hello all, I had introduced myself in my previous email regarding gnopernicus. for those who did not read it. I am a new member from Mumbai. my name is Krishnakant Mane and I am totally blind. I have done research from IIT mumbai and now own a software firm. basically I am posting this email to inform all that I am developing a talking book reader. it is a device which can be carried in the pocket and can be attached to any scanner. once the printed matter is scanned the ocr software will convert it into text document or word document. then the device can be detached and the blind person can read those scanned documents any time any where. we are using all free software including ocr softwares etc. the device will be running gnu with linux kernel booting from a USB pen drive. however I have certain issues regarding the system. I also want to make this a community project so more and more people can benifit. I am not putting all the details in this email, but those who will be interested in contrubuting to this project can email me personally on researchbase@gmail.com or krmane@gmail.com as an alternative. right now the major problem is to create a small linux kernel that can have only sufficient modules to boot from a pen drive and support sound. please send me private emails if any one would be interested to assist. thanking all Krishnakant.