Prakhar, It is indeed much needed. I hope you apply for GSoC. Please add your ideas, and links to code and design, to our page on typing tutors: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Typing_tutor
Cheers, SJ ps - In the area of related projects, while we do have Speak and Words, we still need a speaking tutor that trains pronunciation. And we need a handwriting tutor that trains handwriting in specific scripts. On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Prakhar Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone! > I'm an undergraduate student from India. Recently, I conducted an online > survey and discussed with many developers and XO users at #olpc and #sugar > channels about the requirement of a Typing Tutor. I believe that typing > tutor is one of the most essential and crucial applications required in XO. > This software should be developed at the earliest. OLPC's aim to provide the > children with opportunities to explore and experiment is not fulfilled by > only providing the required hardware. We need to equip them with the > knowledge of using the machine for efficient learning which in my honest > opinion, is the *Very First* building block of a child's future through > OLPC. This role can be easily and efficiently played by a typing tutor > utility. It will help children learn typing in a fun filled and effortless > manner and most importantly they will get familiar with the interface of XO > machine. I have developed a typing tutor called "TypeTut" and a text editor > named "TextPRO" which won plaudits from industrialists. Both were developed > at university level and were regarded as best designed applications. I have > already created a sample design for the application. So, I'm ready to > contribute to the motive of OLPC. Looking forward to a healthy collaboration > with OLPC. > > Contacts: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (GTalk), Prakhar (IRC) > > Regards, > -- > Prakhar Agarwal > Technical Head - Library R&D Team > 3rd Year > B.Tech, IT > JIIT University,Noida, India > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > >
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