HI, On 29 March 2010 22:58, Darren Worrall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > We reviewed some talks at the weekend, and we felt a few of them needed > some more information so I've sent a few emails out and added the > responses I've got to reviewer comments in django's admin. This one > about mediacore was a bit long though, so I'm forwarding it here - any > sort of feedback for a response welcome :) (all sounds pretty > interesting to me, he could almost do 2 talks - 1 about accessibility > and another about mediacore) > The two talks idea seems good, this would tie in with the Bruce Lawson (of Opera) talk. Bruce will be giving his talk in two parts - The first about accessibility (maybe this will be a keynote), the second about HTML5. John -- > > Daz > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Europython Talk > Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:58:37 -0700 > From: Stuart Bowness <[email protected]> > To: Darren Worrall <[email protected]> > > > > Hi Darren, > > Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I'd be happy to elaborate. > > We are in the middle of a reasonably major overhaul of MediaCore and > we're hoping to have the next release (0.8) out mid-late April (so the > new version would be out well before the Euro Python conference). This > update will include a whole stack of accessibility features, which will > make MediaCore a video CMS for the blind. Until this new release is out > the door, the current site will not promote these features. > > Originally when we created MediaCore we had just planned to launched a > simple python video cms, but a month after our launch we were contacted > by a company down in the US (Assistive Technology.tv), which took one > look at our project and loved it. Currently the main accessibility > feature is that the code is written in such a way that the site is > actually quite accessible to people who are visually disabled. We've > been working really hard over the last month to completely rework the > front-end to make it even more accessible for people with disabilities. > Some of these improvements include: > > - Streamlined tab indexing (basically making the entire platform > accessible via keyboard), which has required major UI rework. > Interestingly here, we found AJAX can be an accessibility killer. > - Audio descriptions of videos > - Closed captioning of videos > - Making sure all interfaces adhere to WAI guidelines > > Currently, we are working with AssistiveTechnology.tv and getting > feedback from the Canadian Institute for the Blind. The whole process > has been incredibly informative, and we would love to share what we have > learned about accessibility with the wider Python community. > > As a side note, the MediaCore project itself could be a topic for > discussion. We've learned a huge amount in launching the open source > project, and are super keen to share it with the larger Python > community. We could talk about how we built the app using TurboGears, > how the UI was developed and integrated using GENSHI, how we launched > the open source project (choosing licenses etc.), how it has been > marketed, lessons learned in managing the project, and how we are > building community and encouraging submissions. I'd probably say that > one of the biggest challenges we have faced is marketing a Python > project. We're in the process of writing a manual on how to market and > launch an open source project. > > Really, we're completely flexible with what could be presented, and if > you have a feeling for what might resonate best with the audience then > we can reform the talk around that. As I indicated, the length of the > talk could also be flexible (anywhere from 1/2 hour to 2 hours) so > whatever works best for the conference. > > > Cheers, > Stuart > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Stuart Bowness > Director, Simple Station Inc. > (250) 858-9329 > Portfolio: simplestation.com <http://simplestation.com> > Twitter: twitter.com/simplestation <http://twitter.com/simplestation> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2010-03-29, at 1:11 PM, Darren Worrall wrote: > > > Hi Stuart, > > > > Thanks very much for your talk submission to Europython. We are > > interested in it, but would like to know more about how your 'youtube > > for the blind' title will actually fit into the talk - we couldn't find > > any specific references to accessibility features on the MediaCore > > website, are these currently in development and is that what you wish to > > talk about (on top of introducing MediaCore), and if so, could you > > elaborate on the details? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Darren > > _______________________________________________ > Europython-improve mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve > -- EuroPython is coming! - http://www.europython.eu - 17th-24th July 2010, Birmingham, UK
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