Projects for the Disabled and the Needy?

lshawnaiken asks: "I've been looking for an open source project to help with, so that I can "give back to the community." While I've seen some fine projects, none have grabbed me. The community is doing just fine, battling Microsoft with much abandon. I was thinking of devoting my time to a project that people really do need. Although i haven't heard of any, I bet tehre are projects out there that are creating software for disabled or needy people. Voice programs for the blind. Educational programs for those who need extra help learning. I mean, there must be SOMEONE doing something like that. I'd like to help. And others would too, I bet. So I would like to ask the readers of Slashdot if they know of any Open Source projects like this, what they are, and to provide links to them. I'd really like to help."

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[brlewis]

Helping the learning disabled is a great cause, in that it's harder for them to benefit from technology as easily as, say, verbally skilled blind people. You might also look at work in developing countries.

Emacspeak

[gmhowell]

Emacspeak

Emacs is already a desktop environment (and was before Gnome was a gleam in Miguel's eye) and it just needs a few things here and there (better documentation for one).

I'd appreciate it at least:)