This would be a great idea. It would really boost the profile of Ubuntu and it's accessibility functionality. <br><br>I think this would be well worth the work.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 04/10/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Dave Walker</b> <<a href="mailto:DaveWalker@ubuntu.com">DaveWalker@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Ian,<br><br>On Thu, 2007-10-04 at 18:14 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote:<br>> Hi y'all<br>><br>> Before I ask for Popey's help to put this onto his Ideas Pool, I thought I'd<br>> run it by the list and see what your feed back was.
<br>><br>> Every year the Queen Alexandra College for the Blind in Birmingham runs an<br>> exhibition called Sight Village, which is the "leading" technology showcase<br>> for the bisually impaired and associated support groups throughout Europe -
<br>> these groups being both Government bodies and local / national /<br>> international charities.<br>><br><SNIP><br><br>This sounds like a wonderful idea, this is exactly the kind of advocacy<br>projects we should be doing.
<br><br>I would suggest we first look at exactly what needs to be produced, then<br>estimate actual costs.<br><br>> Putting cost aside for the stand for the moment, I need to:<br>><br>> * get a loan of at least one laptop / desktop for the duration
<br><br>I'm sure a few machines shouldn't be too difficult to obtain for a few<br>days.<br><br>> * a supply of the then current distributions<br>> * an installation guide to Ubuntu with Assistive Technologies activated, in
<br>> printed, braille and audio formats<br><SNIP><br><br>There is _some_ documentation already written<br>[<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc</a>]. I'm sure we could work
<br>with ubuntu-accessibility to produce the necessary documentation, as i'm<br>sure that team knows requirements better than most.<br><br>I wouldn't imagine producing braille format and auto dictation (via<br>Audio-CD) would be too difficult. It's certainly something I can see
<br>being mutually beneficial to the ubuntu-accessibility team aswell.<br><br>Do you happen to know how much it costs to register, to have a stand, at<br>this event?<br><br>Once we have a compiled list of costs, we can look into potential
<br>fund-raising to cover the costs associated.<br><br>Kind Regards,<br>Dave Walker<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
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