Announcing the first release of an accessible derivitive of the Hoary Live CD Array 4

[Luke Yelavich]

On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 01:18:52AM EST, Alfonso de Cala wrote:
> > I am happy to announce the first testing/proof of concept release of an 
> > accessible derivitive of the Hoary Live CD, based on the recently 
> > released array CD 4. This CD aims to give blind/vision impaired linux 
> > users a chance to use the Gnopernicus screen reader, and explore the 
> > many features and applications of the GNOME and Ubuntu desktop.
> 
> Hi !
> 
> Are you involved in any disabled/blind people organization ?

No, not really. I am working alone on what I have done so far.

> I'd like to know if there is an Ubuntu group focused in accesibility issues, to join it.

There is stuff on the wiki about what an accessibility team could do, 
but as far as I know, one hasn't really ben officially formed yet.

> In Spain, "Spanish Blind People National Organization" (ONCE) is fostering collaboration between distributions to improve Gnopernicus and Voice synthesis/recognition. 
> 
> Now we are preparing a requirements analysis for Gnopernicus to be really useful and easy to learn.

That is good to hear. Is there a website where I can read about what is 
happening, preferably in English? :)

> We could merge both groups.

Anybody who wishes to help with the Ubuntu accessibility effort is more 
than welcome to do so. If there are any developers and technically 
minded folks amongst you, we could do with their help too.
-- 
Luke

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