yes a great idea Mike I suggest keep it simple and practical so as to fill the gap left by all the techy stuff.
Steve 2008/8/7 Hugh Sasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, mike coulombe wrote: > >> [...] As a thanks I am willing to >> put together a basic guide for new users that will give them >> some basic information they can use to get started with orca and >> ubuntu. [...] > > Definitely a good idea. Trawling bookshops and the web there is > little info out there. > >> [...] I am open >> to suggestions on what people would like to see included in it. > > I'd like to know what support there is for people who prefer large > print. Trying Ubuntu out a while back I had difficulties when I set > the fonts to be large, and whilst I appreciated the existence of a > magnifier, I felt it was rather limited in what it could do. > Getting terminal windows setup for high contrast, low glare (Eg > light on dark) with large print took a while as well, and I think > when I tried Vim there was no colour support in the terminal I > accessed. Syntax highlighting is great help for trapping absent > small punctuation chars like "`". > > Then there are the braille users. [My braille is dead slow, and I > don't know 8-dot anyway.] This would be important for deafblind > people as well. > > At present I won't be able to contribute anything to this, but the > time will come. > > Thank you, > Hugh > > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility > -- Steve Lee Open Source Assistive Technology Software and Accessibility fullmeasure.co.uk -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
