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| Accessibility refers to software used primarily by people who are deaf, are mobility impaired, or have sight problems including colour blindness or dyslexia. Some accessibility support does exist for Ubuntu (and Linux generally), but many challenges still remain. OpenOffice and Mozilla/Firefox do not support screen readers (software that reads the website to them), and there is no text-to-speech facility in OpenOffice under Gnome. | #title Accessibility Team ## page was renamed from AccessibilityTeam |
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| [http://ubuntu.com/ The Ubuntu front page] says "Ubuntu includes the very best in ... accessibility infrastructure". Eventually this should actually become true. | <<Include(Accessibility/Header)>> <<Include(Accessibility/Header/Meetings)>> |
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| == Goals and Responsibilities == | ||<tablestyle="font-size: 0.9em; width:60%; background:#FCFFFF; margin: 0 0 1em 14em;" style="padding:0.5em;"><<TableOfContents(4)>>|| |
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| * Make Ubuntu accessible to as wide an audience as we can -- See: AccessibilityBackground and AccessibilityUserGroups * Use the best available software in the field, hack ourselves the missing parts -- See: AccessibilityDevelopment * Work with the DocumentationTeam to create useful documentation on how to set up and use the existing accessibility features -- See: AccessibilityDocumentation * Perform testing of implemented accessibility features together with the affected user groups and with specialised hardware -- See: AccessibilityTesting * Facilitate community-based support for different user groups -- See: AccessibilitySupport |
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| == Accessible LiveCD Derivative == | 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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| * To facilitate testing (both of our packages and also of the end-user's experience and specific hardware, we have made an ["AccessibleHoaryLiveCDDerivative"]. | == Team Meetings == We typically have meetings on IRC at {{{#ubuntu-accessibility}}} every month. Please see the [[Accessibility/Team/MeetingAgenda|Meeting Agenda]] for topics and time. == Team Organisation == * [[Accessibility/Team/TODO|Our TODO list]] * [[Accessibility/Testing|Help us test]] * [[Accessibility/NewSoftware|Software we want to include]] * [[Accessibility/Specs|Our specifications]] == Introduction and documentation == * [[Accessibility/background|Accessible computing explained]] * [[Accessibility/UserGroups|A wide range of user groups]] * [[Accessibility/Documentation|Documentation on the web and todo]] * [[Accessibility/Links|Interesting reading]] == Planning and development == * See [[Accessibility/Ideas|ideas]] and [[Accessibility/Specs|specs]] == Mailing List == * [[http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility|Ubuntu Accessibility mailing list]] == Forum section == * [[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=145|Assistive Technology & Accessibility in the Ubuntu Forums]] |
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| '''Sign up [[https://launchpad.net/people/accessibility/+join|here]]!''' | |
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| ''Sign up here!'' | |
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| * JeffWaugh * JohnHornbeck * HenrikOmma * LukeYelavich * MatthiasUrlichs * WillBackman * LionelDricot * JasonGrieves * MatthewPaulThomas |
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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 Meetings
We typically have meetings on IRC at #ubuntu-accessibility every month. Please see the Meeting Agenda for topics and time.
Team Organisation
Introduction and documentation
Planning and development
Mailing List
Forum section
Interested Contributors
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