Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Bastien, I'll try to do something on my own, time permitting. Thanks for your efforts. James Simmons On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Bastien wrote: > Caroline Meeks writes: > >> Sounds like you guys are on the right track. > > I won't be available for the next three weeks, so forgive my lack of > response during this time. I will be able to work back again on this > in late august -- but you're welcome to make it without me :) > > Thanks, > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Bastien, All books in IA should be available as both PDFs and DjVu's. Some are also available as B/W PDFs. I filter on DjVu, offer all three formats in the combo box, and show a message dialog when you try to download a B/W PDF and there isn't one. No doubt this could be improved, but if you want to download a color PDF you just need to change the option in the combo box. Thanks, James Simmons On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Jim, > > Jim Simmons writes: > >> To open a djvu file in evince you need a plugin. This plugin is >> included in Fedora but not installed by default. I would guess the >> situation is similar in other distros. In Fedora I would do a yum >> search on "djvu" or "evince" to find it. > > I'm running sugar-jhbuild, so I'll need to try first to support .djvu in > evince then recompile sugar-jhbuild. Thanks for the directions. > >> If that doesn't work you can download a PDF instead. All IA books >> should be available in that format as well. > > Maybe a filter in GIAB would be nice, so that we can pick up .pdf files > or .djvu files only. > > best, > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Jim Simmons writes: > There is a tag cloud for the Children's collection which is kind of neat: > > http://www.archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=iacl&view=cloud > > The Children's Library: > > http://www.archive.org/details/iacl Neat links actually! I got lost in "Birds"... trying to improving my english :) -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Hi Jim, Jim Simmons writes: > To open a djvu file in evince you need a plugin. This plugin is > included in Fedora but not installed by default. I would guess the > situation is similar in other distros. In Fedora I would do a yum > search on "djvu" or "evince" to find it. I'm running sugar-jhbuild, so I'll need to try first to support .djvu in evince then recompile sugar-jhbuild. Thanks for the directions. > If that doesn't work you can download a PDF instead. All IA books > should be available in that format as well. Maybe a filter in GIAB would be nice, so that we can pick up .pdf files or .djvu files only. best, -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Caroline Meeks writes: > Sounds like you guys are on the right track. I won't be available for the next three weeks, so forgive my lack of response during this time. I will be able to work back again on this in late august -- but you're welcome to make it without me :) Thanks, -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
On 27 Jul 2009, at 15:29, Jim Simmons wrote: > Caroline and Bastien, > > What might work to show how many books are available is to do a search > on the word "boy" and another on the word "girl", then maybe "oz" and > "jules verne". Any one of these should return lots of titles. You > might also try "lincoln" or "washington" to show a bunch of non > fiction titles. > > For the actual reading I recommend "Abroad" or "Jack and the Giants". > > There is a tag cloud for the Children's collection which is kind of > neat: > > http://www.archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=iacl&view=cloud Thanks for the link, cool. Oh I should so make them a single click- able self-organising map of all that :-) Regards, --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:08 AM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > Sounds like you guys are on the right track. > > What I want is a movie that is fun, short and upbeat and makes people see > we have tons and tons of books for kids. > To make it fun, throw a soundtrack of something instrumental and colorful. http://ccmixter.org is a good place to look for CC tracks, loops, beats, etc. I used Audacity to layer up a couple of loops and beats for a looping soundtrack for the Photo DVD. http://www.legaltorrents.com/torrents/569-olpc-photo-dvd Here's something that a group of students in Jamaica did. Notice the background music. Its simple, but catchy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFmT-B-nibI cheers, Sameer -- Dr. Sameer Verma, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems San Francisco State University San Francisco CA 94132 USA http://verma.sfsu.edu/ http://opensource.sfsu.edu/ > I'm not an expert on childrens lit, go for books that look like fun or you > have heard of. Don't seek out controversy, but don't sweat Wizard of Oz and > such. Areas that want to exercise that level of censorship are unlikely to > be early adopters of Sugar. If you really want opinions, you can ask on > IAEP. > > Thanks! > Caroline > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Bastien wrote: > >> Hi Caroline, >> >> Caroline Meeks writes: >> >> > Can we get one with childrens books demoed? >> >> Sure! Can you send me a link to such a book in Gutenberg? >> >> > I think also skip the downloading >> > from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how >> to do >> > that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity. >> >> Right. I will make another video demoing a child book and skipping the >> download step when Jim releases the version with annotation etc. >> >> > Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting >> Were you >> > going to join the shared activity? >> >> That would make even more sense when we'll be able to share annotations >> on the book. >> >> > Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work >> together to >> > create a video with some music and such? >> >> I'd be glad, sure! >> >> Thanks for the feedback, >> >> -- >> Bastien >> > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Caroline and Bastien, What might work to show how many books are available is to do a search on the word "boy" and another on the word "girl", then maybe "oz" and "jules verne". Any one of these should return lots of titles. You might also try "lincoln" or "washington" to show a bunch of non fiction titles. For the actual reading I recommend "Abroad" or "Jack and the Giants". There is a tag cloud for the Children's collection which is kind of neat: http://www.archive.org/browse.php?field=/metadata/subject&collection=iacl&view=cloud The Children's Library: http://www.archive.org/details/iacl James Simmons On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 7:08 AM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > Sounds like you guys are on the right track. > > What I want is a movie that is fun, short and upbeat and makes people see we > have tons and tons of books for kids. > > I'm not an expert on childrens lit, go for books that look like fun or you > have heard of. Don't seek out controversy, but don't sweat Wizard of Oz and > such. Areas that want to exercise that level of censorship are unlikely to > be early adopters of Sugar. If you really want opinions, you can ask on > IAEP. > > Thanks! > Caroline > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Bastien > wrote: >> >> Hi Caroline, >> >> Caroline Meeks writes: >> >> > Can we get one with childrens books demoed? >> >> Sure! Can you send me a link to such a book in Gutenberg? >> >> > I think also skip the downloading >> > from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how >> > to do >> > that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity. >> >> Right. I will make another video demoing a child book and skipping the >> download step when Jim releases the version with annotation etc. >> >> > Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting >> > Were you >> > going to join the shared activity? >> >> That would make even more sense when we'll be able to share annotations >> on the book. >> >> > Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work >> > together to >> > create a video with some music and such? >> >> I'd be glad, sure! >> >> Thanks for the feedback, >> >> -- >> Bastien > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Bastien, To open a djvu file in evince you need a plugin. This plugin is included in Fedora but not installed by default. I would guess the situation is similar in other distros. In Fedora I would do a yum search on "djvu" or "evince" to find it. If that doesn't work you can download a PDF instead. All IA books should be available in that format as well. Thanks, James Simmons On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 11:17 PM, Bastien wrote: > Jim Simmons writes: > >> What might be more suited to Caroline's purposes is a demo of Get >> Internet Archive Books, followed by demoing reading the downloaded >> book in Read. In Fedora 11 I can use the Read Activity (I couldn't in >> any other Sugar test environment I ever had). The advantage of doing >> this is the books have pictures. > > I downloaded latest version of GIAB from activities.sugarlabs.org. > I downloaded a few books in .djvu format (it seems this is the main > format available in Internet Archive) but couldn't open it in Read. > > Shall I search for other books in other formats? > >> Caroline is trying to sell Sugar itself, so we want to show reading >> for children at it's best. Since Gutenberg etexts are without >> pictures, plus we would have to explain why it is that we have more >> than one Activity for reading (something there is no need for them to >> know at this time) I think this is the way to go. > > So do I. > >> If you go to the Internet Archive website you should be able to get a >> list of children's books that you could search for with GIAB. >> Caroline might suggest some that are not controversial. I just found >> out that the Oz books have been banned in a few places. There is a >> book "Abroad" which is quite beautiful and might be considered for a >> demo. > > Caroline, can you provide a link to such a book in IA, one that I read > in Read? > > Thanks! > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Sounds like you guys are on the right track. What I want is a movie that is fun, short and upbeat and makes people see we have tons and tons of books for kids. I'm not an expert on childrens lit, go for books that look like fun or you have heard of. Don't seek out controversy, but don't sweat Wizard of Oz and such. Areas that want to exercise that level of censorship are unlikely to be early adopters of Sugar. If you really want opinions, you can ask on IAEP. Thanks! Caroline On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Caroline, > > Caroline Meeks writes: > > > Can we get one with childrens books demoed? > > Sure! Can you send me a link to such a book in Gutenberg? > > > I think also skip the downloading > > from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how > to do > > that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity. > > Right. I will make another video demoing a child book and skipping the > download step when Jim releases the version with annotation etc. > > > Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting Were > you > > going to join the shared activity? > > That would make even more sense when we'll be able to share annotations > on the book. > > > Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work > together to > > create a video with some music and such? > > I'd be glad, sure! > > Thanks for the feedback, > > -- > Bastien > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Jim Simmons writes: > What might be more suited to Caroline's purposes is a demo of Get > Internet Archive Books, followed by demoing reading the downloaded > book in Read. In Fedora 