[Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

[Jon Davies]

How about starting with what a 'ULS' is? That would help :)


On 15 January 2014 08:50, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at 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
>
>
> On 15 January 2014 09:26, rupert THURNER <rupert.thurner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, would anybody of you have some starting points concerning wikipedia
> for
> > visually impaired persons, both computer and mobile devices?
> >
> > Rupert
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