that was too easy.
i think the best part of this thing though was that you could do the whole "stephen hawking" thing.. it had this cool software written by assistive tech that formed sentences with a few quick button presses. granted they were all gradeschool level grammar and vocab but it was still fun! hours of laughs at the ol office.
Keep in mind this was 4 years ago... those things, while nice, were outside the scope and cost target of the project. And does this guy's lappy have a connector for a chin-actuated wheel-chair control? I dont think so! heh.
We hacked, cut, flipped the monitor, installed a touchscreen, etc etc for a company that makes computers for disabled people. They dont sell that particular model anymore, but it was a fun project and pretty slick. Had lots of software for people with poor motor or speaking skills. Software keyboard and of course USB/firewire so you could just plug in anything you wanted. Also came wired for use with the airport. What more could you want?
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that was too easy. i think the best part of this thing though was that you could do the whole "stephen hawking" thing.. it had this cool software written by assistive tech that formed sentences with a few quick button presses. granted they were all gradeschool level grammar and vocab but it was still fun! hours of laughs at the ol office.
Keep in mind this was 4 years ago... those things, while nice, were outside the scope and cost target of the project. And does this guy's lappy have a connector for a chin-actuated wheel-chair control? I dont think so! heh.
"Pretty", definitely.
http://www.moto.com/portfolio/projects/projects_sa mple_9.html
We hacked, cut, flipped the monitor, installed a touchscreen, etc etc for a company that makes computers for disabled people. They dont sell that particular model anymore, but it was a fun project and pretty slick. Had lots of software for people with poor motor or speaking skills. Software keyboard and of course USB/firewire so you could just plug in anything you wanted. Also came wired for use with the airport. What more could you want?
http://www.assistivetech.com/
Matt