Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:17598 comp.periphs:3694
Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!bbn.com!papaya.bbn.com!schroder
From: schroder@bbn.com (Ken Schroder)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.periphs
Subject: Touch screen information or experience?
Message-ID: <3508@papaya.bbn.com>
Date: 29 Apr 91 18:44:26 GMT
Followup-To: comp.graphics
Organization: BBN Systems and Technologies, Cambridge MA
Lines: 25
cc: schroder


I am about to explore how a touch screen might simplify what a user must
learn to use an interactive conferencing system.  User input would range
from selecting and dragging objects on the screen to crude sketching
(finger painting or using a stylus).

I would appreciate information or experience you could share in this area.
Particularly:

   o  Names and contacts for touch screen vendors
   o  Drivers and software for using touch screens with X11 and SunView
	on Sun 3's and Sparcs
   o  What to consider or avoid in various technologies
   o  What to expect... particularly if there are any technologies or
	tools that manage to get past the problems big finger tips,
	screen paralax, and so forth.

Thanks in advance!
Ken
schroder@bbn.com

-- 
Ken Schroder
schroder@bbn.com
617-873-3167