Hi Quim, Thanks for the suggestion.
Oli: Have you had a chance to look at Dasher yet? I browser the URL and it looks interesting (if not initially a like confusing to novices!). regards JaneW On Mon, 2005-12-26 at 23:55 +0100, Quim Gil wrote: > Today I've been reviewing the Accesibility tools to write an > introduction about them. I have got an incredible time with Dasher - > http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/ > > Dasher is "a competitive text-entry system wherever a full-size keyboard > cannot be used". Its primary use is Accessibility, yes, although it is > being tested to be a useful tool for PDAs and devices such as the Nokia > 770 (problem: the small processors). A trained person can write about 39 > words a minute, while you and me with a paper and a pen wil write about > 29 as an average, they say. > > But... I was thinking that in the context of Edubuntu Dasher is simply a > great game. You only need to show it to a kid and say 'let's see if you > can write you name in less than one minute', and then 'let's see how > many words you can type in a minute' and finally 'write down what are > you thinking now'. I'm pretty sure many would be challenged by this 39 > words/minute. Seated 2 in front of a screen you may also play a game of > guessing what the other is about to write. > > Have you tried yourselves? Dasher rocks! Please consider its addition in > the Games category. Seriously. > -- JaneW _____________ Jane Weideman mobile: +27 83 779 7800 Canonical Ltd. -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
