Re: on-screen scanning keyboard

[Jorge Silva <jsilva ocad ca>]

Hello David,

  I am taken aback by your comments on the possibility that Dov is not 
around anymore, have you confirmed this? I was inspired by his work and 
shared a few emails with him a while back. I really hope he hasn't 
passed away.

  If at all useful, a project I coordinate: Tekla 
(http://scyp.idrc.ocad.ca/projects/tekla) is suited for single-switch 
access, although it currently targets Android devices instead of the 
Desktop.

regards,
Jorge Silva

On 11-04-28 08:00 AM, gnome-accessibility-list-request gnome org wrote:
> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:34:28 -0700
> From: Eitan Isaacson<eitan monotonous org>
> To: David Norwood<dnorwood2 yahoo com>
> Cc: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: on-screen scanning keyboard
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> Hi David!
>
> Caribou currently has single key switch access. although it is incomplete,
> and buggy. I am right now in the midst of an overhaul in Caribou, but I
> would love to check back with you later when we refocus efforts on switch
> access. I don't know of any switch users who are willing to make this work,
> so I am happy you found this mailing list!
>
> Cheers,
>    Eitan.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 6:43 PM, David Norwood<dnorwood2 yahoo com>  wrote:
>
> > I have had ALS for over 17 years and completely paralyzed below the neck.
> >   I have been using an on-screen scanning keyboard program called Skeleton
> > Key for ten years now.  Skeleton Key was written by a brilliant person with
> > ALS (PALS) named Dov Wisebrod, but I'm afraid he has succumbed to this awful
> > disease.  You can read more about my computer setup here:
> >
> >
> > http://techpals.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/thoughts-on-adaptive-computer-access-for-pals/
> >
> > There are a couple bugs with Skeleton Key running under windows 7, so I
> > would like to try running Ubuntu on my laptop.  I used to be a Unix sysadmin
> > on Sun systems, and I have Ubuntu running on a headless server and on my old
> > laptop.   I use Putty and UltraVNC to login to and control these machines.
> >   I tried to run GOK on the old laptop about a year ago.  It crashed a lot
> > and was missing many of the features I have come to rely on.  Since then, I
> > have waited for single switch scanning to be added to Caribou, but I don't
> > think it has.
> >
> > Is it okay for me to ask questions here?  For example, on my old laptop,
> > the tab key can't be used to cycle through the buttons in dialog boxes and
> > the arrow keys don't work in menus.   I don't have this problem on my
> > headless server.  Is there a setting for this?
> >
> > Also, I have never met another Linux geek with ALS.  I would love to
> > correspond with any that are out there.  I have many ideas for projects that
> > use open source software and hardware to improve the lives of those with
> > severe physical disability.
> >
> > David
> >
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