[oats-sig] New project idea!

Ah! I'll have a look at Twitter then... In the meantime, I'll send them to

Twitter is a micro blogging site, you blog very short entries about
what you are doing.
It can be useful for coordinating live meetups as it works with SMS texts
I still haven't decided if it's a good thing or not;-)
I'm SteveALee

Steve

2008/5/28 Simon Judge <simon.judge at nhs.net>:
> Ah!  I'll have a look at Twitter then... In the meantime, I'll send them to
> the list too, in case there are any keen coders lurking!!!
>
> S
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jonathan Chetwynd
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 12:48 PM
> To: OATs Project Special Interest Group
> Subject: Re: [oats-sig] New project idea!
>
> re: not make that much sense, but I've decided to send ideas into the ether
> rather than the given example...
> ~:"
>
> my logo <http://www.openicon.org>
>
> Jonathan Chetwynd
>
> j.chetwynd at btinternet.com
> http://www.openicon.org/
>
> +44 (0) 20 7978 1764
>
>
> On 28 May 2008, at 12:34, Simon Judge wrote:
>
>
>        Really? I don't understand - I thought twitter was social networking
> tool?
>        I'm proposing a bit of OATS software below for people who struggle
> to use
>        touch screens (though I realise I didn't explain it well). What've I
>        missed?!!
>
>        S
>
>        -----Original Message-----
>        From: oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
>        [mailto:oats-sig-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Jonathan
> Chetwynd
>        Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:23 AM
>        To: OATs Project Special Interest Group
>        Subject: Re: [oats-sig] New project idea!
>
>        Simon, believe twitter was created for this purpose...
>
>        though the archiving is rubbish.
>
>
>        ~:"
>
>        my logo <http://www.openicon.org>
>
>        Jonathan Chetwynd
>
>        j.chetwynd at btinternet.com
>        http://www.openicon.org/
>
>        +44 (0) 20 7978 1764
>
>
>        On 28 May 2008, at 09:18, Simon Judge wrote:
>
>
>        Hiya,
>
>        this is a new possiblity for the PP team, or anyone here who wants a
>        quick (?!) project that might be helpful:
>
>        Problem:  people who use a touchscreen-keyguard communication aid
>        and have poor dexterity, but can put their finger into the keyguard
> holes to
>        select cells, struggle to access the computer using the same method
> (since
>        they can not select an area smaller than the keyguard.
>
>        Also, other people with dexterity problems might have difficulty
>        clicking exactly on a button, but might be able to reliably click on
> an area
>        of say 20x20pixels.
>
>        Further - people using mouse keys might want another method of
>        selecting on the screen.
>
>        Solution(?): ZoomClick software - every time you click the mouse,
>        the software blows up a square of the screen every time you click.
> It then
>        allows a second click on the 'blown up' area. You can change the
> zoom
>        factor.  This is similar to what is used on some eye-gaze systems if
> you
>        have seen them
>
>        Extension - grid the zoomed area and number each grid so that a) it
>        can be used with a touch screen-keyguard and b) someone can use a
> numberpad
>        keyguard to progressively segment the screen into 9 and click this
> way.
>
>        ----
>
>        I realise this might not make that much sense, but I've decided to
>        send ideas into the ether when I have them rather than forget
> them!!!
>        Ask/Crit away!
>
>        S
>
>
>        Cheers,
>
>        Simon
>
>        Senior Clinical Scientist
>        Assistive Technology Team
>
>        simon.judge at nhs.net
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