Hi Hemant, Harrie,
Sorry for the delay in replying - I've been traveling and on vacation and...
Anyway, much of the information you are seeking as far as OLPC
accessibility requirements are already captured on the OLPC wiki.
Please see: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Accessibility for the main
accessibility page i the wiki. See
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/Design_Fundamentals#Accessibility
for suggested Sugar accessibility guidelines.
Regards,
Peter Korn
Accessibility Architect,
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Hi Harrie,
Adding Peter Korn, Accessibility Expert at Sun Microsystems, on CC and
Eben Eliason, Lead UI, OLPC.
I think it is definitely worth it to explore all possibilities and
options that we have for improving the accessibility of the laptop.
However at this stage I think what is required is a focus on
elaborating requirements of the laptop from the accessibility point of
view. For this, we will have to involve many experts and get their
views on how (existing) accessibility tools can be adapted for the
Sugar environment.
So I think, our line of action should be first to elicit all our
requirements for accessibility in a structured manner for the OLPC and
then move forward by looking for solutions that can be used to
implement what we need.
I am also CCing this to the accessibility list, to initiate some kind
of discussion that can help start off this process of listing some
definitive (both short and long term) goals wrt accessibility.
Best,
Hemant
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Harrie V. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I recently talked to IBM and one of the subjects they are
working on is
> accessibility for elderly people, disabled and visual impaired
people.
> Because of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) statement
they pay a
> lot of attention to this subject here in the Netherlands, but I
noticed also
> in other countries:
> http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/helping/seniornet.shtml
E.g. they work
> together with the National Center for Learning Disabilities in NY.
>
> What I downloaded from the IBM website is a screen magnifier
only focusing
> on web-browsing. But it seems there are also other possibilities
to work on
> this subject together with IBM. The Dutch CSR director of IBM
told me they
> can deliver hard-/software, expertise and grants in exchange for an
> evaluation report and knowledge. I asked if they are also
willing to spend
> time on Orca on Sugar etc. No response yet. Wouldn't it be an
idea to see if
> we can use the expertise of IBM to speed up the process and
combine the
> efforts we do?
>
> For me it's hard to determine from here the value of their
solution, their
> expertise and the possibilities of combining these two because I
noticed
> most of the work is done in the US and the communication line
between IBM
> The Netherlands and IBM US is long….
>
> But I'm very curious what your opinion is. Is this a way we need
to explore
> further or not?
Hi Harrie,
I certainly think that much more should be happening in OLPC related
to accessibility and everybody is welcome to join and use OLPC as a
mean for improving access to education regardless of any disability.
You will find more people with the same interest in the accessibility
mailing list.
Myself will try to answer any technical questions about Sugar in the
corresponding ml.
Good luck,
Tomeu
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