You mean these persons suggested to remove the catches? Rupert On May 28, 2015 11:58 AM, "Ilario Valdelli" <valde...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry if I continue this discussion of January but it may be interesting to > share my experience had yesterday because I attended to a presentation of a > young programmer suffering from low vision and color-blind and usual > participant in http://globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org/gaad.html. > > It has been interesting because we experienced how is the life of a person > studying and working in computer science but almost blind and we had the > opportunity to be in his shoes. > > The first lesson learned is that blind (or almost blind) people use always > a software of speech synthesis with a speed that makes the audio > almost unintelligible > for not experienced people. The operating system provides several tools for > that including mobile OS. > > The second lesson is that this software of speech synthesis is crucial for > them and they would set and control it. So forget the normal speed of audio > that everyone of us is experienced to use. > > The third lesson is that a lot of them in general hears music with headset > and have the speech synthesis always on, if there is a third vocal > synthesis for them is more a problem than an advantage. > > The fourth lesson learned is that Wikipedia is for them a well done web > site because the content is structured. It means that the Table of Content > at the start (so neglected by some graphical reasons) is fundamental for > them because they can easily jump in the section they need. > > No one knew that I am from a Wikimedia chapter except the organizers and I > did several questions about Wikipedia because (I did not know it) it was > presented as "good" example of website for speech synthesis. > > What can be improved, in my opinion it's only the "semantic" aspect of the > Wikipedia, so pushing more the attention on the structure of the page, and > the awareness that images are not useful for them. We must be aware that > some tools used in Wikipedia, like Captcha, are a real obstacle for blind > people, like stairs for people with wheelchairs. > > Regards > > > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 2:55 AM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I guess I see this as making it easier for people to generate files to > put > > on their ipod or for those with a limited ability to read who might not > > have figured out more complicated solutions. Those who are blind have > > likely already figured out good solutions. It is those of us who are > > sighted that need the help. > > > > I know that I personally would find such a button helpful. But through a > > great many steps I could likely figure out a work around. People prefer > > stuff that is simple. > > > > -- > > James Heilman > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > -- > Ilario Valdelli > Wikimedia CH > Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens > Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre > Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera > Switzerland - 8008 Zürich > Wikipedia: Ilario <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ilario> > Skype: valdelli > Facebook: Ilario Valdelli <https://www.facebook.com/ivaldelli> > Twitter: Ilario Valdelli <https://twitter.com/ilariovaldelli> > Linkedin: Ilario Valdelli <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6724469 > > > Tel: +41764821371 > http://www.wikimedia.ch > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
