XO Accessibility

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.

Activity grid

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

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

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

To do

By June 6

Create a list of the most common disabilities that children with XOs in a classroom may have to deal with.
Create a list of core Activities and functionalities we want all children to have access to.
Create a grid composed of the above two axes, and go through assessing the current accessibility options for each.
Email the accessibility list with the current findings and invite ideas for how to fill in the grid.

By June 13

Create a list of possible options/projects (either design-from-scratch, find commercial solutions for, or improve existing designs) for those points on the grid we don't think are filled-in enough, and make a schedule for completion of these subprojects.