Hello,
We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being.
To achieve this, we need to support users across geographies and languages, but also people with different physical abilities.
The iOS team, along with others at the foundation, are taking the next week to focus on how we can make our app, and projects, easier for people with visual impairments. We're working with an expert blind developer named Austin Seraphin[1] to make sure we get it right, but we also need your help!
Check out our wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint
Some highlights of special events you can participate in over the next week:
- *If you are in the Philadelphia area this Saturday *join engineers from the WMF iOS team for an in person hack-a-thon to make the app more accessible [2] - Tune in one week from today, or join us in SF, for a *brownbag about progress and challenges *of making OOjs UI and the iOS Wikipedia app accessible [3] - *Contribute code*, testing or comments for our accessibility tasks for iOS[4], or across the projects[5]
If you're not able to join us this week, Corey from the iOS team has also proposed a related session for the Tech Summit. Check it his proposal here [6]
[1] Check his TedX talk on how mobile phones have enabled the blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint/Side_Project_Saturd... [3] Event is at 1:15 PST in the 5th floor common space, and will be broadcast and archived on YouTube. Streaming link will be posted on the wiki shortly. For staff, this event is on the Staff and Learning and Fun calendars. [4] Get started contributing by checking out our github: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios Our work will happen on this phab board for the next release: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2281/ [5] There's no shortage of tasks for the web, apps and even internal tools: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435
Thanks, Josh Minor PM for Wikipedia app for iOS
This is great, thanks for doing this!
KL
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello,
We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being.
To achieve this, we need to support users across geographies and languages, but also people with different physical abilities.
The iOS team, along with others at the foundation, are taking the next week to focus on how we can make our app, and projects, easier for people with visual impairments. We're working with an expert blind developer named Austin Seraphin[1] to make sure we get it right, but we also need your help!
Check out our wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/ wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint
Some highlights of special events you can participate in over the next week:
- *If you are in the Philadelphia area this Saturday *join engineers
from the WMF iOS team for an in person hack-a-thon to make the app more accessible [2]
- Tune in one week from today, or join us in SF, for a *brownbag about
progress and challenges *of making OOjs UI and the iOS Wikipedia app accessible [3]
- *Contribute code*, testing or comments for our accessibility tasks
for iOS[4], or across the projects[5]
If you're not able to join us this week, Corey from the iOS team has also proposed a related session for the Tech Summit. Check it his proposal here [6]
[1] Check his TedX talk on how mobile phones have enabled the blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_ sprint/Side_Project_Saturday [3] Event is at 1:15 PST in the 5th floor common space, and will be broadcast and archived on YouTube. Streaming link will be posted on the wiki shortly. For staff, this event is on the Staff and Learning and Fun calendars. [4] Get started contributing by checking out our github: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios Our work will happen on this phab board for the next release: https://phabricator.wikimedia. org/project/board/2281/ [5] There's no shortage of tasks for the web, apps and even internal tools: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435
Thanks, Josh Minor PM for Wikipedia app for iOS
Wmfall mailing list Wmfall@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall
Just a reminder that the Wikipedia accessibility brownbag will be *tomorrow* at 1:15 PDT. Join us either in person in the Chip Deubner Lounge in SF, or via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE0PpQkBcI
I'll be giving a brief intro on the basics of accessibility for the visually impaired, and the work the iOS team has been doing this week, and Volker Eckl, Sr. UX Engineer from the WMF Editing team will talk about efforts on OOjs UI for the web.
And huge thanks to the volunteers who showed up in Philly this weekend to hack on the app with Corey, Joe and Austin ( https://twitter.com/wild37/status/792485190924955648). We're working through your pull requests.
Thanks, Josh
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello,
We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being.
To achieve this, we need to support users across geographies and languages, but also people with different physical abilities.
The iOS team, along with others at the foundation, are taking the next week to focus on how we can make our app, and projects, easier for people with visual impairments. We're working with an expert blind developer named Austin Seraphin[1] to make sure we get it right, but we also need your help!
