I can try taking this into the Microsoft jungle, and see if this is something they're already working on (if it's for the XBOX, it might be portable to PC). Is that okay?
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Aadisht Khanna <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > someone I know just passed a query on to me, and I thought people on > silk would probably be able to help. > > He knows two school-age children with a neuromuscular disorder (but > doesn't have details of which one), which prevents them from writing or > typing. However, they are able to use X-Box controllers. > > At present, they're using something called XPADDER which lets you use > the controller as a mouse on a PC, and also assigns some keys to the > controller buttons. For text entry, they use an onscreen keyboard. > > Mouse+onscreen keyboard is still a cumbersome and time-consuming way to > enter text, so they're now trying to see if they can combine this with a > software T9 keyboard so that predictive text reduces the time requirement. > > I'll use his own words for now: > > QUOTE: > > in short: we need an application that defines the buttons on a xbox > controller as the command functions of the normal keyboard and can type > in a on screen T9 numerical keypad with word prediction function as > found on mobile phones. > > Perhaps even better, but not found on any site on the internet would be > a combination of a numerical keyboard (like the num keypad accessory for > laptops and mobile phones) and the Xbox controller (imagine a xbox > controller cut in half, with a num pad glued to it), so you can have the > mouse functions under your left thumb and writing function under your > right thumb. > > hopefully you are able to help us in combining (or developing) the > requested functionalities! > > END QUOTE > > Does anybody know of something that can solve their problem? > > > > -- > Regards, > > Aadisht > Email for lists: [email protected] > Personal Email: [email protected] > Mobile (TN): +91-96000 23067 > Website: http://www.aadisht.net/ > Blog: http://www.wokay.in/ > > -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com
