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[Marc Valentin]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 7:36 AM, Hemant Goyal <goyal.hemant at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> > I think the opportunity is to have more language teaching
> > software built in.  From what I saw kids could easily learn
> > to open and use a particular application, and if that app had
> > videos, music, and speech and simple fun tests - kids could
> > learn to use it pretty quickly.
> >
> >
> > If done right, the XO could become the English teacher in
> > non-english public schools.
>
> Absolutely :) Not only English but many many more languages :).
>
> We are working on integrating speech synthesis in the XO :)
> [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Screen_Reader,
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Speech_synthesis]. There are tasks we need
> assistance with(primarily with packaging software), if you are interested in
> helping out please contact me.
>
> Hemant
>

I added the program "Speak-4.xo" (It is speech synthesis, right ?)
They like it very much !
Among the languages available in "Speak", I saw "Hindi". It would be
nice to be able to type with Hindi characters...