I have to disagree completely. I've personally tested every capacitive screen I can find and they are all utterly unresponsive to touch from my hook. Carrying around a stylus to simply answer a call on an iPhone or use a computer is not a realistic option.Believe me, I've done the research out of necessity. To make matters worse, I'm being shut out of an increasing number of mobile devices. A device billed as accessible that has a capacitive only screen is a contradiction in terms.
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 6:08 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > It is not true that capacitive input is impossible for people with > prosetics. There where two long conversations about that, here and on the > wiki(maybe). I could try to find them if you want, but I didn't catch it on > 5 minutes of Googling. I think the solution had something to do with > attaching metal to the end of the prosthetic. The results where that it is > possible but doesn't work very well... > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "David K Parker" <[email protected]> > To: "Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC" < > [email protected]> > Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 04:15:13 +0200 (CEST) > Subject: Re: [laptop-accessibility] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] screenreader for > sugar > Was sticky keys ever added to this project? That's a core component of > accessibility. Also, in the future, if touch screens are added, capacitive > ones will be a poor choice because they don't respond at all to prosthetic > hands or hooks. > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Frederick Grose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Forwarded to [email protected] >> >> Forwarded conversation >> Subject: [Sugar-devel] screenreader for sugar >> ------------------------ >> >> From: *Tomeu Vizoso* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:16 AM >> To: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> is there any interest in a deployment somewhere for a screenreader >> that allows blind people use the Sugar UI when paired with keyboard >> navigation? >> >> I think most of the pieces are there, but without knowing how it could >> be used I cannot really test. >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> ---------- >> From: *[email protected]* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:07 AM >> To: Tomeu Vizoso <[email protected]> >> Cc: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> there's speechdispatcher in fedora that is used by kde and gnome and I >> currently maintain it. It was also at some point used by olpc as the >> spec file use to have olpc specifics in it. There's been renewed >> interest with it upstream and I'm working to get it into better shape >> for F-14 and once its cleaned up I'll push updates back to F-13 and >> probably F-12. >> >> Peter >> >> ---------- >> From: *Gonzalo Odiard* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 6:53 AM >> To: Tomeu Vizoso <[email protected]> >> Cc: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> Yes, there are interest in La Rioja, Argentina. In olpc-sur there are >> request for this. >> >> Gonzalo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> >> ---------- >> From: *Tomeu Vizoso* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:41 AM >> To: Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]> >> Cc: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> Great, do we have people there who can try things out and help decide >> what remains to be done? >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> >> ---------- >> From: *Gonzalo Odiard* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:57 AM >> To: Tomeu Vizoso <[email protected]> >> Cc: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> In this thread >> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sur/2010-April/005829.html there >> are people interested. >> You can contact Esteban Arias also >> http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-uruguay/2010-February/001653.html >> >> Gonzalo >> -- >> Gonzalo Odiard >> Responsable de Desarrollo (pasando la antorcha...) >> Sistemas Australes >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> >> ---------- >> From: *Esteban Arias* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:08 AM >> To: Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]> >> Cc: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> hi, >> we can colaborate with this proyect. >> >> 2010/8/20 Gonzalo Odiard <[email protected]> >> >> >> >> -- >> Esteban Arias >> Investigación y Desarrollo - Plan Ceibal >> Avda. Italia 6201 >> Montevideo - Uruguay. >> Tel.: 601.57.73 Interno 2228 >> E-mail : [email protected] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> >> ---------- >> From: *Tomeu Vizoso* <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 8:10 AM >> To: Esteban Arias <[email protected]> >> Cc: sugar-devel <[email protected]> >> >> >> Excelent, have you tried already orca with Sugar? And with GNOME? >> >> Regards, >> >> Tomeu >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> accessibility mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > accessibility mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility > > _______________________________________________ > accessibility mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility > >
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