On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 4:49 AM, <koltzenburg@w4w.net> wrote:

about part b.
the specifics that the first mentioned colleague shared with us in the workshop I am now finding out more
about, listening to Wikipedia results of the image-to-sound transcript software that is in use with my
colleagues - then I need to find the appropriate WP forum/page for suggesting improvements (and I have not
doubt there is a need for action for real inclusion, "accessibility" and "usability") - I am a real newcomer to
this, any WP-specific suggestions where I might go with the new insights?

When I have questions about visual accessibility, I tend to ask http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Graham87 . He is a WM-AU board member who is blind and a highly active Wikipedian. He is very involved with making sure things work for people with screenreaders as this is an ongoing real life issue for him. If you need help in this area, he would be some one worth getting in touch with.

If you're doing group work on Wikipedia, not everyone is comfortable editing. One way to engage potential new contributors is to ask them to make spoken word recordings of an article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spoken_Wikipedia has more information. It isn't just reserved for featured. In fact, a lot of articles that are stubs and starts could benefit from them. Older versions of an article does not mean bad version of an article.

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