[laptop-accessibility] Considering closing down the mailing list accessibility at lists.laptop.org

[Peter Korn]

Hi Gary,

There are three developments coming out of the AEGIS Project 
<http://www.aegis-project.eu> that might be of interest.  Take a look at 
Dasher for Android 
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dasher.android>, Tecla 
Access for Android 
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ca.idi.tekla> (that 
provides tremendous control functionality as well), and CCF-SymbolDroid 
<http://dev.androtech.se/ooo/content.html>(which is compatible with TTS, 
but more focused on people with language/cognitive impairments, yet 
still may be a useful choice).


Regards,

Peter
(former AEGIS Technical Manager)

On 8/21/2013 10:34 AM, Gary Kline wrote:
> Organization: Thought Unlimited.  Public service Unix since 1986.
> Of_Interest: With 27 years  of service  to the  Unix  community.
>
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:34:14PM -0400, gabey8 at aol.com wrote:
>> Before this list goes away, I think it would be worthwhile to visit the accessibility of the recently-released XO Tablet. It's running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and has a lot of XO-specific software installed.
>>
>> What accessibility features in Android would allow disabled users to make the best use of this tablet?
>>
>> I have, in particular, an interest in text-to-speech capabilities in Android. I know someone whose speech has been severely impaired by Parkinson's Disease, and if Android offers an affordable communication solution, I would recommend her purchase of this tablet in a heartbeat. I know that the iPad offers such apps, and that there are ruggedized/bump cases for it; however, we are talking about someone who is on a fixed income; if Android can offer the same capabilities for less money, I'd be willing to suggest the XO Tablet to her instead.
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> accessibility mailing list
>> accessibility at lists.laptop.org
>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility
> 	hello to everyone of the accessibility list,
>
> 	I have dropped out of working on my "Voice By Computer"
> 	program some months back even though "VBC|vbc" works
> 	well on my Ubuntu linux desktop.  I was the first severely
> 	disabled EE to graduate as a computer programmer in 1982
> 	and have written several open source programs over the
> 	years.  "vbc" is my text-to-speech effort that was and
> 	remains intended for people like myself with a speech
> 	impairment.
>
> 	some very old data is available at http://www.thought.org/vbc
> 	with a "src" link that will display a shar "List"; I put this
> 	up late last spring informed OLPC.  Several minor hacks need
> 	to be made to store static data.  ~/.config/inkscape/* is an
> 	example.  What I have in /home/kline/.VBC should be moved to
> 	/home/kline/.config/.VBC/*.  this is one example.
>
> 	vbc is written in C and GTK+. interested?  have at it!
>

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