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On a related note, I've been imagining this product idea, as an educational toy that would help kids practice typing and spelling: A small physical keyboard wit
by falcor84 6y ago
On a related note, I've been imagining this product idea, as an educational toy that would help kids practice typing and spelling:
A small physical keyboard with a small (but larger than the AlphaSmart's) attached color display, which does nothing but present a single picture of the thing that you've typed, and show nothing if the current input is misspelled or otherwise not found. I'm thinking that it would have an internal (no internet connection) visual dictionary similar to the one that comes with the Scribblenauts game and would be rugged enough for 3 year old kids to play with.
Do you happen to know of any existing product like this, or the feasibility of building one?
- earlyriser 6y agoI toyed with the possibility of something like this, in my case I was thinking more in an app with a similar functionality. Maybe more oriented to simple phrases than single words.
- x87678r 6y agoHonestly every kid I know has a chromebook or at least access to a laptop. It was in their curriculum to learn to type and they picked it up quickly. There are a bunch of toy laptops for toddlers too. I dont think there is any space inbetween.
- falcor84 6y ago> I dont think there is any space inbetween. I suppose my proposed target audience is 3-5 year olds. Do you think there wouldn't be enough interest?
- x87678r 6y agoI personally try to keep toddlers off electronics, but I imagine others might like it. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=toddler+laptop https://www.amazon.com/s?k=toddler+laptop has a bunch.
- falcor84 6y agoIn terms of age ranges, toddler generally refers to 1-3 years old, while 3-5 (which I'm interested in) would be pre-school. But going from your Amazon query did lead me to find this one, which seems to be the closest to what I'm thinking of. Thanks :) https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-W8777-Fun-2-Learn-Smart-Tablet/dp/B005XVCTAU https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-W8777-Fun-2-Learn-Smart-...
- vidarh 6y agoI don't know if they have something specifically like what you want, but VTech has a whole range of educational toys with keyboards and assorted phonics and spelling tutorials. If you do a search for "vtech abc" and variations you'll find a huge number of different types of devices.
- mprovost 6y agoWow I didn't know they were still around. My first PC was a VTech XT clone!