[Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu and Accessibility

[Charlie Kravetz]

On Wed, 25 May 2011 22:23:24 +0200
Julien Lavergne <gilir at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Thanks Phill :)
> 
> Le Tuesday 24 May 2011 à 00:58 +0100, Phill Whiteside a écrit :
> > 
> > From a general chat to our head of development on lubuntu, he is of
> > the opinion that if the code is really (and I mean really) tight, that
> > it would be possible to include within the very tight constraints that
> > we are committed to be able to uphold the inclusion of accessibility
> > and has agreed that we should really strive to attain this.
> 
> To be complete, we are searching for some sort of document which explain
> how to make an OS accessible :) During the UDS session [1], someone
> mention that this document is planned. To begin to work on accessibility
> on Lubuntu, this type of document will be very very useful :)
> 
> Regards,
> Julien Lavergne
> 
> [1]:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-o-accessibility-team
> 
> 
> 

Here is an excellent guide that can be used by any distribution. I know
it is specific to Gnome, but if we could developers to look at it and
apply what they can, everything would be much more accessible.

http://developer.gnome.org/accessibility-devel-guide/stable/

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