Status of Speech Dispatcher package
Hello, is anyone planning to package new releases of Speech Dispatcher (0.7 was released recently)? I suppose the current packager (Luke Yelavich) has no interest to continue to do so based on what he has proposed [1], so on behalf of Brailcom, o.p.s., I announce that I will take care of packaging current (0.7) and future releases of Speech dispatcher for future Ubuntu releases, starting with Maverick (10.10). I am already in the process of packaging Speech Dispatcher 0.7 for Maverick. Our employee, Milan Zamazal, is already the maintainer of the Speech Dispatcher package in Debian [2], so it will not be hard for us to maintain the Ubuntu package. Best regards, Boris Dusek Brailcom, o.p.s. [1]: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/desktop-maverick-opentts-to-replace-speech-dispatcher [2]: http://packages.debian.org/sid/speech-dispatcher -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Status of Speech Dispatcher package
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 08:58:59PM EST, Boris Dusek wrote: Hello, is anyone planning to package new releases of Speech Dispatcher (0.7 was released recently)? Yes, since its now in Debian, it can be merged/udpated for Ubuntu maverick. I suppose the current packager (Luke Yelavich) has no interest to continue to do so based on what he has proposed [1], so on behalf of Brailcom, o.p.s., I announce that I will take care of packaging current (0.7) and future releases of Speech dispatcher for future Ubuntu releases, starting with Maverick (10.10). Thanks for your offer of help. Even though I proposed that change, this does not mean I will totally abandon maintaining the speech-dispatcher package in Ubuntu. I still hoep that both projects can one day merge and work together again. I am already in the process of packaging Speech Dispatcher 0.7 for Maverick. Our employee, Milan Zamazal, is already the maintainer of the Speech Dispatcher package in Debian [2], so it will not be hard for us to maintain the Ubuntu package. There are a few differences in packaging for Ubuntu that need to be carried, so the update procedure for this package now is what is known as a merge. This shouldn't take me too long to do, so I'm willing to help whereever I can to get this updated. Luke -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Persona Questionnaire
One of the projects kicked off by the accessibility team at the Ubuntu Developer Summit was to create a set of personas or fictional characters with accessibility needs. The design team have a set of personas already, each with different skills and life experiences and it is these people they think about when designing the user interface. One of their personas (Lola, a 29 year old PhD student living in Paris) is partially sighted and uses assistive technology. This is a great start, but we want to provide the design team and all those working on Ubuntu with some more detailed personas with an assortment of needs. The aim is to educate and motivate all those working on Ubuntu, accessibility isn't just a technical feature, it is about people and if some part of the system isn't available for everyone then it is broken. In order to write a series of fictional, but believable characters we have put together a survey asking people to tell us about themselves and the issues they find when interacting with computers. We collaborated on the questions that should be asked here http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Access and now we have taken the results of that work and built an online form http://access.libertus.co.uk http://access.libertus.co.uk/ and an alternative text version https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Personas/Survey which can be emailed to ubuntu.accessibility.sur...@gmail.com Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey and pass it on to friends and relatives who may be able to provide interesting and useful answers. When the results are in (by August 8th or thereabouts) we will start the process of writing up the personas using the survey answers as inspiration.This will generate our realistic, but fictional, characters who will help make Ubuntu better for everyone. Thanks to all those who helped get the survey this far. Alan -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Persona Questionnaire
Hi Alan, I've taken the liberty to post the request to http://www.accessifyforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=16362 it is a site that has helped me get my 'AAA' / Level 3 accessibility compliance. They're a pretty demanding crowd, so do not expect them to pull their punches. Regards, Phill. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: One of the projects kicked off by the accessibility team at the Ubuntu Developer Summit was to create a set of personas or fictional characters with accessibility needs. The design team have a set of personas already, each with different skills and life experiences and it is these people they think about when designing the user interface. One of their personas (Lola, a 29 year old PhD student living in Paris) is partially sighted and uses assistive technology. This is a great start, but we want to provide the design team and all those working on Ubuntu with some more detailed personas with an assortment of needs. The aim is to educate and motivate all those working on Ubuntu, accessibility isn't just a technical feature, it is about people and if some part of the system isn't available for everyone then it is broken. In order to write a series of fictional, but believable characters we have put together a survey asking people to tell us about themselves and the issues they find when interacting with computers. We collaborated on the questions that should be asked here http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Access and now we have taken the results of that work and built an online form http://access.libertus.co.uk and an alternative text version https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Personas/Survey which can be emailed to ubuntu.accessibility.sur...@gmail.com Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey and pass it on to friends and relatives who may be able to provide interesting and useful answers. When the results are in (by August 8th or thereabouts) we will start the process of writing up the personas using the survey answers as inspiration.This will generate our realistic, but fictional, characters who will help make Ubuntu better for everyone. Thanks to all those who helped get the survey this far. Alan -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Persona Questionnaire
oops the link to the correct etherpad document is http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/OGCR7tZiNX Alan. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Persona Questionnaire
Hi Alan, http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/Access has been changed to http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/OGCR7tZiNX Regards, Phill. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: oops the link to the correct etherpad document is http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/OGCR7tZiNX Alan. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
