Re: A spotlight on the need for basic reading and writing support in GNOME

2008-02-22 Thread Willie Walker
Hi Mats: You're definitely very welcome here and it's a pleasure to have you join. Thanks! What I'm hearing from you is the critical need to support users in need of basic reading and writing support. I'm also seeing a couple possible suggestions: 1) write a new assistive technology, and/or

Ang: Re: Re: A spotlight on the need for basic reading and writing support in GNOME

2008-02-22 Thread mats . lundalv
[EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: -On 22/02/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> 4) What are the minimal writing support that needs implementing?> I think this is indicated in my points about Orca:[snip]ah, so basic writing support is really reading back what has just been written?This in

Re: Re: A spotlight on the need for basic reading and writing support in GNOME

2008-02-22 Thread Steve Lee
On 22/02/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 4) What are the minimal writing support that needs implementing? > I think this is indicated in my points about Orca: [snip] ah, so basic writing support is really reading back what has just been written? This in addition to spelling/pr

Ang: Re: A spotlight on the need for basic reading and writing support in GNOME

2008-02-21 Thread mats . lundalv
Hi Steve,Thanks for the welcoming words! Some comments below ...Mats [EMAIL PROTECTED] skrev: -Hi Mats, It's great to see you here, bringing as you do, veryconsiderable experience. You have raised some great points thathighlight an important area that is missing and if implemented willadd to GN

Re: A spotlight on the need for basic reading and writing support in GNOME

2008-02-21 Thread Steve Lee
Hi Mats, It's great to see you here, bringing as you do, very considerable experience. You have raised some great points that highlight an important area that is missing and if implemented will add to GNOMEs usefulness. I wonder if reading support may also offer some interesting 'curb cut' possibi

A spotlight on the need for basic reading and writing support in GNOME

2008-02-21 Thread mats . lundalv
Hi all, My name is Mats Lundalv (employed at the DART AAC and AT centre, as well as at the Swedish Institute for Special Needs Education (SIT) in Goteborg, Sweden). I'm a new voice in this forum, but have been encouraged by Steeve Lee and David Bolter to post my thoughts here, following from the