Comments on: Oggcamp, accessibility and open source http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/ No longer being updated, just here for posterity. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:20:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan Deamer http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/#comment-3520 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:56:03 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/?p=390#comment-3520 Well I wouldn’t say that! Thanks for stopping by, look forward to meeting you at the event.

]]> By: Fab http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/#comment-3519 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:52:03 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/?p=390#comment-3519 Oh, sorry. It seems I suck… Carry on then. ;)

]]> By: Jonathan Deamer http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/#comment-3518 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:46:10 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/?p=390#comment-3518 Think I’ve beaten you to it with the talks list Fab ;-) Glad you like the idea though – I often find the best way for me to learn about subjects that interest me is prepare a talk like this!

]]> By: Fab http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/#comment-3517 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:09:23 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/?p=390#comment-3517 That sounds very cool! Can’t wait to hear your talk. :)

Please consider adding yourself to http://ideas.oggcamp.org/talks so that people who would be interested in this topic can know in advance. Thanks!

]]> By: Jonathan Deamer http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/#comment-3516 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:37:20 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/?p=390#comment-3516 That’s really interesting, thanks Dan. I’ve heard mixed things about Orca, but definitely sounds like something I should look into more. Very cool stuff that your listener’s doing too.

Depending on how good/established Orca is, I might want to focus more on the mobile side of open-source accessibility. But I’ve got a while to think yet… ;-)

]]> By: Dan Lynch http://deamer.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/oggcamp-accessibility-open-source/#comment-3515 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:20:15 +0000 http://jonathandeamer.com/?p=390#comment-3515 Sounds like an excellent idea Jonathan, can’t wait to hear what you come up with. Accessibility is a much neglected area in software design sadly. One of our visually impaired listeners recently started up a company selling pre-configured (right out of the box) Linux computers for blind users. It’s called Frostbite Systems and the concept is really cool. They make heavy use of Orca, the screen reader in the Gnome desktop. I’m told it’s as good as some of the commercial software costing £1000′s by other blind users, but obviously it’s hard for me to judge being sighted. I’m sure it’s an area where all platforms could improve and I’d like to see FOSS solutions targeting Windows and Mac too.

Look forward to seeing you at OggCamp, it’s gonna be cool!

Dan

Linux Outlaws

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