[Kde-accessibility] GSoC Mentor Qualifications

[Frederik Gladhorn]

Hi Robert,

On 29. feb. 2012, at 17.35, Robert cole wrote:

> Hello, Peter.
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I actually sent an e-mail to the e-mail address given on Lydia's blog yesterday. If my insight as a user could in any way be helpful, I am more than willing to share what knowledge I have. I love Linux (it is all that I use), and I strongly feel that the accessibility of free desktops is a very important matter. I am looking forward to seeing what will come in the future for Linux, KDE, GNOME, and other open source technologies.

I'm happy that our plan seems to work out. We can probably do the coding work, but I feel much more confident that we do something useful when we have users on board.
So please stick around and help us understand and work with you :)

Cheers
Frederik




> 
> Kind regards.
> 
> Take care.
> 
> On 02/29/2012 01:02 AM, Peter Grasch wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2012, 10:04:28 schrieb Robert cole:
>>> I was just curious as to what the qualifications are for someone to be a
>>> mentor for GSoC as far as KDE-related projects are concerned.
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately, I have very little programming experience. At this point
>>> I guess you could say that I am at the user end of the spectrum. I rely
>>> completely on screen readers and screen magnification, so I use both of
>>> these technologies extensively.
>>> 
>>> Even if I would not meet the qualifications for a mentor position, I
>>> would be more than willing to give input or to test if that would be
>>> helpful.
>> I think it's great that you are stepping up and offering your help!
>> 
>> Especially in the field of accessibility there is a lot to gain from a (co-)
>> mentor that knows about the real needs of the prospective end-users. See also
>> Lydias blog post about the topic if you haven't already read it:
>> http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2012/02/10/accessibility-co-mentors-needed-for-
>> gsoc/
>> 
>> Because GSoC projects usually have a large programming part to them, I'd
>> suggest to team up with an experienced programer and co-mentor a project.
>> 
>> There's already a list of ideas on KDEs ideas page:
>> http://community.kde.org/GSoC/2012/Ideas#KDE_Accessibility
>> 
>> Each idea also has a field for suggested mentors. If you like a proposal I'd
>> suggest you get in touch with it's mentor about helping out - I'm sure they'd
>> appreciate it!
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Peter
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