Check out our wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/ wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint
Some highlights of special events you can participate in over the next week:
- *If you are in the Philadelphia area this Saturday *join engineers
from the WMF iOS team for an in person hack-a-thon to make the app more accessible [2]
- Tune in one week from today, or join us in SF, for a *brownbag about
progress and challenges *of making OOjs UI and the iOS Wikipedia app accessible [3]
- *Contribute code*, testing or comments for our accessibility tasks
for iOS[4], or across the projects[5]
If you're not able to join us this week, Corey from the iOS team has also proposed a related session for the Tech Summit. Check it his proposal here [6]
[1] Check his TedX talk on how mobile phones have enabled the blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_ sprint/Side_Project_Saturday [3] Event is at 1:15 PST in the 5th floor common space, and will be broadcast and archived on YouTube. Streaming link will be posted on the wiki shortly. For staff, this event is on the Staff and Learning and Fun calendars. [4] Get started contributing by checking out our github: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios Our work will happen on this phab board for the next release: https://phabricator.wikimedia. org/project/board/2281/ [5] There's no shortage of tasks for the web, apps and even internal tools: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435
Thanks, Josh Minor PM for Wikipedia app for iOS
Hi Josh and iOS team and volunteers and Volker!
This is wonderful -- thank you for organizing and taking the time for this work.
-Toby
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Just a reminder that the Wikipedia accessibility brownbag will be *tomorrow* at 1:15 PDT. Join us either in person in the Chip Deubner Lounge in SF, or via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE0PpQkBcI
I'll be giving a brief intro on the basics of accessibility for the visually impaired, and the work the iOS team has been doing this week, and Volker Eckl, Sr. UX Engineer from the WMF Editing team will talk about efforts on OOjs UI for the web.
And huge thanks to the volunteers who showed up in Philly this weekend to hack on the app with Corey, Joe and Austin (https://twitter.com/wild37/ status/792485190924955648). We're working through your pull requests.
Thanks, Josh
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello,
We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being.
To achieve this, we need to support users across geographies and languages, but also people with different physical abilities.
The iOS team, along with others at the foundation, are taking the next week to focus on how we can make our app, and projects, easier for people with visual impairments. We're working with an expert blind developer named Austin Seraphin[1] to make sure we get it right, but we also need your help!
Check out our wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki /Accessibility/2016_sprint
Some highlights of special events you can participate in over the next week:
- *If you are in the Philadelphia area this Saturday *join engineers
from the WMF iOS team for an in person hack-a-thon to make the app more accessible [2]
- Tune in one week from today, or join us in SF, for a *brownbag
about progress and challenges *of making OOjs UI and the iOS Wikipedia app accessible [3]
- *Contribute code*, testing or comments for our accessibility tasks
for iOS[4], or across the projects[5]
If you're not able to join us this week, Corey from the iOS team has also proposed a related session for the Tech Summit. Check it his proposal here [6]
[1] Check his TedX talk on how mobile phones have enabled the blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint /Side_Project_Saturday [3] Event is at 1:15 PST in the 5th floor common space, and will be broadcast and archived on YouTube. Streaming link will be posted on the wiki shortly. For staff, this event is on the Staff and Learning and Fun calendars. [4] Get started contributing by checking out our github: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios Our work will happen on this phab board for the next release: https://phabricator.wikimedia. org/project/board/2281/ [5] There's no shortage of tasks for the web, apps and even internal tools: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435
Thanks, Josh Minor PM for Wikipedia app for iOS
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This is really cool, thank you all for your work! Someone at WikiCon North America asked me about our accessibility issues, and I was embarrassed to not know how to respond - I appreciate the work you're doing to keep us up to date and in best practice compliance with standards today.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 9:40 PM, Toby Negrin tnegrin@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Josh and iOS team and volunteers and Volker!
This is wonderful -- thank you for organizing and taking the time for this work.
-Toby
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Just a reminder that the Wikipedia accessibility brownbag will be *tomorrow* at 1:15 PDT. Join us either in person in the Chip Deubner Lounge in SF, or via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE0PpQkBcI
I'll be giving a brief intro on the basics of accessibility for the visually impaired, and the work the iOS team has been doing this week, and Volker Eckl, Sr. UX Engineer from the WMF Editing team will talk about efforts on OOjs UI for the web.
