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
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 l
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, 2014, at 2:26 AM, rupert THURNER wrote:
>
> Hi, would anybody of you have some starting points concerning wikipedia for
> vi
Some of you may not now but there is one Visually impaired editor on the
Hindi Wikipedia by the name Anirudha, perhaps it would be useful to get in
touch with him and get more feedback.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
> Hoi,
> I am talking with the Polish chapter to exte
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 wrote:
> Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on this to push it forward?
> Obviously a lot of
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 functionalit
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 wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Gerard Meijssen
> wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > How is dyslexia anything BUT
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 2:05 AM, Gerard Meijssen
wrote:
> 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.. etc).
The stereotype
Hoi,
How is dyslexia anything BUT a visual impairment ?
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 10:47, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
> ULS is short for the Universal Language Selector extension. This tool
> provides language selection, webfonts and keyboard layouts for different
> languages. It appears
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 do
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 p
WOW on toast! Thanks Amir.
On 15 January 2014 09:47, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
> 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
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 writ
How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen 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 the OpenDyslexic font
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
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 - http://www
Hi, would anybody of you have some starting points concerning wikipedia for
visually impaired persons, both computer and mobile devices?
Rupert
___
Wikimedia-l mailing list
Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/
17 matches
Mail list logo
