Hi Marilyn, What would your feature list be on a small (linux driven) laptop in addition to mine?
- audiofeedback (hear what you type (per word basis)) - adapted lessons (multilanguage) for tipptrainer http://freshmeat.net/projects/pingos_tipptrainer/ - may something thats enlarges the cursor area and obviously: - spelling checker (fix/highlight while typing) - large font buttons thanks, Marten On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 09:40 -0500, David Farning wrote: > Marten, > > I would like to introduce you to Marilyn Hagle (CCed). She is active > at the intersection of dyslexia and technology based education tools. > > She has recently written a grant to set up a pilot for researching and > using sugar as a platform for helping kids overcome or adapt to their > dyslexia. > > david > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Marten Vijn <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 12:17 +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 09:56, Marten Vijn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 09:34 +0200, Marten Vijn wrote: > >> >> Hi, > >> >> > >> >> I am not a dyslexia expert, maybe a bit more that average. > >> >> > >> >> idea 1 > >> >> Today I read in a newspaper that it helps people > >> >> to let them hear what they (words not the characters). > >> > __________________________^ type* > >> > > >> > *Actually I do knwo a lot about dyslexia, like that is really annoying > >> > not being capable to write normal emails without make errors. > >> > No patches seem to be availible. > >> > > >> > Training young kids _in time_ prevents a lot frustration, dropouts from > >> > school and waste of very creative talented kids. > >> > > >> > My son would have a > 50% change of being born with it too. So having > >> > having a good educational toolset seems important. > >> > >> Wonder if we could involve on this an existing dyslexia organization? > >> > > good idea. > > > > http://books.google.nl/books?id=pLvC1kKUWTkC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=audio > > +feedback > > +dyslexia&source=bl&ots=iMn_I_8efu&sig=CQhPMzM15_twYh43WTSbKP6qbmM&hl=nl&ei=DlO3Sru8KI_E-QavmsXcCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false > > > > http://www.springerlink.com/content/r33873h07n78j722/ > > > > > > > > mmm, > > I 'll keep it on my list for dutch researchers. Not If I will to > > sucseed. > > > > I never know who am talking to tomorrow.... :) > > > > cheers, > > Marten > > > > > >> Regards, > >> > >> Tomeu > >> > >> > cheers > >> > Marten > >> >> > >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > -- > >> > Marten Vijn > >> > linux 2.0.18 OpenBSD 3.6 FreeBSD 4.6 > >> > http://martenvijn.nl > >> > http://opencommunitycamp.org > >> > http://wifisoft.org > >> > > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > >> > [email protected] > >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > -- > > Marten Vijn > > linux 2.0.18 OpenBSD 3.6 FreeBSD 4.6 > > http://martenvijn.nl > > http://opencommunitycamp.org > > http://wifisoft.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > > [email protected] > > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel -- this email is sent from my mainframe..... http://martenvijn.nl Sugar on a Stick http://bsd.wifisoft.org/nek/ The Network Event Kit http://opencommunitycamp.org 26th Jul - 2nd August _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
