Archive for the ‘Computing’ Category
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
This keyboard has color coded keys to teach consonants vs. vowels in order to assist kids become better spellers as well as different colors for the control keys and numbers..
I figure the extra visual feedback offered by the colour coding on this keyboard has to have additional application in areas ...
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Sunday, November 16th, 2008
"Accessibility is about accommodating characteristics a person cannot change by providing options" -- Joe Clarke, 2001
* An outline
* some ideas in olpc first look was promising
* accessibility and usability are hardware issues too
* accessibility should venture out of the online space into hardware design
Last year I had a first look ...
Posted in Access, Computing, Devices, Input, Touch | 1 Comment »
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Researchers from the University of Washington are developing a mouse that's controlled using sounds made with your voice.
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I have nothing to add.
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Now folks we are talking about something I want and would actually be able to use. Compact, Mac OSX and a Resistive touch screen allowing me to control the cursor as I couldn't o this device and can't with the current track pads all Macs have.
I couldn't find out who ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
This is kind of like using gestures without contact.
Wave Power: The G55 picks out key hand signals from webcam video feeds. Photo by Toshiba
Funny how, apart from the attempts with voice commands, input always seems to come back to hands. At least this one isn't touch related.
[via Popsci]
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