I would suggest that the OLPC News Forum Assistive Technology Group would love to lead this. They can be found at: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?board=66.0
I know I'd love to post about either the need or the results of activity around this on OLPC News. Wayan Edward Cherlin wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- ----------------------- Wayan Vota Publisher OLPC News http://www.olpcnews.com ----------------------- _______________________________________________ accessibility mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility
