Re: Advice on possible software for a IIgs

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dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

>Although not an Apple 11GS user (not M/Soft either) I have been given
>one and have been given the task of setting it up so that a severly
>handicapped child with very limited co-ordination can at least see a
>result of her tappings on the keyboard even though there is probably
>little chance of her making sense of it.  What I need help with is
>finding a basic writing and/or drawing program that can be slipped into
>the floppy drive and launch itself and maybe be printed with parental
>help for the latter task.
>
>Don't know if I'm asking too much but would appreciate an answer please.

David, suggest to your friend to get a Focus hard drive from Alltech,
then install Easy Access from System 6.0.1.  In an old issue of
II Alive, I read of a control device called a "switch".  A switch hilights
all selectable items sequentially until the user activates a hand held
device by pressing it.

For a control environment, I recommend setting SetStart to boot
into HyperStudio (or, for a free alternative that I am less familiar with,
HyperCard).  HyperStudio combines a paint environment with the
ability to operate using a switch controller.  It is not a free ride.
He will have to learn SOME HyperStudio, but the program has a
shallow learning curve.

Good luck!