I have yet to find a touchpad that works with a prosthetic hook. I tested one of these laptops at a conference recently, it did NOT work with my prosthetic.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Seth Woodworth <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seth@isforinsects.com">seth@isforinsects.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I disagree.<br>
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I believe that this is called a capacitance touchpad. I can't imagine<br>
that there isn't some item that a child could use instead of a finger.<br>
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In fact, within arm reach: my metal watch band enables me to use my touchpad.<br>
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I don't think there is a as-cheap device that will allow pointing on<br>
the XO as a capacitance touchpad.<br>
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:48 PM, Carlos mauro <<a href="mailto:unimauro@gmail.com">unimauro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I agree.<br>
><br>
> For versions of the XO 1.5 or 2.0 would be my suggestion to place the cam<br>
> and the microphone at the top of the screen of the laptop. Use eyetracking<br>
> recognition technologies or the use of touchscreen or something similary to<br>
> gnome speech desktop<br>
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> 2008/11/19 David K Parker <<a href="mailto:davparker@gmail.com">davparker@gmail.com</a>><br>
>><br>
>> In looking at the laptop specs I noticed the mouse input is a touchpad.<br>
>> This makes the laptop inaccessible for kids with artificial hands. The<br>
>> touchpad technology is not good at all for people who wear prosthesis. This<br>
>> limitation can be addressed by providing a trackpoint type alternative. It's<br>
>> really a shame that technology companies don't think about these unecessary<br>
>> limitations for people with disabilities. I bet there are many kids missing<br>
>> limbs due to landmines that will be affected by this technology hurdle. I<br>
>> know because I'm missing my hands due to an accident. Technology should be<br>
>> used to allow people to overcome disabilities, not adding additional<br>
>> obstacles to oversome. Please pass this info on to the developers of the<br>
>> laptops.<br>
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