[Plugtest-org] session on accessibility?

[Louis Suarez-Potts]

Hi,
On 2009-10-12, at 08:48 , Hanssens Bart wrote:

> Hmm, ok, so Louis, will you be giving an intro on ODF accessibility ?

No need, though I can give a quick summary of the work done and to be  
done.

>
> Or should we just integrate the intro in Mingfei's scenario and  
> explain the
> parts when testing it ?

I'd rather do that, and thus ping Mingfei directly, so as to save time.
>
> Would you perhaps know if there are tools for checking ODF  
> accessibility
> (besides http://www.eclipse.org/actf/downloads/tools/aDesigner/, which
> seems to be Windows-only)

That's something we can see about shortly. BTW, there is another  
Accessibility Summit tied to Unesco I'll be attending next week in  
Toronto. I'll see status there, too, of ODF, if I'm lucky, and more, I  
hope.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Bart

-louis
> ________________________________________
> From: Malte.Timmermann at Sun.COM [Malte.Timmermann at Sun.COM]
> Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 2:35 PM
> To: Hanssens Bart
> Cc: robert_weir at us.ibm.com; jiamingf at cn.ibm.com; plugtest-organisers at opendocsociety.org
> Subject: Re: [Plugtest-org] session on accessibility?
>
> FYI - I can't attend OOoCon this year :(
>
> Louis didn't know that when he offered some presentation from me,  
> but it
> seems he will "stand in" for me now.
>
> I wish you all a great OOoCon,
> Malte.
>
> Hanssens Bart wrote, On 10/09/09 19:27:
>> It'll be an interesting session. If Malte could do a short and  
>> practical
>> presentation, that'll be a good introduction on Mingfei's scenario...
>>
>> I do stress "short and practical", since I'd rather spend time on  
>> testing
>> things and have a discussion with the experts when things go oops...
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Bart
>> ________________________________________
>> From: robert_weir at us.ibm.com [robert_weir at us.ibm.com]
>> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 7:04 PM
>> To: Hanssens Bart; jiamingf at cn.ibm.com; Malte Timmermann
>> Subject: Re: [Plugtest-org] session on accessibility?
>>
>> There may be an opportunity for Ming Fei and Malta to collaborate  
>> on an
>> accessibility session for the Plugfest.
>>
>> I think this divides into two tasks:
>>
>> 1) A short presentation on the accessibility features of ODF 1.1
>>
>> 2) Some sample documents which use the accesibility features of ODF  
>> 1.1,
>> that we can then test applications with, to see if this information  
>> is
>> correctly preserved from application to application.
>>
>> Maybe one person can own the presentation and the other can develop  
>> the
>> sample documents and lead the group in testing those?
>>
>> -Rob
>> ___________________________
>>
>> Rob Weir
>> Lead IBM ODF Architect
>> Workplace, Portal and Collaboration Software
>> IBM Software Group
>>
>> email: robert_weir at us.ibm.com
>> phone: 1-978-399-7122
>> blog: http://www.robweir.com/blog/
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> Hanssens Bart <Bart.Hanssens at fedict.be>
>> To:
>> Louis Suarez-Potts <Louis.Suarez-Potts at Sun.COM>,
>> "plugtest-organisers at opendocsociety.org"
>> <plugtest-organisers at opendocsociety.org>
>> Cc:
>> Malte Timmermann <Malte.Timmermann at Sun.COM>
>> Date:
>> 10/09/2009 01:01 PM
>> Subject:
>> Re: [Plugtest-org] session on accessibility?
>> Sent by:
>> plugtest-organisers-bounces at opendocsociety.org
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Louis,
>>
>> Mingfei Jia (IBM) is working on an accessibility scenario, so yes,
>> there will be a session on accessibility (Nov 2nd in the afternoon)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Bart
>> ________________________________________
>> From: plugtest-organisers-bounces at opendocsociety.org
>> [plugtest-organisers-bounces at opendocsociety.org] On Behalf Of Louis
>> Suarez-Potts [Louis.Suarez-Potts at Sun.COM]
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:02 PM
>> To: plugtest-organisers at opendocsociety.org
>> Cc: Malte Timmermann
>> Subject: [Plugtest-org] session on accessibility?
>>
>> Hi
>>  (cc'ing my colleague Malte)
>>
>> Is there interest here in a session on status of accessibility in  
>> ODF?
>> Peter Korn cannot make this event, but Malte might, and given the
>> pivotal importance of accessibility--aka inclusive design--I'd like  
>> to
>> propose such a session, or at least summary account.
>>
>> -louis
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