David W Hogg wrote: > On a somewhat related note, is there any way to attach an external > monitor to the XO? I would love to give my astronomy research > seminars in the spring from my G1G1 XO; but this would also be useful > for those with impaired sight (some of my colleagues need to immensely > magnify images, diagrams, and figures in order to see them). From my > XO, Hogg >
Three solutions: a) Display the XO's graphics on another computer using X or VNC. b) Purchase a USB graphics adapter. (Google for "USB graphics adapter" to find some). It is reported that Linux drivers are available for some of them, but as far as I know, nobody has tested one on an XO. c) Dismantle the XO, install a suitable VGA connector at CN12 at the top left of the board (looking from the back), and cut a hole in the plastic to make room for the VGA cable to get out. A modification to the X configuration file will then enable VGA output. (Yes, it would be nice if this feature were easier to access, but providing such a connector as a standard feature would have increased the cost for our target market of developing world children, and compromised the industrial design and water resistance.) > On Dec 30, 2007 12:52 PM, Hemant Goyal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> We have been working on a simple screen reader for the XO and have made some >> headway. We have ported and customized eSpeak for the XO. A text to speech >> server has been written and methods exposed through Dbus . I have documented >> the work done till now at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Screen_Reader. The DBUS >> api may be changed in the future. However, we still need to do some >> extensive testing and refine the structure of the speech server. >> >> We had initially planned to provide a simple highlight and speak option for >> the xo. We now think that we should scale up and structure the project to >> use eSpeak in a much more effective manner to provide accessibility to >> blind/low vision students. >> >> I think it would be brilliant if activity developers could exploit the >> underlying speech server to write accessible activities. For example, an >> activity at present can connect to the speech service through dbus and send >> it strings of text to be spoken. We hope to prepare some guidelines for >> activity developers to write accessible activities that could use the speech >> server. What would be best way to do this? >> >> We are also planning to explore Orca. We dont want to rush into development >> now, and would like to take some time in properly planning our approach and >> creating some design documents first. >> >> It'll be nice if experts could share their ideas and provide us with some >> direction for this project. >> >> Thank you and wishing you all a very Happy New Year. >> >> Warm regards, >> Hemant Goyal >> >> >> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:57:38 +0000 >>> From: "Gabey8" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [laptop-accessibility] How can the XO be made accessible to >>> blind users? >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> >>> >>> I have some deaf-blind friends who use braille attachments to access their >>> >> computers. >> >>> What needs to be done in order to permit the XO to work with a braille >>> >> terminal or notetaker? What screen reading programs are available for Linux? >> >>> And if said screen reading programs don't like working with Sugar (yet, >>> >> anyway), is setting the XO up to boot to the terminal screen and going with >> text-only a viable solution for braille users? >> >>> Donna >>> >>> ------------------------ >>> Donna -- purple outline with orange fill color. If you see me in the >>> >> Neighborhood, say hi! :) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel