[Localization] int keyboards

[Walter Bender]

Check with Roger Sipitakiat, who did something similar in Thailand
with some degree of success!!

-walter

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Yama Ploskonka <yama at netoso.com> wrote:
> OK, since you're forcing me to :-), I'll make public this intention
>
> I am planning to do a few little test to do the rubber part of the
> keyboard, which then can be silkscreened/localized to any layout.  Both
>  are rather trivial technology issues, and then the local user groups
> could maybe hack those into their laptops if they are insistent on
> having a localized keyboard.  If these work, I could probably source
> that in Bolivia for Q4.
>
> Remembering the Nigeria fiasco, would I get in any high water with
> distributing something like this?
>
>
> In principle silkscreening on a plain green or any color keyboard would
> be a non-issue, even I can do that, a professional shop in a developing
> country would be happy to do it for less than 200 USD per hundred
> keyboards, the setup being the most expensive, printing itself costing
> but a few cents.
>
> Making the rubber piece itself is a bit more tricky, because it has to
> be a material that can last.  Now, if we could buy a few thousand of
> those direct from the provider in China, blank, then we could do really
> whatever, Ed would be SO happy!
>
> Yama
>
>  Lionel Laské (C2S) wrote:
>> Very good idea.
>>
>> More: why not give keyboards stocks to locals grassroot in target countries for G1G1 Europe ?
>>
>> So every people buy a laptop with an English keyboard and have opportunity to exchange it to its local grassroot.
>>
>> It could be a very good way:
>> - For local grassroot to federate XO community in their country,
>> - For OLPC to promote grassroots in Europe.
>>
>> By the way, as NN said: "Everyone should try disassembling their XO", so if someone want a localized keyboard, it should disassembly the XO first to plug the right keyboard !
>>
>>            Lionel Laské.
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