Re: Braille printing for conferences

[Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>]

Hi,

Shorter would be better, I think.

How about this (pure edit, no additions):

In GNOME, making sure that people with disabilities can use our software
is a core value. From infrastructure allowing our built-in screen reader
 or specialised hardware to interact with applications to utilities to
make it easier for people with motor problems to interact with a
computer, accessibility in GNOME is built-in, not bolted on. As a result
GNOME not only has compelling accessibility today, it also provides a
rich foundation for the future.

How does that read? Covers all the bases, I think - a11y is a core
value, what does accessibility mean, and how do we make things easier
for people with disabilities. Maybe needs a quick fact check on the
second sentence (it is at-spi that lets Orca do its thang, isn't it?)

Cheers,
Dave.


Willie Walker wrote:
> Here's a bunch of run-ons... :-)
>
> In GNOME, accessibility by people with disabilities is a core value that
> touches all  aspects of the system. With a model of "built in" versus
>  "bolted on", the GNOME Accessibility project has helped lead  the
> industry in accessible design. From the accessibility infrastructure, to
> the graphical toolkit, to the applications, to the assistive
> technologies, accessibility has been a central consideration from the
> very early days of GNOME. As a result, GNOME not only has compelling
> accessibility today, but it also provides a rich and stable base for
> future accessibility work.
>
> Today, users have built-in keyboard navigation, highly customizable
> fonts/colors/icons, keyboard enhancements such as StickyKeys, the
> MouseTweaks tool that provides mouse clicking features by dwelling, the
> GOK on screen keyboard that can be driven via dwell clicking and
> switches, the Dasher predictive text entry tool, and the Orca screen
> reader and magnifier. Developers also have the glade-3 tool that helps
> encourage accessible user interface design and the accerciser tool that
> helps developers analyze how their application is exposed to the
> built-in accessibility infrastructure.  For tomorrow, the GNOME project
> is busily working on enhancing the on screen keyboard and magnifier,
> developing ways to use web cameras to move the mouse based upon
> head/body position, and making the solution much more friendly to
> resource constrained devices such as netbooks and the OLPC.
>
> Will
>
> On Dec 8, 2009, at 1:08 PM, Stormy Peters wrote:
>
> > Looks good.
> >
> > Can we add a sentence or two about what accessibility is or give some
> > examples of the technology?
> >
> > Stormy
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Willie Walker
> > <William Walker sun com> wrote:
> > > Here's a quick snippet I might propose:
> > >
> > >  In GNOME, accessibility is a core value that touches all  aspects of
> > > the system. With a model of "built in" versus  "bolted on", the GNOME
> > > Accessibility project has helped lead  the industry in accessible
> > > design. From the infrastructure, to the graphical toolkit, to the
> > > applications, to the assistive technologies, accessibility has been a
> > > central consideration from the very early days. As a result, GNOME
> > >  not only has compelling accessibility today, but it also  provides a
> > > rich and stable base for future accessibility  work.
> > >
> > >  Will
> > >
> > >
> > >  On Dec 8, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Stormy Peters wrote:
> > >
> > > >  Paul Cutler and Denise Walters were working on that part so
> > > > hopefully one of them will chime in.
> > > >
> > > >  It'd probably be good to ask the a11y team for a short summary to
> > > > put there though.
> > > >
> > > >  Stormy
> > > >
> > > >   On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:34 PM, Ben Konrath <ben bagu org> wrote:
> > > > >   On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >   <snip>
> > > > >  > Accessibility:
> > > > >   >
> > > > >   > [photgraph of user interacting with A11Y tools]
> > > > >
> > > > >  Is there a reason why there is no text for this section? Did you guys
> > > > >   not have time to write something up during the meeting or was it
> > > > > lost
> > > > >   in a cut 'n paste? :-) I'm really just wondering what's up just so I
> > > > >   know if this is something the a11y team needs to write up if we go
> > > > >   ahead with the Braille handouts.
> > > > >
> > > > >   Cheers, Ben
> > > >
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Dave Neary
GNOME Foundation member
dneary gnome org