 10.1 ) Tablets/pads <a href="mailto:davidchristensen42@gmail.com">davidchristensen42@gmail.com</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:58 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-request@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-request@kwlug.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I have 8 inch Android 2.2 Tablets <a href="mailto:davidchristensen42@gmail.com">davidchristensen42@gmail.com</a><br>
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> 1. Re: Palm replacement? Android pad? (Kyle Spaans)<br>
> 2. Re: Palm replacement? Android pad? (Insurance Squared Inc.)<br>
> 3. Re: Speech to text (Paul Nijjar)<br>
> 4. Re: Speech to text (Paul Nijjar)<br>
> 5. Re: Palm replacement? Android pad? (<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>)<br>
> 6. Re: Palm replacement? Android pad? (Khalid Baheyeldin)<br>
> 7. Re: Palm replacement? Android pad? (John Kerr)<br>
> 8. Re: Palm replacement? Android pad? (<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>)<br>
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> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:30:33 -0500<br>
> From: Kyle Spaans <<a href="mailto:3lucid@gmail.com">3lucid@gmail.com</a>><br>
> To: KWLUG discussion <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Palm replacement? Android pad?<br>
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> Wasn't there a guy at one of the meetings selling Androids and Android<br>
> based<br>
> "pads"/tablets? His name was David Christensen, I have his business card.<br>
> :D<br>
> Hopefully he's on the mailing list? I remember he quoted something that was<br>
> better than what you'd get from a reseller online.<br>
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> Message: 3<br>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:36:22 -0500<br>
> From: Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>><br>
> To: KWLUG discussion <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Speech to text<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20110216023622.GD22586@pirg.uwaterloo.ca">20110216023622.GD22586@pirg.uwaterloo.ca</a>><br>
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> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:58:19AM -0500, Kiwi Ssennyonjo wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > I have clients, doctors that need to find options.<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> > They have all mentioned Dragon, and how they have not ha much luck<br>
> > with it.<br>
><br>
> I lurk on a list populated by doctors, and they use Dragon and a<br>
> medical version of Dragon. The medical version has a medical<br>
> vocabulary and thus may require less training.<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately Dragon is the leader in this field. There is nothing in<br>
> the FLOSS world that compares. There is CMU Sphinx:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">http://cmusphinx.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
><br>
> but it is no competition. (Since Dragon bought Macspeech I am not sure<br>
> there is even any real competition in the proprietary world!) You can<br>
> apparently make Dragon run in Ubuntu, but I think this is outside the<br>
> scope of the discussion:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=19919" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=19919</a><br>
><br>
> If you don't want to go with Dragon then your options are to use a<br>
> transcription service (which gets into big privacy concerns for<br>
> medical doctors if they are in the States), typing, or handwriting<br>
> recognition. Here is a thread about these options:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=24535787" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=24535787</a><br>
><br>
> Many of the people on this mailing list are open source zealots, so if<br>
> there was good competition for Dragon I am sure that the issue would<br>
> have come up. Unfortunately it has not.<br>
><br>
> - Paul<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> <a href="http://pnijjar.freeshell.org" target="_blank">http://pnijjar.freeshell.org</a><br>
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> Message: 4<br>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:38:05 -0500<br>
> From: Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>><br>
> To: KWLUG discussion <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Speech to text<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:20110216023805.GE22586@pirg.uwaterloo.ca">20110216023805.GE22586@pirg.uwaterloo.ca</a>><br>
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> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:06:01PM -0500, <a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Are there not voice to text apps / devices out there? e.g. (Smart) Phones<br>
> > recording voice memos that get downloaded as text, or is it still aways<br>
> > downloaded as an audio file, and something on the computer has to do the<br>
> > translation?<br>
><br>
> There is an iPad/iPhone Dragon app that sends the voice data to an<br>
> offsite server for processing. Apparently it works well, but this is<br>
> again problematic for doctors because of the privacy<br>
> issues/legislation.<br>
><br>
> - Paul<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> <a href="http://pnijjar.freeshell.org" target="_blank">http://pnijjar.freeshell.org</a><br>
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> Message: 5<br>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:49:39 -0500<br>
> From: <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>><br>
