Persona writing sprint this weekend 12th and 13th November

[Hugh Sasse]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2011, Alan Bell wrote:

> On 10/11/11 11:04, Hugh Sasse wrote:
        [...]
> > I've forgotten what I need to do to get (re-)started on the Pad system.
> > It might be useful to have a link or two about that.
> basically go to the pad page in a graphical browser and start typing anywhere
> you want.

OK, added a couple of things.  I don't have a CCTV magnifier at home, and
I don't use a web cam, so maybe someone can add something about:

   Can present day CCTVs input to computers pretty much as standard?
   Can you use Web cams (maybe with photography macro adaptors) as CCTV
   magnifiers?

With Image Magick, etc that might be a good use case for Simon.

> > Will there be more than one VI persona?  Our needs are different, and
> > conflict!  There have been times when I've needed lots of light, and times
> > when I have been photophobic, just as an example. :-)
> in the plan we are separating blind from VI, but I am hoping we can get all
> the VI needs boiled down into one persona (given we already have Faisal who is
> colourblind). RP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinitis_pigmentosa is a good
> choice as it is progressive, which means we can get various levels of VI in
> the one persona. We could do loads of persona documents and cover *everything*
> but I think it is a better choice to cover the needs of the Ubuntu target
> audience in a minimal set that the non-a11y specialist contributers to Ubuntu
> can understand. So the personas should represent all the Ubuntu users, but the
> target audience of our persona project is all developers and contributors, not
> just those working on stuff like zoom and screen readers.

OK, so it's a good enough model of visual impairment, until we need something
better. That's a sensible engineering decision.  I was concerned that the
experience of RP will be quite different from Macula Degeneration etc.
> 
> > 
> > RP is an interesting choice because it does occur with deafness in
> > Usher Syndrome.

I would like to raise the flag for a deafblind persona, though.  In
the UK, for example, there are about 24,000 deafblind people, but
they so often seem to be batted like tennis balls between the
organizations of/for [dD]eaf people and those of/for blind people,
but the solutions offered usually rely on having the other sense
intact.  There are widely varying stats for the USA
http://www.aadb.org/FAQ/faq_DeafBlindness.html#count

        Thank you,
        Hugh