[laptop-accessibility] keyboard for the blind

[Manusheel Gupta]

Thanks Aaron, Peter, and Big One(Sorry! I don't know your name) for the
introduction and help.

Me and Walter are currently working on the development of OLPC-Braille
Keyboard.


Aaron, you wrote:

>What adaptations are you considering?

We are at an initial stage, and are in the process of looking for a suitable
layout.

The first question we are searching about, at the moment is: Is Braille
in US the same as Braille in India as Braille in China as Braille in Peru?
If so, we can sum up with a separate keyboard mold for use
everywhere--economies of scale.

Any pointers/feedback about it will be highly appreciated.

Regards,
Manu

Manusheel Gupta
One Laptop Per Child Inc.
http://laptop.org









On 10/22/07, Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com > wrote:
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> Hi Peter.
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> I wrote to the person leading the effort as well as CCing the list as I
> thought it would be of interest.
>
> I got the information from the weekly email update to the
> community-news at laptop.org mailing list from Walter Bender:
> "18. Keyboards: Manusheel, Sayamindu Dasgupta, Roshan Kamat, Tushar
> Sayankar, Jens Peterson, and Walter Bender have finished the layout for a
> Deva keyboard (See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Devanagari_Keyboard ). We
> hope
> to finish the Nepali and Pashto keyboards in the coming weeks. Manu is
> leading a discussion on an OLPC keyboard for the blind. Please send your
> ideas/feedback to manu<at>laptop<dot>org)."
>
>
> Aaron
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> From: "Peter Korn" <Peter.Korn at Sun.COM>
> To: "Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC"
> <accessibility at lists.laptop.org>
> Cc: <manu at laptop.org>
> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [laptop-accessibility] keyboard for the blind
>
>
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> >> I have been informed that you are in the process of designing a
> keyboard
> >> for
> >> the blind for the XO.  Being totally blind my self, and having learned
> to
> >> touch-type at age six, I am curious about the project.  First, why is
> it
> >> believed that a specialized keyboard is needed?  Is there something
> >> unique
> >> about the current XO laptop which makes it difficult to touch type
> with?
> >> What adaptations are you considering?
> >
> > You have reached an e-mail discussion list, where folks interested in
> > accessibility for the OLPC/XO discuss these matters.
> >
> > I am not aware of any work going on around a specific "keyboard for the
> > blind for the XO".  However, if someone is working on that, it is a
> > reasonable guess that they might be on this e-mail list.
> >
> >
> > From where did you hear this?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Peter Korn
> > Accessibility Architect,
> > Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> > _______________________________________________
> > accessibility mailing list
> > accessibility at lists.laptop.org
> > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility
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