[IAEP] [Marketing] OLPC rules out Windows for XO-3

[C. Scott Ananian]

On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Kevin Cole <kjcole at dc.sugarlabs.org> wrote:
> I doubt I'm the first to ask...
>
> Any thoughts about accessibility and touch screens?  Voice
> recognition?  External keyboard / mouse (perhaps wireless)?
>
> Or just offer alternative inexpensive computers, SoaS, etc.,
> recognizing that one size does not fit all?

Apparently the iPad is pretty darn impressive WRT accessibility:
  http://www.tuaw.com/2010/06/01/the-ipad-could-be-the-best-mobile-accessibility-device-on-the-ma/

So touchscreen != not accessible.

But it will be a significant amount of work to make Sugar as good as that.
  --scott

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