On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 16:27 -0400, Daniel Howard wrote: > Our special needs, Kindergarten, and first grade teachers are asking me > for the following Linux apps to use on our school wide K12LTSP systems: > > 1. A talking word processor (Windoz app: Talk out loud): speaks the > words as the students type them on the screen in the word processor http://packages.debian.org/stable/kde/konq-speaker I'm looking into kate right now. It supports the konq-speaker plugin and thus will read the screen to the user. Kate is a KDE text editor. > > 2. A predictive word processor (as students type words, it gives them > typical choices to complete the words) OpenOffice does to some extent (big words only - poly-syllable). There's a DOS app (should run under freeDOS very well) called MindReader http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access/dos/dosshare.html > > 3. A talking screen reader, so that younger students can take tests like > those in Accelerated Reader by having the questions read to them. > Currently, parent volunteers come in to do this, but I know that at > other Atlanta Public Schools where parent volunteers are few and far > between, a computer-spoken version of online tests would be extremely > useful. In the Gnome desktop, there is a built-in screen reader called gnopernicus. It can be activated by default on a per user basis. I'm not sure how adept it is on a web page. Many screen readers have problems with "busy" web pages. There is a firefox extension project called "fangs" that is working to provide a text input for Jaws (a respected screen reader) for use on a Windows based environment. Also, the konq-speaker plugin may work as konqueror is also a browser. > > Regards, > Daniel > -- James P. Kinney III CEO & Director of Engineering Local Net Solutions,LLC 770-493-8244 http://www.localnetsolutions.com GPG ID: 829C6CA7 James P. Kinney III (M.S. Physics) <jkinney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fingerprint = 3C9E 6366 54FC A3FE BA4D 0659 6190 ADC3 829C 6CA7
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