11 I can use the Read Activity (I couldn't in > any other Sugar test environment I ever had). The advantage of doing > this is the books have pictures. I downloaded latest version of GIAB from activities.sugarlabs.org. I downloaded a few books in .djvu format (it seems this is the main format available in Internet Archive) but couldn't open it in Read. Shall I search for other books in other formats? > Caroline is trying to sell Sugar itself, so we want to show reading > for children at it's best. Since Gutenberg etexts are without > pictures, plus we would have to explain why it is that we have more > than one Activity for reading (something there is no need for them to > know at this time) I think this is the way to go. So do I. > If you go to the Internet Archive website you should be able to get a > list of children's books that you could search for with GIAB. > Caroline might suggest some that are not controversial. I just found > out that the Oz books have been banned in a few places. There is a > book "Abroad" which is quite beautiful and might be considered for a > demo. Caroline, can you provide a link to such a book in IA, one that I read in Read? Thanks! -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Bastien, What might be more suited to Caroline's purposes is a demo of Get Internet Archive Books, followed by demoing reading the downloaded book in Read. In Fedora 11 I can use the Read Activity (I couldn't in any other Sugar test environment I ever had). The advantage of doing this is the books have pictures. Caroline is trying to sell Sugar itself, so we want to show reading for children at it's best. Since Gutenberg etexts are without pictures, plus we would have to explain why it is that we have more than one Activity for reading (something there is no need for them to know at this time) I think this is the way to go. If you go to the Internet Archive website you should be able to get a list of children's books that you could search for with GIAB. Caroline might suggest some that are not controversial. I just found out that the Oz books have been banned in a few places. There is a book "Abroad" which is quite beautiful and might be considered for a demo. James Simmons On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Caroline, > > Caroline Meeks writes: > >> Can we get one with childrens books demoed? > > Sure! Can you send me a link to such a book in Gutenberg? > >> I think also skip the downloading >> from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how to do >> that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity. > > Right. I will make another video demoing a child book and skipping the > download step when Jim releases the version with annotation etc. > >> Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting Were you >> going to join the shared activity? > > That would make even more sense when we'll be able to share annotations > on the book. > >> Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work together >> to >> create a video with some music and such? > > I'd be glad, sure! > > Thanks for the feedback, > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
xvidcap also works... and dailymotion.com will accept .ogg and/or do the .ogg converstion for you. -walter On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Bastien wrote: > Sameer Verma writes: > >> http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php >> >> Ah! Neat. I've used gtkrecordmydesktop several times. Does Vimeo >> accept the Ogg output as is, or do you have to convert it? > > I think Vimeo doesn't accept .ogv, I convert it like this: > > mencoder video.ogv -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts pass=1 -o video.avi > > -- > Bastien > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Caroline, I still haven't heard from Dave C. I have downloaded the application that Bastien used, haven't tried it yet but it looks straightforward to use. It produces files using open formats, which can be converted to the more popular non open formats. I should be able to create some recordings like Bastien made and put them on shell.sugarlabs.org where Dave could download them. He could then edit them, add music or narration, title cards or whatever. So what remains is this: 1). What video formats can he work with? 2). What do you want demonstrated? What Activities, what functions in each? I can certainly use children's books in the demos. Do you have suggestions for which ones might be used? 3). Is Dave still interested in this? If so, have him email me. James Simmons On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Caroline Meeks wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Bastien > wrote: >> >> Hi Jim and Sugar, >> >> yet another quick-and-modest video preview about Read Etext: >> >> http://vimeo.com/5757068 > > Cool! > > Can we get one with childrens books demoed? I think also skip the > downloading from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you > know how to do that it will be boring to have to watch it for every > activity. > > Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting Were > you going to join the shared activity? > > Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work together > to create a video with some music and such? > > Thanks! > Caroline >> >> >> I *love* this activity, thanks for it! >> >> -- >> Bastien >> ___ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Hi Caroline, Caroline Meeks writes: > Can we get one with childrens books demoed? Sure! Can you send me a link to such a book in Gutenberg? > I think also skip the downloading > from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how to do > that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity. Right. I will make another video demoing a child book and skipping the download step when Jim releases the version with annotation etc. > Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting Were you > going to join the shared activity? That