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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


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How can the XO be used by children with various learning and physical disabilities as a tool that they build themselves in order to differently interact with the learning environment that surrounds them? This research project will explore the usability of the XO and its various activities and modes from the perspectives of various types of "differently-abled" users. We will also be creating inventions and adaptations to make the set of core activities more usable by children with special needs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design Universal design] will be used rather than creating separate solutions for disabled and non-disabled users.
How can the XO be used by children with various learning and physical disabilities as a tool that they build themselves in order to differently interact with the learning environment that surrounds them? This research project will explore the usability of the XO and its various activities and modes from the perspectives of various types of "differently-abled" users. We will also be creating inventions and adaptations to make the set of core activities more usable by children with special needs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_design Universal design] will be used rather than creating separate solutions for disabled and non-disabled users.


The list below is a series of Activities that might be used frequently in classrooms (G1G1 build + a few commonly mentioned programs like Speak and Squeak), along with inputs/outputs on the XO. We're looking at what inputs and outputs are used by various activities and what alternatives might be available for users who have a harder time making use of certain input/output streams. We're looking for a better way to organize this list - a table was too large to fit on a screen. This is an experimental and slightly unorthodox approach (as far as we know) and we're not sure whether focusing on the XO's I/O rather than specific disabilities will work yet, but we'll find out shortly.
== Budget ==

=== Upcoming ===

''Project temporarily on hold - we're working on a [[Voltage regulator]], and also think that accessibility testing will be much better done if we're making things for specific users rather than a generic hypothetical model.''

== List of activities ==

=== General ===

* Charging (inserting/removing power plug)
* Carrying
* Replacing a battery
* Disassembly/repair
* Opening and closing the XO

=== [[Journal]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Browse]] ===

==== Find more broadly-applicable solutions for ====
* keyboard
* touchpad
* speakers/headphones

==== Display ====

Testing screenreaders now...

=== [[Read]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Write]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Newsreader]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Paint]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Record]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[TamTam]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Pippy]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones
=== [[Etoys]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[TurtleArt]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones
=== [[Calculate]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Measure]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Distance]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Terminal]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

=== [[Log]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones
=== [[Analyze]] ===

* keyboard
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones


=== [[Chat]] ===
''For planning purposes - this should be removed from the page once the budget is approved and placed on a subpage.''


* keyboard
=== Mandatory ===
* touchpad
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones
=== [[XOIRC]] ===


* keyboard
* $50 for physical hand braces, splints, restraints, earplugs, sunglasses
* touchpad
* $250 for books on assistive technology design (approximately 5-7 used books)
* camera
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones


=== Would be nice ===
=== [[Scratch]] ===


* keyboard
* $200 for an electronics prototyping toolbench - nonconsumables like a soldering iron, breadboard, wire cutter, AVR programmer
* touchpad
* $200 for electronics prototyping supplies - consumables like solder, wire, microcontrollers, switches, buttons, lights, etc.
* camera
* $500 to print circuit boards for successfully prototyped designs in order to make these more widely available to the community for testing (we can always request/find this funding when we have successful designs)
* analog-in
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones


== To do ==
=== [[Speak]] ===


* keyboard
* Create a list of the most common disabilities that children with XOs in a classroom may have to deal with.
* touchpad
* Create a list of core Activities and functionalities we want all children to have access to.
* camera
* Create a grid composed of the above two axes, and go through assessing the current accessibility options for each.
* analog-in
* Create options for those points on the grid that don't yet exist, and/or improve existing ones we don't think are "good enough" yet.
* microphone
* tablet-mode/rotate-screen
* rocker/d-pad
* USB
* display
* speakers/headphones

Latest revision as of 22:42, 3 July 2008

Introduction

This is an ILXO project. If you'd like to participate, please contact Mel Chua - collaborators and contributors welcome!

How can the XO be used by children with various learning and physical disabilities as a tool that they build themselves in order to differently interact with the learning environment that surrounds them? This research project will explore the usability of the XO and its various activities and modes from the perspectives of various types of "differently-abled" users. We will also be creating inventions and adaptations to make the set of core activities more usable by children with special needs. Universal design will be used rather than creating separate solutions for disabled and non-disabled users.

The list below is a series of Activities that might be used frequently in classrooms (G1G1 build + a few commonly mentioned programs like Speak and Squeak), along with inputs/outputs on the XO. We're looking at what inputs and outputs are used by various activities and what alternatives might be available for users who have a harder time making use of certain input/output streams. We're looking for a better way to organize this list - a table was too large to fit on a screen. This is an experimental and slightly unorthodox approach (as far as we know) and we're not sure whether focusing on the XO's I/O rather than specific disabilities will work yet, but we'll find out shortly.

Upcoming

Project temporarily on hold - we're working on a Voltage regulator, and also think that accessibility testing will be much better done if we're making things for specific users rather than a generic hypothetical model.

List of activities

General

  • Charging (inserting/removing power plug)
  • Carrying
  • Replacing a battery
  • Disassembly/repair
  • Opening and closing the XO

Journal

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Browse

Find more broadly-applicable solutions for

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • speakers/headphones

Display

Testing screenreaders now...

Read

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Write

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Newsreader

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Paint

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Record

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

TamTam

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Pippy

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Etoys

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

TurtleArt

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Calculate

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Measure

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Distance

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Terminal

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Log

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Analyze

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Chat

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

XOIRC

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Scratch

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones

Speak

  • keyboard
  • touchpad
  • camera
  • analog-in
  • microphone
  • tablet-mode/rotate-screen
  • rocker/d-pad
  • USB
  • display
  • speakers/headphones
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