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| = AccessibilityTeam = | ## page was renamed from AccessibilityTeam Accessibility refers to software used primarily by people who are deaf, are mobility impaired, or have sight problems including colour blindness or dyslexia. The Ubuntu Accessibility Team aims to raise the level of accessibilty support within Ubuntu and its derivatives. |
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| = Accessibility Team = | {*} '''Team meeting:''' We are planning to hold an AT team meeting on [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=7&year=2005&hour=14&min=30&sec=0 Wednesday Dec. 7th. at 14:30 UTC]. Please see the ["Accessibility/Team/MeetingAgenda"] and ["Accessibility/Team/Goals"]. Place: #ubuntu-meeting. |
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| == Goals and Responsibilities == | == Team Organisation == |
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| * Make Ubuntu accessible to as wide an audience as we can * Use the best available software in the field, hack ourselves the missing parts * Make periodical reviews and experimentation with different kind of real user groups: Schools, handicapped, dyslexic people, different age groups etc * Provide specialized support for those audience groups. |
* ["Accessibility/TODO"] - our TODO list * ["Accessibility/TestPlans"] - help us test Accessibility * ["Accessibility/Links"] - to interesting reads * ["Accessibility/NewSoftware"] - we want to include * ["Accessibility/Status"] - of Accessibility * ["Accessibility/Specs"] - our Specs! |
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| == Documentation == | == Introduction and documentation == |
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| * AccessibilityHowto - How to install and use the accessibility features available in Ubuntu * AccessibilityResources - Useful links relating to accessibility on Linux * [Accessible GNOME applications] - A list of what applications are usable with the GNOME accessibility tools * There is an IRC channel to discuss accessibility for Ubuntu on freenode.net in #ubuntu-accessibility. |
* [:Accessibility/Background] - accessible computing explained * [:Accessibility/UserGroups] - a wide range of user groups * [:Accessibility/Resources] - on the web * [:Accessibility/Documentation] - on the web and todo |
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| == Goals for Hoary == | == Planning and development == |
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| ''Enter suggestions for accessibility improvements to be worked on for the Hoary release:'' * [Accessible Hoary Live CD Derivative] |
* [:UbuntuExpress/GnomeUserInterface/Accessibility] - an important component in this release * BreezyAccessibilityStatus - the current release * AccessibleLiveDerivative - future focus * [:Accessibility/Development] - other AT development topics |
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| == Goals for Breezy == ''Enter suggestions for accessibility improvements to be worked on for the Breezy release:'' * Link to Ubuntu DownUnder Specification: [http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/AccessibilityRoadmap] * [Accessibility Aware Installer] * [Single Click Install] * Resolve [Access Keys Conflicts] * Some comments in regard to the Accessibility Roadmap linked to above: AccessibilityRoadmapDetails == Accessibility Wishlist == ''List anything here that would be a nice to have, but doesn't look like happening in the future, due to necessary outside participation, etc:'' * [Unified Speech Synthesis API] * '''Hearing and Speech Impairments''' (Kevin Cole) Computer accessability often looks at vision-impairments and mobility-impairments, without giving much thought to deafness and speech pathologies. While I don't have a LOT of ideas about computer tools that would be useful, a few that come to mind are: * Text-to-Speech (a la Festival, etc, which I see mentioned just above this entry) * Speech-to-Text (a tougher problem) * ASCII-to-Baudot and vice versa (Really *-to-Baudot and Baudot-to-*) * Video-conferencing (mbone, openh323) |
== Mailing List == * http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility |
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| ''Sign up here!'' | '''Sign up [https://launchpad.net/people/accessibility/+join here]!''' |
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| * JeffWaugh * JohnHornbeck * HenrikOmma * LukeYelavich * MatthiasUrlichs * WillBackman |
---- CategoryUbuntuTeams CategoryAccessibility |
Accessibility refers to software used primarily by people who are deaf, are mobility impaired, or have sight problems including colour blindness or dyslexia. The Ubuntu Accessibility Team aims to raise the level of accessibilty support within Ubuntu and its derivatives.
Team meeting: We are planning to hold an AT team meeting on [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=12&day=7&year=2005&hour=14&min=30&sec=0 Wednesday Dec. 7th. at 14:30 UTC]. Please see the ["Accessibility/Team/MeetingAgenda"] and ["Accessibility/Team/Goals"]. Place: #ubuntu-meeting.
Team Organisation
- ["Accessibility/TODO"] - our TODO list
- ["Accessibility/TestPlans"] - help us test Accessibility
- ["Accessibility/Links"] - to interesting reads
- ["Accessibility/NewSoftware"] - we want to include
- ["Accessibility/Status"] - of Accessibility
- ["Accessibility/Specs"] - our Specs!
Introduction and documentation
- [:Accessibility/Background] - accessible computing explained
- [:Accessibility/UserGroups] - a wide range of user groups
- [:Accessibility/Resources] - on the web
- [:Accessibility/Documentation] - on the web and todo
Planning and development
- [:UbuntuExpress/GnomeUserInterface/Accessibility] - an important component in this release
BreezyAccessibilityStatus - the current release
AccessibleLiveDerivative - future focus
- [:Accessibility/Development] - other AT development topics
Mailing List
Interested Contributors
Sign up [https://launchpad.net/people/accessibility/+join here]!
Accessibility/Team (last edited 2010-11-03 16:13:42 by 71-209-63-103)