If you have used TuxType, you will know that it's a simplistic typing *practice game* and in no way teaches the user how to type.
That said, there are typing programs out there that could work. I just wanted to make a nice one for Sugar. -Wade On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Sascha Silbe < [email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 12:10:09PM -0800, Bryan Berry wrote: > > The Typing Turtle will be immensely useful and immensely popular in >> Nepal. A typing tutor is one of the most frequently requested programs >> by the Nepali kids and teachers alike. Thanks alot to Wade for working >> on it. >> > Have you tried TuxType/TuxTyping [1] and (a recent version of) TuxMath? > There's no XO bundle for them yet, but if they fit your needs, you might > try asking Albert Calahan. He seems to have done the TuxPaint [2] bundle > [3,5] (all three programs are from the same project - Tux4Kids [4]). > > > [1] http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/ > [2] http://www.tuxpaint.org/ > [3] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tux_Paint > [4] http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ > [5] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/All > > CU Sascha > > -- > http://sascha.silbe.org/ > http://www.infra-silbe.de/ > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEVAwUBSV6pWrpz82VMF3DaAQLL0gf/c8N5HvCAiuM8vNC9TIn5rb5afUtJCb2M > pzWMSDDBQYpRQniwi04qgS7exVh0OlYFficKrrZni9dAEVL582zRGzCHVmP7RIda > 5PLpA5UOcgQIjGvoyeiBO+yhdx540kmsPU0UWzE7ZQEdAwdJUnlgF5aB/L0pT8H+ > /0hdMbR1uHrServp6EPikvmkq95lWTf78YR3cLcKjmBF7gvxHNVv5mtFEb5HvbfG > SF5lmxNSFWojx7LrHYYA7EArO7vMDvK25sYTofBTZ32cml3egGH6SqPgRW7MiUGj > nRmjfYba2Z9FE9AhQsyUkUZUNyqT6sbcrff2zMbJLW5/LIbfQ5gXfw== > =cZiZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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