[Kde-accessibility] Patches for docs

[Iain Murray]

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Hi
  I have had a look around at other guides (IBM,Apple etc) they separate 
on not so much disability but access method. For example learning 
difficulties, such as dyslexia, may use some of the same aspects as 
vision disabilities in the voice output. Keyboard access  is important 
for most disabilities etc
How about I start importing some of the existing material (c) 
permitting rather than just point to it? I dont know about you but I 
like "all in one docs" rather than jumping all over the place.
I will fill in the keyboard accessibility bits if you like. The bits 
listed as
General Assistance

General Keyboard Navigation tips

Accelerator keys, khotkeys, customizing keybindings
What format will we be doing this in?
Regards

Much of the rest of the content of the gnome guide seems more 
appropriate for mobility impairments perhaps
On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 10:29  PM, Lauri Watts wrote:

> On Monday 03 February 2003 03:32, you wrote:
>> Hi
>> Sounds like something I may actually be able to help with (at last ;-)
>> ) I would be pleased to help out with a KDE accessibility guide in any
>> way I can.
>>
>
> Ok, consider yourself assimilated!
>
> Here's the GNOME accesibility guide, which I'm looking at using as a 
> base for
> ideas:
> http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/2.0/
>
> I'm giving the link, because it took me a long time to find it.  Not 
> very
> accessible :)
>
> Before I work up an outline, here's what I think should be decided:
>
> Are the divisions between types of disabilities given sensible for KDE?
> I think yes, (and I also found, reading this document and comparing 
> with KDE,
> that KDE provides far more accessibility features built in than many 
> might
> think at first glance)   This could also provide something of a roadmap
> pointing out things that are missing.
>
> The rest, is very much a matter of getting the writing done.  I've put 
> a (very
> brief) outline here for discussion.
>
> http://people.fruitsalad.org/lauri/accessibility_outline.html
>
> Once it's been decided the general layout and topic divisions are 
> fine, I'll
> mark it all up, and we can get writing.
>
> Regards,
> -- 
> Lauri Watts
> KDE Documentation: http://i18n.kde.org/doc/
> KDE on FreeBSD: http://freebsd.kde.org/<mime-attachment>
Iain Murray
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth 6845 WA
Australia
Ph +61 8 92664540
Fax +61 92662584
email i.murray@ece.curtin.edu.au

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Hi

 I have had a look around at other guides (IBM,Apple etc) they
separate on not so much disability but access method. For example
learning difficulties, such as dyslexia, may use some of the same
aspects as vision disabilities in the voice output. Keyboard access 
is important for most disabilities etc

How about I start importing some of the existing material (c)
permitting rather than just point to it? I dont know about you but I
like "all in one docs" rather than jumping all over the place.

I will fill in the keyboard accessibility bits if you like. The bits
listed as

<bold><fontfamily><param>Lucida Grande</param>General Assistance 


General Keyboard Navigation tips 


Accelerator keys, khotkeys, customizing keybindings 

What format will we be doing this in?

Regards

<bigger><bigger><bigger><bigger>

</bigger></bigger></bigger></bigger></fontfamily></bold><fontfamily><param>Lucida Grande</param><bigger>Much
of the rest of the content of the gnome guide seems more appropriate
for mobility impairments perhaps </bigger></fontfamily>

On Monday, February 3, 2003, at 10:29  PM, Lauri Watts wrote:


<excerpt>On Monday 03 February 2003 03:32, you wrote:

<excerpt>Hi

Sounds like something I may actually be able to help with (at last ;-)

) I would be pleased to help out with a KDE accessibility guide in any

way I can.


</excerpt>

Ok, consider yourself assimilated!


Here's the GNOME accesibility guide, which I'm looking at using as a
base for 

ideas:

http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/2.0/ 


I'm giving the link, because it took me a long time to find it.  Not
very 

accessible :)


Before I work up an outline, here's what I think should be decided:


Are the divisions between types of disabilities given sensible for KDE?

I think yes, (and I also found, reading this document and comparing
with KDE, 

that KDE provides far more accessibility features built in than many
might 

think at first glance)   This could also provide something of a
roadmap 

pointing out things that are missing.


The rest, is very much a matter of getting the writing done.  I've put
a (very 

brief) outline here for discussion.


http://people.fruitsalad.org/lauri/accessibility_outline.html


Once it's been decided the general layout and topic divisions are
fine, I'll 

mark it all up, and we can get writing.


Regards,

-- 

Lauri Watts

KDE Documentation: http://i18n.kde.org/doc/

KDE on FreeBSD: http://freebsd.kde.org/<<mime-attachment>

</excerpt>Iain Murray

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Curtin University of Technology

GPO Box U1987

Perth 6845 WA

Australia

Ph +61 8 92664540

Fax +61 92662584

email i.murray@ece.curtin.edu.au


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