Some of you may not now but there is one Visually impaired editor on the
Hindi Wikipedia by the name Anirudha, perhaps it would be useful to get in
touch with him and get more feedback.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hoi,
I am talking with the Polish chapter to extend the functionality of the
OpenDyslexic font ... I am waiting for their GO/NOGO.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 15 January 2014 12:08, Michael Maggs <michael(a)maggs.name> wrote:
Can WMUK collaborate with WMDE (and others) on
this to push it forward?
Obviously a lot of good work has already been done, but perhaps it now
needs some long term commitment and leadership to ensure that what has
been
done is made easily accessible, and to work on
filling gaps in
functionality (covering all aspects of disability).
Michael
WMUK Chair
On 15 Jan 2014, at 09:34, Jon Davies
<jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
wrote:
How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)
> On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hoi,
> One obvious point to start is the functionality of the ULS. It already
> serves one function for people who have a handicap with their
perception.
> It has the OpenDyslexic font for people with
dyslexia. There are
multiple
>> ways functionality can be provided who have a visual handicap. The
size
of
>> the characters can be increased, the colour scheme can be changed
(some
>> people only see yellow on white..)
>>
>> If there is one thing wrong with the ULS, it is not in the
functionality
> but
by the utter lack of visibility. ULS is a major component of
MediaWiki
> and it is not given prominence, Truly how are
people going to find
> OpenDyslexic... (we are talking about 7 to 10% of a population)...
>
> Work is done to get more support for webfonts on mobile phones.. It is
> being developed.
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
>
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