golly! here I am working on the Ad Platform for Bing, and I find a consumer. :) Hi Sumant.
Aadisht, I can put this on the local chat list. There are a few of the XBOX/Kinect tinkerers on it. ~ashwin On 4 May 2011 15:36, Sumant Srivathsan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