would make even more sense when we'll be able to share annotations on the book. > Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work together to > create a video with some music and such? I'd be glad, sure! Thanks for the feedback, -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:46 AM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Jim and Sugar, > > yet another quick-and-modest video preview about Read Etext: > > http://vimeo.com/5757068 Cool! Can we get one with childrens books demoed? I think also skip the downloading from the activities portal, that is a separate video. Once you know how to do that it will be boring to have to watch it for every activity. Also it seemed to cut off just when it was going to get exciting Were you going to join the shared activity? Dave C is a volunteer with video skills. Maybe you guys could work together to create a video with some music and such? Thanks! Caroline > > > I *love* this activity, thanks for it! > > -- > Bastien > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > -- Caroline Meeks Solution Grove carol...@solutiongrove.com 617-500-3488 - Office 505-213-3268 - Fax ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
I was able to yum install it for Fedora too. Thanks! James Simmons On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Bastien wrote: > Jim Simmons writes: > >> What software do you use to create a video like this? > > I use gtk-recordmydesktop, a frontend to recordmydesktop, under Debian > testing (Squeeze). Simple but effective! > > http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Sameer Verma writes: > http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php > > Ah! Neat. I've used gtkrecordmydesktop several times. Does Vimeo > accept the Ogg output as is, or do you have to convert it? I think Vimeo doesn't accept .ogv, I convert it like this: mencoder video.ogv -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -xvidencopts pass=1 -o video.avi -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Bastien wrote: > Jim Simmons writes: > > > What software do you use to create a video like this? > > I use gtk-recordmydesktop, a frontend to recordmydesktop, under Debian > testing (Squeeze). Simple but effective! > > http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php > Ah! Neat. I've used gtkrecordmydesktop several times. Does Vimeo accept the Ogg output as is, or do you have to convert it? Sameer > > -- > Bastien > ___ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Jim Simmons writes: > What software do you use to create a video like this? I use gtk-recordmydesktop, a frontend to recordmydesktop, under Debian testing (Squeeze). Simple but effective! http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/about.php -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Bastien, What software do you use to create a video like this? Thanks, James Simmons On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Bastien wrote: > Jim Simmons writes: > >> Nice video. Caroline was interested in creating a video about reading >> in general in Sugar, so I am copying her on this because it might be >> of interest. > > Great - note that my videos are just quick preview, "teasing" the user. > If we want more elaborate stuff we should certainly discuss a bit more > on how to do this. > >> Glad you like the Activity. I should be releasing a new version that >> fully supports annotations and highlighting soon. > > Can't wait for that! > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Jim Simmons writes: > Nice video. Caroline was interested in creating a video about reading > in general in Sugar, so I am copying her on this because it might be > of interest. Great - note that my videos are just quick preview, "teasing" the user. If we want more elaborate stuff we should certainly discuss a bit more on how to do this. > Glad you like the Activity. I should be releasing a new version that > fully supports annotations and highlighting soon. Can't wait for that! -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Bastien, Nice video. Caroline was interested in creating a video about reading in general in Sugar, so I am copying her on this because it might be of interest. Glad you like the Activity. I should be releasing a new version that fully supports annotations and highlighting soon. Thanks again, James Simmons On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 6:46 AM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Jim and Sugar, > > yet another quick-and-modest video preview about Read Etext: > > http://vimeo.com/5757068 > > I *love* this activity, thanks for it! > > -- > Bastien > ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Hi Jim and Sugar, yet another quick-and-modest video preview about Read Etext: http://vimeo.com/5757068 I *love* this activity, thanks for it! -- Bastien ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] Improving Reading Experience
Gary, I have no great love for .82, but at the moment there is no good way to put .84 on an XO. .84 solves a lot of reading-related problems: 1). Useable support for Deja Vu in Read. 2). Custom Journal metadata that persists across a reboot (so the Read Activity can remember what page I stopped reading on, something that has been a problem since the day I first got my XO). 3). The gstreamer plugin for espeak is included, so people can finally use text to speech with highlighting in Read Etexts. 4). Support for current, limited function version of the Library Activity, for whatever that's worth. >From what I've seen of .84 on SoaS and on Fedora 11 if I could get .84 on my XO I'd be a happy camper. James Simmons On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Gary C Martin wrote: > > Yes (finally) understood, I had missed the whole "must work for 0.82", many > apologies for the distraction – I've been looking at way too many 0.86 > proposals et al :-) > > Regards, > --Gary ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
