[laptop-accessibility] Introducing me

[Peter Korn]

Hi Michael,

Welcome to the list.  We are thus-far very low traffic; waiting for a 
critical mass or critical energy level I think.

Re: affordable switch devices to connect to the OLCP; one suggestion I 
got at CSUN was to see if you could use the microphone input port for a 
potentially very inexpensive switch.  It would mean you couldn't also 
have an external microphone in use (and perhaps it would also disable 
the built-in microphone by the act of plugging one in).  Nonetheless, it 
might allow a <$1 switch...


Regards,

Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> 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.
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