[senit] Simultaneous use of Touchscreen/mouse and Switch

Sarah

wow

sounds grand! just the sort of thing we used of dream about on the BBC B and the Cheyne Scribbler (enhanced)

I'd say do everyting... and then we will learn that we only need just a small subset... but only through having the options will we find out. sorry.

Dave Mitchell
Children's Services

-----Original Message-----
From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk]On Behalf Of Sarah Greenland
Sent: 04 March 2007 16:06
To: Senit
Subject: [senit] Simultaneous use of Touchscreen/mouse and Switch

*Commercial interest declared*

I'm currently working on a follow-up to Touch Balloons.  This program will 
focus on using the fingers to drag and touch.  It will also have switch 
access.  I've been asked about the possibility of having both forms of 
access available simultaneously.

Most of my relevant experience comes from working in a hospital setting, so 
I could use some more opinions on how this would work out in schools.

The school that I'm trialling the software in uses large communal touch 
screens.  Because of the children's disabilities, they can only drag over a 
small section of the screen.  So - they work in tandem.  One child drags 
over the left hand section of the screen, a second picks it up for the 
central area, and a third drags towards the right.

So:
1) How usual is it for children to work together on an access program?
2) Would touch users and switch users commonly work as a team?
3) Is it acceptable to block out one form of access temporarily to allow a 
child who has started an action to complete it?  For example, to prevent an 
overenthusiastic switch user from dominating proceedings?
4) If a temporary block is in place, is it OK for the program to revert to a 
neutral state after a configurable period of time?

Thanks
Sarah Greenland 

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