Dear Sir and list,
This is the second email regarding an "accessibility" workshop.
Again, the forms attached are in a completely inaccessible format - two
gifs and a pdf file.
How will FOSS become more accessible by accessibility workshops who
don't care to produce their own documents in an accessible format?
Given the complete disregard of my previous email informing the same, I
highly doubt the conference's commitment to full accessibility and
question the purpose of such workshops.
-- David Sexton
Consultant Catalyst and systems administrator
International Institute for Social Entrepreneurs Kerala, India
+91 9400332251
On 8/11/2011 4:48 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Dear Sir/Madam,
It gives us, at CDAC, Mumbai, immense pleasure to inform you that
CDAC, Mumbai is organising two workshops titled National Workshop on
FOSS Desktop Accessibility
<http://www.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/news_and_events/national_workshop_on_foss_desktop_accessibility>
and National Workshop on FOSS Adoption in Education
<http://www.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/news_and_events/national_workshop_on_foss_adoption_in_education>
during August 26-27, 2011 as a part of National Resource Centre for
Free & Open Source Software (NRCFOSS) Phase II initiative.
NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOSS DESKTOP ACCESSIBILITY on August 26, 2011
will focus on exploring the current trends in the field of
accessibility particularly with regard to FOSS. As you may be aware a
large section of the society comprising people with different kinds of
disabilities finds it difficult to use ICT in the same way as normal
people do for fulfilling different purposes. It is very much required
to provide such people with assistive technologies that make their
interaction with computers more user-friendly and accessible. This
workshop intends to serve as a platform to encourage the use of FOSS
tools and techniques in creating assistive technologies that are
free-of- cost, available to all, easily maintainable etc. for such a
large portion of population in a country like India. The workshop will
also like to leverage the experiences of all stakeholders to identify
and address the issues in those areas of accessibility that are still
untouched.
Similarly, NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOSS ADOPTION IN EDUCATION, on August
27, 2011 is intended to explore the benefits, role, and developments
of technology, specifically FOSS, in education. FOSS provides
softwares that are free of cost, easily maintainable, community
support, customization freedom, etc. Various FOSS tools in education
will be demonstrated in the workshop. The participants will also get
to experience the work of C-DAC Mumbai in promoting technology/ FOSS
in education. The workshop will provide an opportunity to interact
with participants from different organizations and industry practitioners.
The workshop will involve keynote and invited lectures by
distinguished researchers and/or professionals. We take this
opportunity to extend you an invitation for participation in these
workshops. Looking forward to see you or your representative at the event.
Please find attached registration form and workshop brochures.
Kindly use the following URLs to access more details about the workshops:
1.National workshop on FOSS Desktop Accessibility:
http://www.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/news_and_events/national_workshop_on_foss_desktop_accessibility
2.National Workshop on FOSS Adoption in Education:
http://www.cdacmumbai.in/index.php/news_and_events/national_workshop_on_foss_adoption_in_education
Thanking you,
FOSS Workshops
Organizing Team
CDAC, Kharghar
Navi Mumbai
Tel: +91-22-27565303 Extn.301
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