Did they have issues with eg. templates at top of page?
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:13:08AM -0600, Victor Grigas wrote:
I interviewed 2 gentlemen who are both blind who use a program called JAWS on
desktop machines that reads the Wikipedia page to them, allowing them to
edit.
On Jan 15,
Hi, would anybody of you have some starting points concerning wikipedia for
visually impaired persons, both computer and mobile devices?
Rupert
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Hi Rupert,
Wikimedia UK is currently looking at this in relation to our own wiki.
There's some thoughts and notes at
https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Accessibility_of_the_Wikimedia_UK_website which
draw extensively from information provided by the Royal National Institute
of Blind People -
Hoi,
One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
serves one function for people who have a handicap with their perception.
It has the OpenDyslexic font for people with dyslexia. There are multiple
ways functionality can be provided who have a visual handicap. The size of
How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi,
One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
serves one function for people who have a handicap with their perception.
It has
ULS is short for the Universal Language Selector extension. This tool
provides language selection, webfonts and keyboard layouts for different
languages. It appears if you click the gear icon near the interlanguage
links. Among other things, it provides the OpenDyslexic font for some
languages
WOW on toast! Thanks Amir.
On 15 January 2014 09:47, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.ilwrote:
ULS is short for the Universal Language Selector extension. This tool
provides language selection, webfonts and keyboard layouts for different
languages. It appears if you click the gear
rupert THURNER, 15/01/2014 09:26:
Hi, would anybody of you have some starting points concerning wikipedia for
visually impaired persons, both computer and mobile devices?
WMDE is working on this (mainly Hoo with help by TheDJ), building on
recommendations compiled by WMCH.
Main coordination
Hoi,
What the ULS is.. the universal language selector is started with this
little round thingie next to the interwiki links. The fact that it is not
even known in this crowd is indicative how little this functionality is
known and how few people will find usability tools.
One thing we need to
Hoi,
How is dyslexia anything BUT a visual impairment ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 10:47, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.ilwrote:
ULS is short for the Universal Language Selector extension. This tool
provides language selection, webfonts and keyboard layouts for
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Hoi,
How is dyslexia anything BUT a visual impairment ?
Thanks,
GerardM
Dyslexia can also has some serious auditory symptoms (processing speed,
auditory memory, verbal comprehension, voice recognition..
Hoi,
I am totally with you. However we can only help where we can. Providing the
font and make it accessible is one way.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 11:18, James Alexander jameso...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijs...@gmail.comwrote:
Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on this to push it forward?
Obviously a lot of good work has already been done, but perhaps it now needs
some long term commitment and leadership to ensure that what has been done is
made easily accessible, and to work on filling gaps in
Hoi,
I am talking with the Polish chapter to extend the functionality of the
OpenDyslexic font ... I am waiting for their GO/NOGO.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 12:08, Michael Maggs mich...@maggs.name wrote:
Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on this to push it forward?
On 1/15/2014 8:13 AM, Victor Grigas wrote:
I interviewed 2 gentlemen who are both blind who use a program called JAWS on
desktop machines that reads the Wikipedia page to them, allowing them to edit.
In the US, I believe JAWS is the predominant tool employed to assist
blind computer users. At
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