Re: Braille printing for conferences

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Willie/Dave:

It might also be nice to highlight the humanitarian aspects of
accessibility a bit more.  For example, I think it would be nice to
highlight something about the GNOME accessibility community.  Perhaps
something about the fact that a number of people with disabilities
participate in development and in user forums.  I think the promise of
joining a community of people working to address accessibility usability
issues is attractive to highlight.

If that wouldn't make it too long, and you agree.

Brian


> Thanks Dave!  Something about the "specialised hardware to interact with 
> applications" portion seems odd to me.
>
> In GNOME, we have a core value that people with disabilities have free 
> compelling access to the graphical desktop and web. GNOME accomplishes 
> this with full keyboard access, theming, and an industry leading 
> accessibility infrastructure that is used by built-in assistive 
> technologies including a screen reader, magnifier, and on screen 
> keyboard.  With a model of "built in" versus  "bolted on", GNOME not 
> only has free compelling accessibility today, but it also  provides a
> rich and stable base for future accessibility  work.
>
> or... (I just took my first stab at this and added "by people with 
> disabilities" to the first sentence):
>
> 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 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 5:27 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
>
> > 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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