On 4/8/07, Bert Freudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, Albert still got a point here. How about having a virtual > laptop? Something with a lot of labels and explanations that you can > take apart (and reassemble with just a button click)? > > - Bert -
Actually, I would like to see us go much farther with that idea. I have a copy of the Facts on File Visual Dictionary, which consists almost entirely of more than 3000 labelled drawings of common or otherwise familiar objects, from shoes to galaxies, with more than 25,000 captions. If we could get permission to make editions for the languages of developing countries, using the same basic techniques as Free Software localization, we would be able to provide an amazing resource for language learners. I have often lamented that I did not have such a dictionary for languages I was studying. As far as I know, the Canadian authors only did French, English, and Spanish. I wonder whether we could talk to them about a Creative Commons-Developing Countries license for an electronic version? Or whether we can interest the Wikipedia people? > On Apr 8, 2007, at 17:03 , Zarro Boogs per Child wrote: > > > #1309: kids learning to read like labels, but there are few > > --------------------------- > > +------------------------------------------------ > > Reporter: AlbertCahalan | Owner: mlj > > Type: defect | Status: closed > > Priority: normal | Milestone: Untriaged > > Component: design | Resolution: wontfix > > Keywords: | > > --------------------------- > > +------------------------------------------------ > > Changes (by jg): > > > > * status: new => closed > > * resolution: => wontfix > > > > Comment: > > > > Heh. Do you know how many languages are used in Pakistan, alone? > > Labeling the hardware is insane. > > > > Go to ethnologue.org. http://www.ethnologue.org/show_country.asp? > > name=PK > > > > Albert, please apply brain, before inserting foot.... > > > > -- > > Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1309#comment:3> > > One Laptop Per Child <http://laptop.org/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Edward Cherlin Earth Treasury: End Poverty at a Profit http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Earth_Treasury WIRE AFRICA http//www.wireafrica.org/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/cherlin _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
