[Wikimedia-l] Visually impaired

[Srikanth Ramakrishnan]

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 at gmail.com>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 at 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 at 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 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
> > >>
> > >>
> >
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Srikanth Ramakrishnan
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Wikimedia Chapter [India]

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