USING THE WRITTEN TEXT

The main module USE TEXT allows the user to use facilities of wikipedia browsing, sending email messages, participate in discussion forums and post messages.

The child could also use wikipedia search facility also in skid.

For using this type a keyword using the words module and then go to the use text menu.

Select the wikipedia module option.

The contents of wikipedia are displayed in large and bold fonts to enable reading even by children with little difficulty in visibility.

Example- the result for search of the word “India” gives the following result-

Any form of disability should not limit the child's right for communicating and socializing with others in the world. With this aim the facility of emailing and joining discussion board have been provided in skid software.

As for now the software is able to send messages to pre-fed email ids. For emailing text,

Write the content of the mail message using the write text menu and move to the use text menu.

Go to the emailaddr option. And select the email id to which mail message is to be sent.

Clicking Yes would send the message to the recipient.

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The child can also communicate with other people using the skid software worldwide. The facility of Bulletin Board allows the child to post messages on a discussion forum. There as forums for discussion on school, games, demo and food. For using Bulletin Board,

Type in the message using write text menu.

Go to the use text menu and select the bulletin module.

Go to one of the categories of discussion forum. As the category is selected and Yes is clicked, the message is posted in the bulletin board.

Here, the message “Wish everyone is enjoying using skid” has been posted under games.