This is specific for the Fredericton group... but all opinions welcome

[Alfred]

I don't sell Confusers, but now and then I have one for a Handicapped
person. Most of them like Windows, because there are very few games they
know how to play, or like playing. I made a few with Ubuntu on them, and
one with Damn Small Linux on it, but now there is only one that still
has Ubuntu 5.10 on it because all the others got rid of Linux and had
Windows 98 put on by someone else. 

Some things that might make the Linux ones more Friendly to Handicapped
people, are Big Scroll Bars. Many Handicapped folks have a very hard
time pushing a mouse around. I'm not sure how to make that in Code, but
figured someone might know how to do that.

There was a word processor from E-press that one handicapped person
learnt how to use real well. (Easy Word) Is there something like this in
Linux?

A word processor that has say: two modes, very simple, and then
complicated. One that will read the text back to the user. One that
corrects Spilling Mistrakes, on the fly. 

Microsoft has Agent Software, is there something similar in Linux. This
is Animated Characters, or Avitars, that speak with Balloon Text, and
Voice at the same time, while doing anywhere up to 125 Animation
Fragments that can be pieced together. Some People that were handicapped
really like this kind of thing. It has to be KISS Compatible- Keep It
Simple Stupid :^) At one time there was Plug-in for Mozilla that would
allow Agent Software to work outside of IE. Is there anyone working on
such a plug-in for Linux, or a Linux Browser?

Alfred!



On Thu, 2007-25-10 at 21:07 -0300, Richard Seguin wrote:
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> I have tried the OEM install too... Very nice...
> 
> No I don't sell computers myself people, I was thinking of finding
> deals for people and we provide the tech support if needed...
> 
> I guess the goal here is to get people to try it...  In my head I
> would like to see that frustrated person who just bought a brand new
> computer with Vista on it and delete vista and install Ubuntu... then
> we can find out what the user wants for apps... and IF need be we can
> support it.
> 
> I just had my very newbie girlfriend try out Ubuntu (she asked ME to
> switch, that was a surprise)... She absolutely loves it because in her
> eyes it won't break... Unless she is installing new packages or
> changing settings theoretically the system should stay as is (other
> then her profile).   I don't dare say "what possibly could go wrong"
> because if I do knowing my luck my network will crash....   but any
> damage on her machine if at all should be minor.
> 
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> Joel Goguen wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 18:55 -0400, Andrew Mathenge wrote:
> >> Are you thinking of building a custom machine as an alternative to
> >> Vista for your customers? If so, you'd need to do more than just an
> >> operating system build. Most users don't really care about the
> >> operating system, it's the applications and installing them in Windows
> >> is fairly easy, while finding them and installing them and using them
> >> in Linux can sometimes be a challenge. Just check out the Ubuntu
> >> support forums.
> > The alternate CD install provides an OEM option which I've used before.
> > It works rather well for getting common applications installed and
> > setting things up that typically require a command line.  The Ubuntu
> > forums would be a great place to start looking to see what applications
> > we should have pre-installed.
> >
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