Re: GNOME A11y: where do we need to improve? (Want input by 25-Jan)



Willie:

Thank you for doing this.

A few weeks ago it seemed that there was overwhelming support for
starting an Accessibility Steering Committee.  I agree that it
makes sense to get the Accessibility Wiki in good order as a
preliminary project to setting up a Steering Committee.

One advantage of doing this is it will help to determine which
people are really interested in getting involved, and these
people will likely be the best candidates to be involved with
the Steering Committee.

I recommend that people review the task lists of the Wiki.  It
would be good if people could accept responsibility for driving
certain tasks.   Perhaps we could highlight these responsible
people on the Wiki?

Any takers?

Brian


One of the most important things for us to do right now is identify where we need to improve. This may result in positive things such as funding opportunities and the like.
Over the coming week, please set aside some time to look at 
http://live.gnome.org/Accessibility/GetInvolved.  It contains a large 
list of stuff to do, but it represents a pretty complete list of things 
people have mentioned over the past few years.
What I'd like you to do is look at the page with these things in mind:

1) If there is something missing from the list, please make a suggestion. I'm looking for concrete ideas. Things such as "we need to do more for people with hearing disabilities" are less likely to get addressed than specific tasks such as "develop close captioning software for x, y, z." On the same front, something like "Be more researchy" is more of a section where specific research and advanced development topics should live.
2) If you were someone who suggested one of the ideas, please help fill 
out the details. You obviously mentioned it because you thought it was 
important, so please make sure it is represented well on the page.
3) Look at the list.  What are the top 5 to 10 things that need doing on 
the list, including stuff you may have added?  Write your top choices 
down.  Send them to me.
3) Think about where you may be able to step up and help and your 
availability.
As a result of this exercise, I hope to be able to make the list of 
tasks more complete and better defined.  In addition, we should also be 
able to come away with some top areas/tasks that we agree we need to 
focus on as a community.
Please do this by next Friday (25-Jan).  This is your opportunity to 
influence where things go, and I'm really hoping the get some response 
on this.
Thanks!

Will
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