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===Ebook Readers=== |
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[[Evince]] is the obvious one to start with since it is already part of the project. |
[[Evince]] is the obvious one to start with since it is already part of the project. |
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===How about a Blind Reader=== |
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That would be an application in which the cámera can read text in paper, and apply OCR to it to read it aloud for blind children/adults. also reads aloud the Ebooks. MEXICO, AGS, --[[User:Dagoflores|Dagoflores]] 16:25, 14 March 2007 (EDT) |
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===Python shell=== |
===Python shell=== |
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Revision as of 20:25, 14 March 2007
This page should be some kind of list of applications that we should adopt or adapt. It really should have two sections and then lists within those sections sorted by application type.
Adopt
Ebook Readers
Evince is the obvious one to start with since it is already part of the project.
How about a Blind Reader
That would be an application in which the cámera can read text in paper, and apply OCR to it to read it aloud for blind children/adults. also reads aloud the Ebooks. MEXICO, AGS, --Dagoflores 16:25, 14 March 2007 (EDT)
Python shell
Provides a simple way for children to experiment with programming. See Programming for Kids.
Formal word processor
AbiWord is being adapted for the OLPC.
OpenDocument Viewer
See OpenDocument Viewer for more information about OpenDocument readers.
Adapt
E-mail clients
Some work is being done to try to develop a prototype email client. Tinymail is a project that aims to create a E-mail client development infrastructure for creating E-mail clients for small devices. At this moment it can show large IMAP and POP folders using less than 5 megabytes of memory. Tinymail is licensed as LGPL. https://svn.cronos.be/svn/tinymail/trunk
Inkscape
This is an SVG drawing program but it is far more feature rich than it needs to be for OLPC. To start with, import and export formats could be removed leaving only SVG and PNG. But more than that, it needs to be simplified for beginners even if that means reducing its functionality.
In fact, by applying the principles of UNIX as a collection of straightforward utilities that do one job well, Inkscape could be broken up into several separate programs. One for sketching, one for adding color, one for texturing, one for animating. In particular, since the device will often be used in monochrome mode, separating coloring from drawing makes a lot of sense.
Encryption Tools
Use also LUKS - Linux Unified Key Setup
- http://luks.endorphin.org/ (main page)
- http://blog.fubar.dk/?p=64 (blog)
- http://people.freedesktop.org/~david/crypto/ (flash demo)