[Kde-accessibility] GSoC Mentor Qualifications

[Robert cole]

Hello, Frederik.

No worries, I am not going anywhere. :) I really love KDE, and I think 
it is a very beautiful desktop with a lot to offer. I have my Inbox 
filtered in Thunderbird, and so all e-mails from this list go into a 
dedicated "KDE" folder, and I usually read all of them that come 
through, although I do not always reply due to a lack of knowledge 
(which will go away through all of the learning and reading I am doing).

Out of curiosity, has anything related to this particular topic been 
mentioned on the Orca list? If not, I could write up a message for them 
so that maybe other users who use assistive technologies could possibly 
get involved.

If I could be of any help with anything, please feel free to contact me 
off-list; my Inbox is usually empty most of the time, so I'm always glad 
to have new messages. :)

Take care.

On 02/29/2012 02:01 PM, Frederik Gladhorn wrote:
> 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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