Hand-held devices for learners

[Christopher Manning]

You'd really want to have confirmed that said elder's eyesight was good 
before recommending any of these devices with 2.5-3.5" screens, I would think!

If you skip the internet you could do a Palm Tungsten E2 for $200.

Chris.


On 8/15/2006 5:44 AM, Claire Bowern wrote:
> Hi Andrea,
> I have a Dell Axim from about 3 years ago. It can do all of the things 
> you mentioned. Audio recording and playback is good sampling-rate-wise 
> (anything from 11,000 Hz to 44,100), but the speakers and microphone are 
> so bad that there's not much point, really! It has a 3.5" screen. I have 
> trouble viewing pdfs on it because I'm always scrolling around the 
> screen, but words docs and images are fine. It allows compact flash card 
> storage. I have a 1 gig card and that's more than enough. Disadvantages 
> are that it's on the expensive end, it's on the large and heavy size 
> (maybe more recent models are better) and various things like a wireless 
> card usually have to be bought separately. I bought mine as an 
> alternative to taking a computer to the field and it worked very well 
> for that. Incidentally, I think if I bought a new one (which I guess I 
> will eventually) I would probably buy a Palm of some sort. There seems 
> to be a bit more flexibility with the software for a start.
> Claire
> 
> Andrea Berez wrote:
>> Hi Claire, and others
>> She didn't say what "inexpensive" means, but I would assume that 
>> USD300 would be a reasonable target.
>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised if Palm Pilots or Pocket PC's came to 
>> everyone's minds, too; can anyone recommend specific models?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Andrea
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ***********************
>> Andrea Berez
>> Research Assistant
>> The LINGUIST List
>> andrea at linguistlist.org
>> ***********************
>>
>> On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Claire Bowern wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Andrea,
>>> What sort of price range is "inexpensive"? Most of the things I can 
>>> think of are at least US$200 - Palm Pilot or PocketPC PDA sort of 
>>> things. Is that the sort of thing your friend is looking for?
>>> Claire
>>>
>>> Andrea Berez wrote:
>>>> Hello List,
>>>> A friend of mine is working with an elder in her community to learn 
>>>> her heritage language, and has asked for a recommendation for a 
>>>> hand-held device with the following features (in order of priority, 
>>>> high to low):
>>>>
>>>> 1. Inexpensive
>>>> 2. For viewing Word documents, pdfs, and images of scanned paper 
>>>> materials
>>>> 3. Capable of "handling audio" (she wasn't more specific than this; 
>>>> I assume she means mp3 playback or the like, but she may mean 
>>>> low-quality recording as well)
>>>> 4. Internet capable
>>>>
>>>> If you can suggest such a device, I would be much obliged. Remember, 
>>>> it's not necessarily for fieldwork, but rather for convenience.
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Andrea Berez
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ***********************
>>>> Andrea Berez
>>>> Research Assistant
>>>> The LINGUIST List
>>>> andrea at linguistlist.org
>>>> ***********************
>>>>
>>>
>>
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