[laptop-accessibility] XO keyboard

[Aaron Cannon]

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Let me add dots of elmers glue or nail polish to the list of things to try.

Aaron

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From: "Mike Gorse" <mgorse at mgorse.dhs.org>
To: <jg at laptop.org>; "Discussion of accessibility on the OLPC"
<accessibility at lists.laptop.org>
Cc: "Walter Bender" <walter at laptop.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [laptop-accessibility] XO keyboard


> Thanks; filed as ticket 5859.
>
> Donna, it's a good question what would work as far as markers go.  I have
> some dots lying around the house somewhere (they're called Highmarks or
> something similar), but I didn't think to look for them last night and try
> to mark the XO.  It would be good to figure out what works, though, since
> it would help with existing hardware.  And I use a screen reader (although
> I can't do anything with the current XO image).
>
> -- Mike Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.freeshell.org --
>
> On Sat, 5 Jan 2008, Jim Gettys wrote:
>
>> Please put this suggestion into trac.  Component: keyboard.
>>
>> Whether we can make such a change sooner rather than later isn't
>> entirely clear to me (though my guess is we *might* be able to).
>>
>> Almost certainly, in this generation, the keyboard membrane would be the
>> place to make such a change, rather than the plastic case: this has to
>> do with how long the molds last in production, and the difficulty and
>> cost of making the changes.  Injection plastic molds are hideously
>> expensive, and last a long time.  So changing the case is almost out of
>> the question.
>>
>> Walter was certainly talking about making the f/j nubs slightly larger
>> sooner rather than later.  Sooner, btw, is still measured in multiple
>> months...  Such is hardware lead times.
>>                             - Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 22:07 -0500, Mike Gorse wrote:
>>> A while ago, there was a thread on here about the keyboard / whether it
>>> would need modification to be used by blind students.  I got my XO and
>>> looked at the keyboard, counting 71 keys.  What I didn't know was that
>>> the
>>> three large buttons on the top row are each comprised of several
>>> distinct
>>> keys.  I would not have known this without having a sighted friend
>>> describe it to me.  There is no good way to tactily distinguish these
>>> keys
>>> from each other, and this is especially problematic for the middle
>>> button
>>> which is comprised of around seven keys.  I would suggest putting dots
>>> or
>>> other tactile marks either on the keys or on the frame directly above
>>> the
>>> keys.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any comments?
>>>
>>> -- Mike Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.freeshell.org --
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>> --
>> Jim Gettys
>> One Laptop Per Child
>>
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