I'm the guy Hans referred to, giving a presentation for the east side next February (I believe). I also would be glad to help out wherever here. I heard something about the foundation for blind children a ways back. If they still need any linux help, I'd be glad to help out there too. I do have some time around my personal studies . On Mon, Nov 08, 2010 at 02:24:50PM -0700, Lisa Kachold wrote: > This email had been intitially sent on the end of 501c status discussion. > > We did a great deal of work with The Foundation for Blind Children with the > Linux Security Team. > I believe they are in the midst of developing applications for the iPhone > and Android phones that completely pull the market out of all the old > commercial tools. > > In Oregon, FreeGeek recycles donated corporate systems into donation > machines and has an extensive Accessibility Project, donating a great number > of machines throughout the city to non-profits, as well as individuals. Not > only do they provide a complete desktop with customized Accessibility > distro, but they provide volunteer training? > > I suggest that Eric (aka Technomage Hawke) call or visit that "friend of > PLUG" in North Phoenix to see some of these new tools and how their blind > children and adults use what is available. > > *I believe a few of our Penguins are fairly expert regarding the full list > of Accessibility tools available?* > > Perhaps Eric would like to volunteer to head up a role with PLUG, and > coordinate with Hans to have current information documented on a Page or > Story (for others needing at a glance Accessibility Linux info) referenced > on http://plug.phoenix.az.us. > > Any such information you coordinate in good reference form would be > wonderful; either you can sign up on plug website and become adept at using > it, or forward your copy to one of us who can submit it to Drupal? You > might also volunteer to have your name directly stated as a contact for > Accessibility Questions? > > Please use this email as a start of technical discussion about accessibility > tools for Linux.... > > Accessibility as it relates to the PLUG, etc. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Technomage Hawke > Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 1:13 AM > Subject: Re: NonProfit 501-C Status > To: Main PLUG discussion list > > > is that darrel shandrow you are talking about?m if so, I say "HI!" > > anyway, I can give an overview on linux accessibility. which distributions > work well, and which don't (believe it or not, some don't offer themselves > to accessibility as well as others). > > setting up orca via ssh on an already running system is pretty simple. doing > it in the blind from that running system is a bit more difficult (as in, > getting the packages, etc). > > I haven't tried anything for kde yet, so I cannot yet stipulate that kde > will work with orca. > > -Eric > > On Nov 7, 2010, at 11:23 PM, der.hans wrote: > > > Am 07. Nov, 2010 schwätzte Technomage Hawke so: > > > > moin moin, > > > > Well, we do have another blind person giving us a presentation on > > accessibility :). > > > > That's east side, it would be great if you could do something similar on > > the west side. > > > > A presentation on a full setup for a blind user would be great. You could > > also just start with a review of some software that's available and how > > well it works in your opinion. Most of us really can't properly evaluate > > that. > > > > I'm interested in learning more. I rewrote this email due to that > > interest. Recently you had mentioned problems you have with bottom-posting > > and dealing with quoted text. Usually I intersperse my questions and > > rely upon the previous content for context. 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