Robert, I am deeply involved in OOo Accessibility, so of course I like to see people working in this area :)
I am not so sure about what kind of dyslexia specific things can be done. Having a grammar checker would be cool for all, but I think that's hard to archive, especially for non English languages. What about the color thing - I can imagine an OOo component, which on demand checks for certain things which should be changed. This component could also be extended to check for screen reader specific things like "images/hyper links not labeled", and much more... Based on our Accessibility API you might also want to connect OOo with some speech recognition software. I am not sure it this is what you meant with "speech option for further assistance"? Or did you mean reading parts of the document, without the need of a screen reader software? > I was thinking of a word processor that has features that will > assist people with dyslexia. Features such as ... Does it have to be a 'customized' version of OOo word processor for some reason, or can it be a (collection of) add-on(s) (components) for a standard OOo installation? Best regards, Malte. PS: Did you already see http://ui.openoffice.org/accessibility/ ? Robert Gilligan wrote: > Hi Open Office, > I am currently researching for my final year project for a > computer science degree. The project is aimed at developing > a tool to assist people with dyslexia. I was thinking of a > word processor that has features that will assist people > with dyslexia. Features such as grammar and spell checking > aimed at common mistakes associated with dyslexia, colour > coordination to assist readability of documents, etc. > > I also was thinking of a speech option for further assistance. > > Could you help me with any information about this idea, is it feasible, is > there any other projects that are similar to this? Also what do think > about the speech option idea? Thank you. > > Regards, > Robert Gilligan. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