And huge thanks to the volunteers who showed up in Philly this weekend to hack on the app with Corey, Joe and Austin (https://twitter.com/wild37/st atus/792485190924955648). We're working through your pull requests.
Thanks, Josh
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello,
We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being.
To achieve this, we need to support users across geographies and languages, but also people with different physical abilities.
The iOS team, along with others at the foundation, are taking the next week to focus on how we can make our app, and projects, easier for people with visual impairments. We're working with an expert blind developer named Austin Seraphin[1] to make sure we get it right, but we also need your help!
Check out our wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki /Accessibility/2016_sprint
Some highlights of special events you can participate in over the next week:
- *If you are in the Philadelphia area this Saturday *join engineers
from the WMF iOS team for an in person hack-a-thon to make the app more accessible [2]
- Tune in one week from today, or join us in SF, for a *brownbag
about progress and challenges *of making OOjs UI and the iOS Wikipedia app accessible [3]
- *Contribute code*, testing or comments for our accessibility tasks
for iOS[4], or across the projects[5]
If you're not able to join us this week, Corey from the iOS team has also proposed a related session for the Tech Summit. Check it his proposal here [6]
[1] Check his TedX talk on how mobile phones have enabled the blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint /Side_Project_Saturday [3] Event is at 1:15 PST in the 5th floor common space, and will be broadcast and archived on YouTube. Streaming link will be posted on the wiki shortly. For staff, this event is on the Staff and Learning and Fun calendars. [4] Get started contributing by checking out our github: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios Our work will happen on this phab board for the next release: https://phabricator.wikimedia. org/project/board/2281/ [5] There's no shortage of tasks for the web, apps and even internal tools: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435
Thanks, Josh Minor PM for Wikipedia app for iOS
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Thanks a ton everyone. I've been rooting for an effort like this for so long, good to see it gaining ground !
DJ
On 2 Nov 2016, at 23:32, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Just a reminder that the Wikipedia accessibility brownbag will be tomorrow at 1:15 PDT. Join us either in person in the Chip Deubner Lounge in SF, or via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE0PpQkBcI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsE0PpQkBcI
I'll be giving a brief intro on the basics of accessibility for the visually impaired, and the work the iOS team has been doing this week, and Volker Eckl, Sr. UX Engineer from the WMF Editing team will talk about efforts on OOjs UI for the web.
And huge thanks to the volunteers who showed up in Philly this weekend to hack on the app with Corey, Joe and Austin (https://twitter.com/wild37/status/792485190924955648 https://twitter.com/wild37/status/792485190924955648). We're working through your pull requests.
Thanks, Josh
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joshua Minor <jminor@wikimedia.org mailto:jminor@wikimedia.org> wrote: Hello,
We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being.
To achieve this, we need to support users across geographies and languages, but also people with different physical abilities.
The iOS team, along with others at the foundation, are taking the next week to focus on how we can make our app, and projects, easier for people with visual impairments. We're working with an expert blind developer named Austin Seraphin[1] to make sure we get it right, but we also need your help!
Check out our wiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint
Some highlights of special events you can participate in over the next week: If you are in the Philadelphia area this Saturday join engineers from the WMF iOS team for an in person hack-a-thon to make the app more accessible [2] Tune in one week from today, or join us in SF, for a brownbag about progress and challenges of making OOjs UI and the iOS Wikipedia app accessible [3] Contribute code, testing or comments for our accessibility tasks for iOS[4], or across the projects[5] If you're not able to join us this week, Corey from the iOS team has also proposed a related session for the Tech Summit. Check it his proposal here [6]
[1] Check his TedX talk on how mobile phones have enabled the blind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EQOZRIA-nA [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint/Side_Project_Saturd... https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Accessibility/2016_sprint/Side_Project_Saturday [3] Event is at 1:15 PST in the 5th floor common space, and will be broadcast and archived on YouTube. Streaming link will be posted on the wiki shortly. For staff, this event is on the Staff and Learning and Fun calendars. [4] Get started contributing by checking out our github: https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios Our work will happen on this phab board for the next release: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2281/ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/2281/ [5] There's no shortage of tasks for the web, apps and even internal tools: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/accessibility/ [6] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435 https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148435
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