On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:57 AM, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Sameer et al, > > I want to clarify a little on item #6 below. > > I wasn't suggesting Braille specifically. All I know is that there is a > school in Addis Ababa with 20 - 30 visually impaired kids who have XOs. > They asked if we have any software which would be useful for them. > > It could be anything (text to speech, braille, something else). I got > several responses on the accessibility list for ideas. > > Unfortunately, I can't be the lead person coordinating this. I can make > an occasional suggestion and help get you in touch with the school in > Ethiopia if/when you have some software available.
I can't be the lead either, but I can assist with software design, including language support in TTS, and Amharic Braille encoding. There are fairly expensive Braille input and output peripherals available. > If people are interested in working on this, my suggested steps are: > 1 - Pick a person or two to coordinate the effort. > 2 - Build a small group and identify skills (e.g. developers, testers, > project managers, all around workers, etc) > 3 - Start looking for target software to include or adapt and write new > SW as needed. > 4 - Test the software and show it works. > 5 - Contact the school in Ethiopia and see if they are interested. > > Related threads include this on the accessibility list: > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/accessibility/2008-October/000198.html > > Maybe this one on Speech to text: > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-September/019136.html > > The first note here on community news about a group The Netherlands > which may have experience with relevant software: > http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/community-news/2008-October/000152.html > > Sorry to pass the buck. I'm not as free to work on whatever I please as > I used to be. This project could create a very rewarding relationship > between kids and developers, so the potential pay off is big. The only > down side is that it will take a lot of hard work. > > I suggest that we do not contact the school at all until we have a very > solid grip on what might be possible. > > Thanks for your interest and let me know how it goes. > > Thanks, > > Greg S > _______________________________________________ > OLPC-SF mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/olpc-sf > -- Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name And Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Mokurai _______________________________________________ accessibility mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility
