[laptop-accessibility] Windows XP, XO-2 keyboard and news about progress?

[Per]

        Hello everyone,

    I have some questions:
If a modyfied version of Windows XP could run the XO, does that mean, the 
open source screen reader NVDA could run on the XO as well? I am surely not 
a Windows fan but, in my opinion, every possibility to access this device 
and it's software should be appreciated. Are more implications for 
accessibility imaginable?

I heard that the XO-2 will perhaps have two touch screens, but just a 
virtual instead of a real keyboard. If this information is correct, some 
groups of users such as blind children could only use the device with an 
external keyboard. The keys of the XO-1 are very small and for that reason 
an external keyboard could be a good solution for many users. Do you know if 
someone is already working on a external keyboard which follows the OLPC 
design rules?

My last question is for Hemant and all other workers on speech synthesis and 
screen reader adaption. I would like to learn about the progress of your 
work. Are there any news to spread? For example, what problems do you have 
at the moment?

All you active developers do a very important job! I wish you success!

Best,  Per