Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Pia
One thing I have been wondering about for a long time is how to actually contribute as an Ubuntu Accessibility maintainer. Though I have asked and tried to get some input on it, no one has offered assistance from the official team. My real problem is that the directions and documentation for

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Tim Cross
I suggested moving this discussion off list as I've found in the past that general accessibility issues on a distribution specific list are not always welcomed. If the general feeling of list participants is that this sort of discussion is on topic, interesting and useful, I have no problems keepi

[Fwd: Taking A Break from Ubuntu]

2010-05-16 Thread Jan Claeys
Hello Michael, I'm forwarding your mail to the Ubuntu Accessibility mailing list, as the Accessibility team got revived recently, and although they have heaps of work already, the team can probably help you raise this issue (or at least document it in some central space). --- Doorgestuurd be

Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Hugh Sasse
One would have hoped that 19 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act, and 15 years after similar UK legislation was enacted, things would have improved. I wonder if the Electronic Frontier Foundation could use such legislation to get more cross-platform support from the large commercial in

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Hugh Sasse
On Sun, 16 May 2010, Tim Cross wrote: > Hi Eric, > > I've added comments in-line below. However, this is probably beginning to get > a little off topic for the list. Maybe take further discussion off list if you I beg to differ. This is an accessibility list, and these questions are surely fund

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Bill Cox
I'm also following this thread. I had to program by voice for three years in the '90s, first with Dragon Dictate, and then with Naturally Speaking. I eventually wrote 1,600 voice macros mostly to control emacs to help me do my job. When I started with Dragon Dictate, I was excited about the rapi

Re: [OFF-TOPIC] Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Pia
I just wanted to ask that you guys not take this topic off list. It was one of the most seriously useful conversations that has been on here for a long time, because it looks at the future of a barely functional state of things which is really what we all should be concerned about. So, I have

[OFF-TOPIC] Re: ideological speed bumps

2010-05-16 Thread Tim Cross
Hi Eric, I've added comments in-line below. However, this is probably beginning to get a little off topic for the list. Maybe take further discussion off list if you want to respond further. Alternatively, maybe you have some suggestions or ubuntu specific points that could be brought in to get th