Re: [orca-list] Let's celebrate! Red hat has hired a blind person to improve accessibility!

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

When I worked for the Navy my need for accessibility compliance on
equipment I used started to be met.  One thing the Navy found was every
time accessibility compliance got improved as a result of work orders
being completed band width requirements dropped.  When band width
requirements dropped sailors on ships at sea were able to complete their
mandatory web-based training more easily and quickly than before so
accessibility compliance is likely to provide additional benefits to
really important people in organizations unexpectedly.  The Navy wasn't
expecting that improvement for the sailors but it happened anyway.
Two spins I'd like to see get accessible would be the games spin and the
science spin.  Probably someone will have to write a script to run on
these spins once installed to install the accessibility stack on them and
be able to bring that up and have it working.  The games spin likely could
be justified for the education environment and the science spin for both
education and Government.


On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, Devin Prater via orca-list wrote:

> More accessibility also means it'll be possible for big governments to use
> Linux and such more, over other operating systems.
> Devin Prater
> r d t prater gmail com
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> On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 8:13 AM kk's Programming Hub <kkproghub gmail com>
> wrote:
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> > Indeed.
> >
> > It does not really make a big dent on the budget of big companies like
> > Redhat to have a small dedicated team for accessibility.
> >
> > I guess they can also see a business advantage here (which by the way is
> > essential for sustaining such a team ).
> >
> > More accessibility = more buyers and recommenders.
> >
> > KK
> > On 28/06/22 16:54, Devin Prater wrote:
> >
> > I just hope Lucas isn't the only one. Orca only has one developer, and
> > thank God she's not gone yet. Luke, the person working on Ubuntu,
> > eventually left and found somewhere else. Like I'm so glad Lucas is on the
> > mailing list, so he can engage with the community, but hopefully Redhat
> > hires people for the low-vision, Deaf, and other communities.
> > Devin Prater
> > r d t prater gmail com
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> >
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 6:04 AM kk's Programming Hub <kkproghub gmail com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > This is really wonderful news.
> > >
> > > I also longed to use Gnome, although mate perfectly suits me.
> > >
> > > But this is really great.
> > >
> > > Open Source is a great thing and has a huge advantage over proprietary
> > > stuff in terms of growth and diverse ideas.
> > >
> > > But at the end of the day it comes down to dedicated payed work which is
> > > of utmost importance for non-stop progress.
> > >
> > > I am happy to observe that for last few years people have not just been
> > > payed for the great work they do in Open Source, but also in particular for
> > > accessibility on Linux based distrobutions.
> > >
> > > I am thinking of trying Gnome soon now.
> > > On 28/06/22 16:29, Devin Prater via orca-list wrote:
> > >
> > > Oh, that's done? That's really good, I'll have to check it out. I really
> > > hope we can get to the Fedora installer though, so that one can install
> > > with Orca without having to log out, then log back in to X11 or something,
> > > and have ESpeak-ng on the live image and installed, instead of the older
> > > ESpeak.
> > > Devin Prater
> > > r d t prater gmail com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 1:52 AM Luk?? Tyrychtr via orca-list <
> > > orca-list gnome org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Helo to all.
> > > >
> > > > I am the one talked about by the article. :-) So, yes, that were my
> > > > words. The gnome-settings-center work is now basically done, the Gnome 42
> > > > release had fixed almost all the issues and only a handful of missing
> > > > labels, a11y relations, etc. remained. Much interesting work will bw, for
> > > > example, fixing the currently unusable Gnome calendar.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Luk??
> > > > Dne 27.06.2022 v 23:58 Devin Prater via orca-list napsal(a):
> > > >
> > > > Hi all. I get Google Alerts for stuff like "Linux accessibility,"
> > > > "Android 13," and that kind of stuff. So today, I got an article from
> > > > ItsFoss about this, and decided to paste the link to the original article,
> > > > from Fedora Magazine.
> > > >
> > > > Accessibility in Fedora Workstation - Fedora Magazine
> > > > <https://fedoramagazine.org/accessibility-in-fedora-workstation/>
> > > >
> > > > Honestly, it sounds like this person knows what's good and what isn't
> > > > about Gnome, so hopefully we see improvements, especially in the settings
> > > > center.
> > > > Devin Prater
> > > > r d t prater gmail com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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