[laptop-accessibility] Introducing me

[Michael McGlothlin]

Hey people,
I've been messing with my OLPC unit for a while and trolling the lists a 
little. I intend to work on hardware and software for the OLPC that will 
allow physically disabled people to more easily use it. I have a 
background in software development, electrical engineering, usability, 
and Linux and have extensive experience with the handicapped as my 
sister has cerebral palsy which makes it difficult for her to do 
anything requiring fine motor control. Using a USB adapter I am making 
it so she can plug in various kind of switches (jelly switches, sip + 
puff switches, etc) that will send mouse events that can easily be 
captured and used to control software. I plan to make edutainment, media 
playing, and communications programs that will require no more than 
three buttons to use. Eventually, I'd like to design my own USB adapter 
that could be produced and sold with the OLPC for much less than those 
commercially available now (which usually sell for around US$50).

I'm also interested in edutainment software in general so I may write 
some small educational games and tools. So far I've been experimenting 
with if I want to write Gecko based apps or SDL based apps since those 
are the two supported systems I'm most familiar with.