today's software call

On 6/27/06, Christopher Blizzard <blizzardredhat.com> wrote:

> might fail.  We will see.  If people want to chat and
someone else can
> take notes in my absence, that's fine.  (I'm not sure
if it requires me
> to enter the host code or not - if not, the call might
not work at all.)

When I called in last week the host had not signed on yet
and it told
me that if I was the host to press some number.  So I guess
someone
else could play host.

I'm busy during that time so I'll just have to read the
notes.

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Jim's on a plane and I have spotty Internet access, which
is how I would 
need to call into the dialup system.  I will attempt to call
in, but I 
might fail.  We will see.  If people want to chat and
someone else can 
take notes in my absence, that's fine.  (I'm not sure if
it requires me 
to enter the host code or not - if not, the call might not
work at all.)

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Hi All,
       Please forgive this question, but I have seen no
mention of one
of the most obvious programs needed for the project.

Is there a program to teach touch typing for the OLPC?

I'd like to learn myself  

My daughter has the use of a nice commercial program at her
school (she
is 12 years old and now her skills are now better than mine)
but I have
not found appropriate Open Source program for Linux.

Cheers

Martin Sevior


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Martin Sevior wrote:
> Hi All,
>        Please forgive this question, but I have seen no
mention of one
> of the most obvious programs needed for the project.
> 
> Is there a program to teach touch typing for the OLPC?
> 
> I'd like to learn myself  
> 
> My daughter has the use of a nice commercial program at
her school (she
> is 12 years old and now her skills are now better than
mine) but I have
> not found appropriate Open Source program for Linux.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Martin Sevior
> 

I havent heard of any plans to include such a program with
OLPC by 
default but there are several such open source software that
can be 
potentially used

Tuxtype
http://fedoraproject.org/ext
ras/5/i386/repodata/repoview/tuxtype2-0-1.5.3-1.fc5.html

Ktouch, which is part of KDE Edu. gtypist and emacs-gypist
are open 
source but doesnt fit the target audience.

Rahul

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On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 11:23 +0530, Rahul wrote:
> Martin Sevior wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >        Please forgive this question, but I have
seen no mention of one
> > of the most obvious programs needed for the
project.
> > 
> > Is there a program to teach touch typing for the
OLPC?
> > 
> > I'd like to learn myself  
> > 
> > My daughter has the use of a nice commercial
program at her school (she
> > is 12 years old and now her skills are now better
than mine) but I have
> > not found appropriate Open Source program for
Linux.
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> > Martin Sevior
> > 
> 
> I havent heard of any plans to include such a program
with OLPC by 
> default but there are several such open source software
that can be 
> potentially used
> 
> Tuxtype
> http://fedoraproject.org/ext
ras/5/i386/repodata/repoview/tuxtype2-0-1.5.3-1.fc5.html
> 
> Ktouch, which is part of KDE Edu. gtypist and
emacs-gypist are open 
> source but doesnt fit the target audience.
> 

Hi Rahul,
          
	Thanks very much! It's a great program. I hope OLPC
includes something
like it. Touch Typing is a 21st century skill that will be
very useful
for everyone.

Cheers

Martin

> Rahul
> 

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On 6/27/06, Christopher Blizzard <blizzardredhat.com> wrote:

> might fail.  We will see.  If people want to chat and
someone else can
> take notes in my absence, that's fine.  (I'm not sure
if it requires me
> to enter the host code or not - if not, the call might
not work at all.)

When I called in last week the host had not signed on yet
and it told
me that if I was the host to press some number.  So I guess
someone
else could play host.

I'm busy during that time so I'll just have to read the
notes.

-- 
Richard A. Smith

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On 6/27/06, Christopher Blizzard <blizzardredhat.com> wrote:

> might fail.  We will see.  If people want to chat and
someone else can
> take notes in my absence, that's fine.  (I'm not sure
if it requires me
> to enter the host code or not - if not, the call might
not work at all.)

When I called in last week the host had not signed on yet
and it told
me that if I was the host to press some number.  So I guess
someone
else could play host.

I'm busy during that time so I'll just have to read the
notes.

-- 
Richard A. Smith

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