Sure. But are companies really interested in creating audiovisual animations for the limited literate population, which is not really a very "lucrative" target market. Even if they are being done, isn't television a better medium to target this audience? There is less of a learning curve involved, which makes it more "user-friendly" than a computer.
Adite On 11/21/05, Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How about because Flash can be used to create audiovisual animations for > limited literate populations? > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > > ________________________________ > > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] de la part de Adite Chatterjee > Date: dim. 11/20/2005 11:36 > À: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Objet : Re: [DDN] Re: $100 laptop > > > > "Simputer has some good ideas, but only 32M of Flash. No room for > textbooks... No Keyboard." > > > In response to the above comment, just one tiny observation: pray, WHY > would > an illiterate person sitting in remote Rajasthan in India- where > electricity, water, housing, food is a problem, need FLASH? Despite being > a > savvy computer user with a privileged educational/income background, i can > do without it! > > Adite > > > > On 11/21/05, Terry King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > At 12:00 PM 11/20/2005 -0500, you wrote: > > >I suppose by buying a US$100 laptop an illiterate becomes literate and > > >exploring the Internet fulfills the curriculum of all thirty plus > > students > > >in each class.!! > > >I am of course, not under- valuing the phenomenal wealth of knowledge > > >accessible by the same laptop but... > > >The whole concept of the Simputer is that it was developed within the > > >context of a 'developing' country and its design took account of the > > >inherent priorities and encouraging/utilizing local talent. We > [including > > >the UN] should, I believe, be orienting all our energies -- and funds > to > > >encouraging that area of development in developing countries. > > > > A few thoughts: > > > > - MIT is not asking the UN or others for donations, that I heard, for > the > > laptops themselves. Countries would buy them at the $100 figure in large > > quantities. > > > > - The MIT design will be mainly sold as a TEXTBOOK. It has 1 Gb Flash > and > > will have localized > > language texts and resources preloaded. The Internet expands the > > offerings. The mesh network provides local collaboration between > students > > and teachers at the village level. > > > > - Simputer has some good ideas, but only 32M of Flash. No room for > > textbooks... No Keyboard. > > > > I ran a browser and word processor on the Beta.. they were pretty darn > > fast > > on the 1/2 Ghz processor.. > > > > > > Regards, Terry King ...On The Mediterranean in Carthage, Tunisia > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body > of the message. > > > > > > -- > Adite Chatterjee > www.icfdc.com <http://www.icfdc.com> <http://www.icfdc.com> > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in > the body of the message. > > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] the word UNSUBSCRIBE in > the body of the message. > > -- Adite Chatterjee www.icfdc.com <http://www.icfdc.com> _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
