Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread Joseph Reeves
My very first thought... How about overlaying the screen with a sheet of rubber buttons? I'm thinking of the sort of thing that you get inside cheap mobile phones, TV remotes, pocket calculators; that sort of stuff. The number 5 would have the bump on it and the keys would simply push against the

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread Steven **
Check the archives. This has been discussed before. If I recall correctly, there are some companies that make rubber overlays that provide tactile feedback on touchscreens and match the keyboard layout of the device. -Steven On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 8:40 AM, John Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread Alexander Syring
Hello if you need it you could replace the display with a braille display i've seen an open source project tu bild such a display for a pc probably it is possible to replace the display. Am Freitag, 11. Juli 2008 15:40:03 schrieb John Whitmore: Hello All, firstly I'm a listener on this

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread Esben Stien
John Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I knew a blind person I could find out. There is the linux-blind (blinux) mailing list for blind or impaired people. Nice list for terminal junkies, too;). -- Esben Stien is [EMAIL PROTECTED] s a http://www. s t

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread AVee
On Friday 11 July 2008 15:51, Joseph Reeves wrote: My very first thought... How about overlaying the screen with a sheet of rubber buttons? I'm thinking of the sort of thing that you get inside cheap mobile phones, TV remotes, pocket calculators; that sort of stuff. The number 5 would have

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread Gilles Casse
Hello, A guide regarding accessible phones from the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), list of specific phones or specific softwares (screen readers) for mass market phones: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_mobphonesfactsheet.hcsp Best

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread John Whitmore
Gilles Casse wrote: Hello, A guide regarding accessible phones from the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People), list of specific phones or specific softwares (screen readers) for mass market phones:

Re: Visually Impaired?

2008-07-11 Thread Gilles Casse
John Whitmore wrote: I thought with the move towards keypad free phones and touch sensitive screens the blind were going to left out. Sorry, the link was just for illustrating some features available in the proprietary world. I appreciate the alternate, multimodal solutions you are