[ubuntu-uk] UK Project Proposal

[Kris Douglas]

On 04/10/2007, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This would be a great idea. It would really boost the profile of Ubuntu
> and it's accessibility functionality.
>
> I think this would be well worth the work.
>
> On 04/10/2007, Dave Walker <DaveWalker at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ian,
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 18:14 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote:
> > > Hi y'all
> > >
> > > Before I ask for Popey's help to put this onto his Ideas Pool, I
> > thought I'd
> > > run it by the list and see what your feed back was.
> > >
> > > Every year the Queen Alexandra College for the Blind in Birmingham
> > runs an
> > > exhibition called Sight Village, which is the "leading" technology
> > showcase
> > > for the bisually impaired and associated support groups throughout
> > Europe -
> > > these groups being both Government bodies and local / national /
> > > international charities.
> > >
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > This sounds like a wonderful idea, this is exactly the kind of advocacy
> > projects we should be doing.
> >
> > I would suggest we first look at exactly what needs to be produced, then
> > estimate actual costs.
> >
> > > Putting cost aside for the stand for the moment, I need to:
> > >
> > > * get a loan of at least one laptop / desktop for the duration
> >
> > I'm sure a few machines shouldn't be too difficult to obtain for a few
> > days.
> >
> > > * a supply of the then current distributions
> > > * an installation guide to Ubuntu with Assistive Technologies
> > activated, in
> > > printed, braille and audio formats
> > <SNIP>
> >
> > There is _some_ documentation already written
> > [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc].  I'm sure we could work
> > with ubuntu-accessibility to produce the necessary documentation, as i'm
> > sure that team knows requirements better than most.
> >
> > I wouldn't imagine producing braille format and auto dictation (via
> > Audio-CD) would be too difficult.  It's certainly something I can see
> > being mutually beneficial to the ubuntu-accessibility team aswell.
> >
> > Do you happen to know how much it costs to register, to have a stand, at
> > this event?
> >
> > Once we have a compiled list of costs, we can look into potential
> > fund-raising to cover the costs associated.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Dave Walker
> >
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> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>       Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>       Web: www.softdel.net
>       Mail: kris at softdel.net


Sorry everyone, that was a top-post for Britain :)

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Kris Douglas
      Softdel Limited Hosting Services

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