This would be a great idea. It would really boost the profile of Ubuntu and it's accessibility functionality.
I think this would be well worth the work. On 04/10/2007, Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Ian, > > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 18:14 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: > > Hi y'all > > > > Before I ask for Popey's help to put this onto his Ideas Pool, I thought > I'd > > run it by the list and see what your feed back was. > > > > Every year the Queen Alexandra College for the Blind in Birmingham runs > an > > exhibition called Sight Village, which is the "leading" technology > showcase > > for the bisually impaired and associated support groups throughout > Europe - > > these groups being both Government bodies and local / national / > > international charities. > > > <SNIP> > > This sounds like a wonderful idea, this is exactly the kind of advocacy > projects we should be doing. > > I would suggest we first look at exactly what needs to be produced, then > estimate actual costs. > > > Putting cost aside for the stand for the moment, I need to: > > > > * get a loan of at least one laptop / desktop for the duration > > I'm sure a few machines shouldn't be too difficult to obtain for a few > days. > > > * a supply of the then current distributions > > * an installation guide to Ubuntu with Assistive Technologies activated, > in > > printed, braille and audio formats > <SNIP> > > There is _some_ documentation already written > [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc]. I'm sure we could work > with ubuntu-accessibility to produce the necessary documentation, as i'm > sure that team knows requirements better than most. > > I wouldn't imagine producing braille format and auto dictation (via > Audio-CD) would be too difficult. It's certainly something I can see > being mutually beneficial to the ubuntu-accessibility team aswell. > > Do you happen to know how much it costs to register, to have a stand, at > this event? > > Once we have a compiled list of costs, we can look into potential > fund-raising to cover the costs associated. > > Kind Regards, > Dave Walker > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > > > -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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