Willie, these are great and don't need that much polishing I also think just the right level for advocacy so people can see what accessibility options Linux/Solaris has.
* Get them on you tube so they can easily be linked to and included in channels like AbilityNet's (http://uk.youtube.com/abilitynet) * the volume was very low for me (mplayer on Ubuntu) STeve 2008/10/1 Willie Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hey All: > > Here's some quick examples of what I was thinking about for demos of the > accessibility support for GNOME. The target audience currently is > unfortunately only for sighted people who can hear (sorry - it's my > first real experiment with recordmydesktop), and these are geared more > towards the short "elevator pitch" demo that you'd give at a talk rather > than intending to be a complete tutorial. > > http://master.gnome.org/~wwalker/dwell-click.avi > http://master.gnome.org/~wwalker/theming.avi > http://master.gnome.org/~wwalker/keyboard-enhancements.avi > http://master.gnome.org/~wwalker/enable-a11y.avi > > I'm kind of proud of the creative use of the cheese application in the > keyboard-enhancements video. ;-) These were just quick unscripted > demos that I rattled off kind of fast, so there's definitely room for > improvement. I wish, for example, I knew how to edit/splice things so I > didn't have to do them in one take. > > Let me know what you think. If you like them, I can do more for GOK, > Dasher, and Orca. I can also redo these make them a little more > professional if people think these are useful. Remember, these are just > for giving you an idea of what's available and not meant to be > instructional videos. > > Will > > On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 18:18 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> Willie Walker wrote: >> > I think the idea of stock presentations and demos (something you >> > proposed earlier this year) is an awesome idea. >> >> Yup! Me too. >> >> > I need to ramp back up on this stuff soon as well since I will be doing >> > a few presentations in the coming months. I'm more than willing to put >> > my stuff under some sort of public repository somewhere. I'd prefer >> > something that makes it really really easy for me to upload docs and >> > also really easy obtain them. >> >> Me too. Right now we were using the wiki, but for presentations & >> screencasts, that just seems wrong. That slide sharing site and YouTube >> or Google Video seem like better fits. >> >> > What do you think about making some sort of gnome-marketing module in >> > GNOME svn where we could be somewhat free about uploading and grabbing >> > things? >> >> I wouldn't mind myself - I suspect that a significant minority of >> participants in the marketing list probably don't have svn commit >> access, though. >> >> > PS - We also have some money left over in the GNOME Outreach Program: >> > Accessibility budget. I was thinking about trying to create a task for >> > someone to create a bunch of short screencast videos of the assistive >> > technologies in action (i.e., here's theming, here's stickykeys, here's >> > bouncekeys, here's GOK in dwell mode, here's Dasher, here's MouseTweaks, >> > here's Orca, etc.). What do you think about that? >> >> I think this is a wonderful idea! And an excellent way to get some >> non-technical contributions. >> >> Cheers, >> Dave. >> > > _______________________________________________ > Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list > Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel > -- Steve Lee Open Source Assistive Technology Software and Accessibility fullmeasure.co.uk _______________________________________________ Gnome-accessibility-devel mailing list Gnome-accessibility-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-devel
