There is always the option of providing an overlay keyboard along the lines of a standard mobile texting interface as an alternative to waiting for a proper QWERTY keyboard.
>From a personal viewpoint I believe that there is still much apprehension in the non technical minded people about using touch screens; for your average person in the street, touch screens is still quite an unusual technology to cope with. If as part of the hardware design, a normal mobile clip on facia could be designed, it would be of benefit to both technology resistant and disabled people alike. However, I agree with Will and Jason on their views on the OLC. Ian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sébastien Hinderer Sent: 04 January 2008 23:50 To: gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org Subject: Re: Gnome Accessibility and OpenMoko Dear all, Jason White : > braille support should be possible, though I can't > remember whether the device has a USB port. Obviously, children who face > socio-economic limitations (as in the large parts of the world for which the > OLPC is intended) are almost guaranteed not to to have access to braille > displays, so this last point becomes somewhat irrelevant, though perhaps > useful from a purely technical development perspective. Because the technology is so expensive, at the moment, but this may change, who knows... Cheers, Sébastien. _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
