On 22/07/10 12:24, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: > On 22/07/10 12:22, pmgazz wrote: >> This is interesting - but last time I tried to work with a school >> they were stuck with a preferred MS supplier by the LA and there was >> also a problem with electronic whiteboard drivers for Ubuntu/Linux? >> Obviously, this doesn't stop them from using FOSS on MS Win but I >> wonder if anyone knows about driver availability for the whiteboards >> now? >> > > Aren't whiteboards just big OCR devices? no, they are more like a touchscreen. They are a projector and you can interact with it using a pen. You can make your own for not very much with a projector, wii remote and IR emitting pen. It behaves like a mouse or graphics tablet. Fancy ones have multi-colour pens and can do multi-touch type things (you can actually track 4 IR dots with a wiimote). The ones used in schools cost many thousands, but really it is all in the software.
Alan.
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