Re: Braille printing for conferences

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

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", and with all 
development being done using direct continuous collaboration with people 
with disabilities, GNOME not only has free compelling accessibility 
today, but it also  provides a rich and stable base for future 
accessibility  work.

Or...

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", and with all development being done using direct continuous 
collaboration with people with disabilities, 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

Brian Cameron wrote:
> 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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> > > --
> > > Dave Neary
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