Hi All: I just want to add a little more to where things are right now. Here are a couple URLs where we've done a fair amount of formal work on the current and future goals for GNOME a11y:
GNOME Boston 2006 Accessibility Summit: http://live.gnome.org/Boston2006/AccessibilitySummit (see also http://live.gnome.org/AccessibilityProjects) GNOME Boston 2007 Accessibility Summit: http://live.gnome.org/Boston2007/AccessibilitySummit The Mozilla Foundation has also been very gracious in their support for work such as pyatspi, AT-SPI/DBus investigation, ARIA support in Orca, Collections work for AT-SPI, etc. It's all very positive stuff! For the cross platform and inter-community notions, I think we also need to be cognizant of the fact that there are other active forums in place. For example, the Open A11y Group of the Linux Foundation (http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Accessibility) has served as a neutral place where members of the GNOME, KDE, and other communities have been coming together to discuss these kinds of things. The AT-SPI/DBus work being done by Rob Taylor and Mark Doffman, for example, will be discussed in the Open A11Y meeting tomorrow. I think a steering committee is a fine idea and I'm happy to help (perhaps lead?) the group. For the committee to work best, I think it needs to include at least users and developers. The users are key in helping set the direction of what we need to focus on -- much of Orca's success, for example, is due to the fact that users are directly involved. Based upon the successes of the GNOME Boston Accessibility Summits, I also think that we need to keep focus on concrete, achievable tasks. Will PS - What I think we really really desperately need at the moment is a wordsmith/writer than can help us get the http://live.gnome.org/GAP pages in order. Willie Walker wrote: > I'll happily raise my hand. Thanks! :-) > > Will > > Brian Cameron wrote: >> The GNOME Foundation Board of Directors recognizes the importance >> of Accessibility in the GNOME desktop. To help foster a more >> clear and positive vision, the board thinks it would be helpful >> to form an Accessibility Steering Committee. >> >> The purpose of this committee would be (in general terms) >> >> - Help oversee a11y issues with the GNOME desktop >> - Identify ways that the GNOME Foundation can better promote a11y >> - Recommend actions to the GNOME Foundation board. >> - Serve as a more clear a11y leadership team >> - Help to standardize free a11y interfaces so that a11y solutions can >> be best shared across desktops. >> >> I am wondering who in the GNOME a11y community would be interested >> in being a part of this Committee. Being involved would mean >> having time to engage in discussions and related tasks. It also >> may make sense to meet for a phone conference on a regular schedule >> (perhaps once or twice a month) if possible. >> >> Once we have identified who would like to participate in such a >> Committee, we can work out the details. Please respond if you would >> like to be involved with the GNOME community in this capacity, and >> any ideas you have on how this committee could work best. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Brian >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
