Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-29 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
Some of you may not now but there is one Visually impaired editor on the Hindi Wikipedia by the name Anirudha, perhaps it would be useful to get in touch with him and get more feedback. On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > Hoi, > I am talking with the Polish chapter to exte

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-29 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, I am talking with the Polish chapter to extend the functionality of the OpenDyslexic font ... I am waiting for their GO/NOGO. Thanks, GerardM On 15 January 2014 12:08, Michael Maggs wrote: > Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on this to push it forward? > Obviously a lot of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-15 Thread Jon Davies
Thanks Andy. Step One I took earlier this week. Expecting a response any minute now which I will share. I am very encouraged by what I hear and know we have a few really capable people who can identify the issues, work with others and come up with a sensible plan. Jon On 15 January 2014 12:39,

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-15 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 15 January 2014 11:44, rexx wrote: > I'm quite happy to continue giving advice on the issues covered at > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility > > and I'd like to see it adopted as default on the WMUK Wiki, but I question > the value of volunteers re-inventin

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-15 Thread rexx
The single biggest problem, Michael, is that when one talks in the abstract, we end up chasing illusory problems that don't actually have any impact. It's very difficult to create systems that are always 100% accessible by all if we start by trying to second-guess what accessibility problems visito

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

2014-01-15 Thread Michael Maggs
Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on this to push it forward? Obviously a lot of good work has already been done, but perhaps it now needs some long term commitment and leadership to ensure that what has been done is made easily accessible, and to work on filling gaps in functionalit