On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 11:23 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> Martin Sevior wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > Please forgive this question, but I have seen no mention of one
> > of the most obvious programs needed for the project.
> >
> > Is there a program to teach touch typing for the OLPC?
> >
> > I'd like to learn myself :-)
> >
> > My daughter has the use of a nice commercial program at her school (she
> > is 12 years old and now her skills are now better than mine) but I have
> > not found appropriate Open Source program for Linux.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Martin Sevior
> >
>
> I havent heard of any plans to include such a program with OLPC by
> default but there are several such open source software that can be
> potentially used
>
> Tuxtype
> http://fedoraproject.org/extras/5/i386/repodata/repoview/tuxtype2-0-1.5.3-1.fc5.html
>
> Ktouch, which is part of KDE Edu. gtypist and emacs-gypist are open
> source but doesnt fit the target audience.
>
Hi Rahul,
Thanks very much! It's a great program. I hope OLPC includes something
like it. Touch Typing is a 21st century skill that will be very useful
for everyone.
Cheers
Martin
> Rahul
>
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