[Marketing] Text to speech as assistive technology

2009-11-03 Thread Caroline Meeks
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=61425 this is article gives an interesting view of where schools are with technology for text to speech. It looks like despite the mandate for inclusive education and accommodations for technology, using text to speech is still news and not wid

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-03 Thread Tabitha Roder
2009/11/4 Caryl Bigenho > OK How about "Sugar to Go" which could include all types of media? > > Caryl > > -- > I like "Sugar to Go" ___ Marketing mailing list Marketing@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listin

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-03 Thread Carlo Falciola
Portable Sugar? carlo --- Mer 4/11/09, Samuel Klein ha scritto: > Da: Samuel Klein > Oggetto: Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report > A: "Sean DALY" > Cc: tabi...@hrdnz.com, "Sugar Labs Marketing" > , "Caryl Bigenho" , > "Mailing lists" , sugar-l...@solarsail.media

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-03 Thread Sebastian Dziallas
I'm not going to write another lengthy reply here, because Sean basically said most things. So +1 from my side. So to be clear on what I believe: Everybody should be able to created $DISTRO Sugar Live Media images. But Sugar on a Stick is more than just a random name. It's a brand, a product. W

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Sebastian Dziallas
Sean DALY wrote: > thanks Peter yes the codecs issue is always slippery :-( > > Adobe quietly added Speex support to the latest version of Flash > Player, would be great if they did likewise with a video codec but I'm > not holding my breath. And of course that leaves us in the lurch for > vids in

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report

2009-11-03 Thread Samuel Klein
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Sean DALY wrote: > The marketing list has again disappeared, I have added it back, again. > > Weird, thanks. > This seems reasonable, but all it would do is compromise Sugar on a > Stick as a meaningful name. Any other suggestion for a generic name for the clas

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2009-11-03 Thread Sean Daly
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Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Sean DALY
I was thinking more in the context of Sugar on a Stick booting a PC or netbook. There is a vast amount of preexisting educational content for children in Flash and we need to be able to tell teachers and parents what to expect. Carlo sees what I mean. The command line is terrifying for nongeeks,

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Peter Robinson
Well the procedure would be simple enough. rpm -ivh http://location-too-repo-rpm-file yum install packages needed. I think, particularly on the XO-1, that flash is a bit heavy and that html 5 with open formats would work better. Peter On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Sean DALY wrote: > thanks

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Carlo Falciola
>but they are available from the usual locations. Sometimes could not be easy at all for newcomers to get to those "usual locations", they may not realize even that they're running linux Then it makes sense to me to add in the browse default page a link to a wiki page (that we could update ac

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Sean DALY
thanks Peter yes the codecs issue is always slippery :-( Adobe quietly added Speex support to the latest version of Flash Player, would be great if they did likewise with a video codec but I'm not holding my breath. And of course that leaves us in the lurch for vids in H.264, On2VP6, Sorenson Spar

Re: [Marketing] [SoaS] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Peter Robinson
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Sean DALY wrote: > Can someone remind me please how Flash content is supported in Sugar > on a Stick? Is Gnash in there, or needs to be added? I imagine the > Adobe plugin would need to be added by hand. I'm not sure we mention > what if anything stick preparers ne

[Marketing] I edited the wiki's Sugar on a Stick page introduction

2009-11-03 Thread Sean DALY
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick#Introduction I feel it is important to remind teachers and parents of our promise to not interfere with whatever is installed on the hard disk, also that they may have to fiddle with BIOS. Sean ___ Marketing

[Marketing] Sugar on a Stick Flash compatibility?

2009-11-03 Thread Sean DALY
Can someone remind me please how Flash content is supported in Sugar on a Stick? Is Gnash in there, or needs to be added? I imagine the Adobe plugin would need to be added by hand. I'm not sure we mention what if anything stick preparers need to do to view online Flash content? thanks Sean __