Thats a great idea. It could really help spread awareness of other options to people who are used to only having one or two. I'm not really sure what sorts of ease-of-use options are out there for GNOME, but certainly if we made up a press-release and emailed it to the various disabled-support groups, maybe start with AAPD (http://www.aapd.com/) or similar and go from there. Or even ask them what their members are talking about needing help with - how GNOME could make their lives easier.
Emily On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Oliver Propst <[email protected]>wrote: > I think that the Gnome Foundation should consider to seek sponsorship > from organizations that support disabled people. After a bit of > googling I can conclude that > not many (if any) advertise sponsorship grants to other organizations, > but I think its worth a try anyway. I guess the best (or most > practical) way to approach these organizations is with a prerelease > thing. Social media could possibly play a roll to spread the word > about the campaign to these organizations and its members. > > Here are list of at least some of these organizations (mostly us based > groups) > http://www.access-board.gov/links/disability.htm > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Brian Cameron <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Karen: > > > > > >> GNOME has held accessibility amongst its core values from the project's > >> inception. Because of this commitment, along with the efforts of many > >> dedicated developers, GNOME 2 became one of the most accessible free > >> desktop environments > > > > > > Perhaps more importantly, GNOME was the first free desktop to seriously > > tackle meeting U.S. Disability Act Section 508 requirements. The GNOME > > a11y community won several awards for doing this. I think Peter Korn > > summed up some of the early achievements well in this blog post: > > > > http://blogs.oracle.com/korn/entry/gnome_accessibility_turns_4_today > > > > Also, we should perhaps touch base with HFOSS to see if they might want > > to participate again or perhaps sponsor in some way: > > > > http://blog.hfoss.org/?p=90 > > > > > >> With the advent of GNOME 3, we have started down an exciting new road in > >> terms of usability, a road we want to extend to everyone, including > users > >> of all ages and abilities. The GNOME Accessibility team is working hard > to > >> accomplish this; however, we have fewer resources than in the past and > >> many goals yet to achieve in order to make GNOME 3 compellingly > >> accessible. > > > > > > GNOME has done some exciting things in the past to develop accessibility > > like the "GNOME Outreach Program: Accessibility" project. > > > > http://projects.gnome.org/outreach/a11y/ > > > > Perhaps we could highlight better some of the significant things that > > The GNOME Foundation has managed to accomplish already in the field of > > accessibility. > > > > > >> With your help we can start tackling those goals. Let's kickstart 2012 > as > >> the Year of Accessibility at GNOME and make the most usable desktop > >> environment the most accessible desktop environment! > > > > > > I think the campaign could more clearly highlight that The GNOME > > Foundation's mission is to make free desktop software available to > > everyone. Accessibility features increasingly include features that > > are necessary to use some devices. Touch screen gestures, on-screen > > keyboards, and magnifiers are increasingly standard features, > > especially in mobile devices. So, features that make devices more > > accessible are increasingly needed to make some types of device work > > for any user. Now is a real opportunity for the GNOME community to > > show the world how a free software community can provide competitive > > features that are differentiated by the GNOME Foundation mission. > > This campaign, I think, should be described as yet another step we > > are taking to meet such goals. > > > > Brian > > > > -- > > marketing-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > > > > > -- > -Mvh Oliver Propst > -- > marketing-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > -- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. - Goethe Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. - Dr.Seuss Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Albert Einstein
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