Hello There, My name is Per and for 15 years I am blind. I live in a rich country (Germany) and I would like to help to improve the chances for blind persons from developing and newly industrializing countries. You do a very important work and I would like to promote/support your project within the realms of my possibilities.
I want to point you to another web resource for blindness related issues of the XO and the OLPC project. It could perhaps be a place to collect information for interested blind persons, their teachers and supporters, explained in a plain manner. http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/OLPC Unfortunately, I am not a developer/professional and my English isn't good enough to write a lot with eloquent formulations, but I will try my best and other persons perhaps want to contribute in the future as well. Google's announcement of the open Android platform was the reason for another initiative, which was and is inspired by the OLPC idea: http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Letter_Initiative Mobile technology could be a revolutionary chance for the many blind or otherwise handicaped people around the world but it must be accessible and affordable. Last but not least, I would like to help making Wikipedia and thereby all Mediawiki based Wikis fully accessible for blind users. I believe, Wikipedia is the most important common information platform on the internet and it's a perfect resource for learning: http://www.epractice.eu/blog/154 My dream is an independent and multi-lingual Blind Wiki which is optimized for screen reader software and the needs of blind users and blind admins: http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/Blind_Wiki:About If you want more info, please let me know. You can contact me via private mail or at Blind Wiki. Best regards, Per _______________________________________________ accessibility mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/accessibility
