SKID
Software for special children
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on smily to use skid
Welcome to the home of Skid software, which is designed to help kids communicate and learn. Children who cannot speak properly, including many with cerebral palsy and autism, are denied access to a regular school, even though they could communicate in other ways, for instance using a computer. It is such other ways, that Skid explores.
Children have different disabilities, to different degrees, and not seldom combinations of disabilities. Software that seeks to take advantage of the unique combination of abilities of each child therefore must come in almost endless variety. Then again, the software needs to be able to grow as the child grows.
The manner we seek to address this challenge in Skid, is to have large numbers of tiny modules in the software, that the user can select and combine, based on the specific task she wishes to perform. This should make it also easy for large numbers of students and care givers, even those with modest programming skills, to design new modules for Skid.
In fact, skid is also a platform where we actively encourage friends to come join us in developing new modules. Many students are taking advantage of this opportunity to learn cutting-edge web programming.
Skid INFO
Skid HELP
WHAT's NEW IN SKID
Skid software accepts input from the following-
Joystick
racing wheel (so far only works under Linux)
Arrow keys
Mouse
Touch screen
Videos
For downloading skid source code, via command line, use the command
"svn co http://rubypython.svnrepository.com/svn/skid"
Help us in improving the software with your feedback,
B-69, 2nd Floor, Lajpat Nagar, Phase-I
New Delhi- 110024
Phone: 91 11 29817007
Want to participate in enhancing skid software,
write to Arun Mehta at arun.mehta at gmail