I have yet to find a touchpad that works with a prosthetic hook. I tested one of these laptops at a conference recently, it did NOT work with my prosthetic.
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Seth Woodworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I disagree. > > I believe that this is called a capacitance touchpad. I can't imagine > that there isn't some item that a child could use instead of a finger. > > In fact, within arm reach: my metal watch band enables me to use my > touchpad. > > I don't think there is a as-cheap device that will allow pointing on > the XO as a capacitance touchpad. > > --Seth > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Carlos mauro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I agree. > > > > For versions of the XO 1.5 or 2.0 would be my suggestion to place the cam > > and the microphone at the top of the screen of the laptop. Use > eyetracking > > recognition technologies or the use of touchscreen or something similary > to > > gnome speech desktop > > > > 2008/11/19 David K Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> In looking at the laptop specs I noticed the mouse input is a touchpad. > >> This makes the laptop inaccessible for kids with artificial hands. The > >> touchpad technology is not good at all for people who wear prosthesis. > This > >> limitation can be addressed by providing a trackpoint type alternative. > It's > >> really a shame that technology companies don't think about these > unecessary > >> limitations for people with disabilities. I bet there are many kids > missing > >> limbs due to landmines that will be affected by this technology hurdle. > I > >> know because I'm missing my hands due to an accident. Technology should > be > >> used to allow people to overcome disabilities, not adding additional > >> obstacles to oversome. Please pass this info on to the developers of the > >> laptops. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> accessibility mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > http://unimauro.blogspot.com/ > > Creemos en el amor de los Seres Humanos > > Carlos Mauro Cárdenas Fernández > > 4582877 980525716 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > accessibility mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility > > > > > _______________________________________________ > accessibility mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility >
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