> To: KWLUG discussion <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Palm replacement? Android pad?<br>
> Message-ID: <<a href="mailto:9923a7c336c334fbde132a21d62f63d0@swiz.ca">9923a7c336c334fbde132a21d62f63d0@swiz.ca</a>><br>
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> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:26 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > With an Android device, your contacts and Calendars are synched<br>
> > automatically,<br>
> > over WiFi.<br>
><br>
> Sync's to what? Google?<br>
><br>
> John - what apps does she use on the Palm?<br>
><br>
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> Message: 6<br>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:14:18 -0500<br>
> From: Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
> To: KWLUG discussion <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Palm replacement? Android pad?<br>
> Message-ID:<br>
> <<a href="mailto:AANLkTin3hnw2UJ-drPX2Dxa0CakJBciRT2EL6X2sCyET@mail.gmail.com">AANLkTin3hnw2UJ-drPX2Dxa0CakJBciRT2EL6X2sCyET@mail.gmail.com</a>><br>
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> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:49 PM, <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:26 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
> > wrote:<br>
> > > With an Android device, your contacts and Calendars are synched<br>
> > > automatically,<br>
> > > over WiFi.<br>
> ><br>
> > Sync's to what? Google?<br>
> ><br>
><br>
> Yes.<br>
><br>
> Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts have built-in apps on Android.<br>
><br>
> You have your own copy on the device, and it syncs over Wifi (or over<br>
> 2G/3G) automatically.<br>
><br>
> No cables needed.<br>
> --<br>
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br>
> <a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br>
> <a href="http://2bits.com" target="_blank">http://2bits.com</a><br>
> Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.<br>
> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. -- Edsger W.Dijkstra<br>
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> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:15:37 -0800 (PST)<br>
> From: John Kerr <<a href="mailto:jkerr0102@rogers.com">jkerr0102@rogers.com</a>><br>
> To: KWLUG discussion <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
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> Hi<br>
><br>
> Mary just uses her palm for a calendar and contacts database.<br>
><br>
> John<br>
><br>
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> --- On Wed, 2/16/11, <a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a> <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: <a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a> <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>><br>
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Palm replacement? Android pad?<br>
> To: "KWLUG discussion" <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 3:49 AM<br>
><br>
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:26 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > With an Android device, your contacts and Calendars are synched<br>
> > automatically,<br>
> > over WiFi.<br>
><br>
> Sync's to what? Google?<br>
><br>
> John - what apps does she use on the Palm?<br>
><br>
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> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:14:18 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:49 PM, <<a href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:59:26 -0500, Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com">kb@2bits.com</a>><br>
> >> wrote:<br>
> >> > With an Android device, your contacts and Calendars are synched<br>
> >> > automatically,<br>
> >> > over WiFi.<br>
> >><br>
> >> Sync's to what? Google?<br>
> >><br>
> ><br>
> > Yes.<br>
> ><br>
> > Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts have built-in apps on<br>
> Android.<br>
> ><br>
> > You have your own copy on the device, and it syncs over Wifi (or over<br>
> > 2G/3G) automatically.<br>
> ><br>
> > No cables needed.<br>
><br>
> Pity.<br>
><br>
> Google is a poor app compared to the richness of the Palm apps, let alone<br>
> korganizer, etc. I'll do everything I can to delay switching, if I can, if<br>
> that's all there is.<br>
><br>
> John - you might see if Mary is happy with what Google provides in terms<br>
> of functionality / copy her data in. If nothing else, you get a backup, and<br>
> multi-point access. Until you get an Android, that is.<br>
><br>
><br>
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:50:07 -0500<br>
From: Bob Jonkman <<a href="mailto:bjonkman@sobac.com">bjonkman@sobac.com</a>><br>
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+1 for Bump The Queue<br>
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--Bob.<br>
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On 11-02-16 02:29 PM, Paul Nijjar wrote:<br>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 02:20:37PM -0500, Chris Bruner wrote:<br>
>> I've just nominated LibreOffice. They currently have a challenge for<br>
>> 50,000 euros in the next 33 days. I wonder if we could rearrange the<br>
>> floss fund queue in order to accommodate them.<br>
> This is just my opinion, but I think that sets a bad precedent.<br>
> However, nothing stops KWLUG from raising money in a separate<br>
> initiative for next month. I will put a mention in the meeting<br>
> announcement.<br>
><br>
> If many others feel strongly that we should bump the queue then we can do<br>
> so.<br>
><br>
> - Paul<br>
><br>
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