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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: developing rockbox page for blind usersRe: developing rockbox page for blind users
From: Paul Erkens <pjealt_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:30:05 +0200 Hi Daniel, Okay it's clear now. What you intend to set up is another wiki page set, not a mailing list. Nonetheless: what would you think of a screen reader user list for rockbox? Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Dalton" <daniel.dalton47_at_gmail.com> To: "Rockbox development" <rockbox-dev_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:12 AM Subject: Re: developing rockbox page for blind users > On 21/09/2007 5:40 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: >> Hi Daniel, > > Hi, > >> >> Yes it's a good idea. I'm willing to subscribe. It's also a good way to >> keep all lists and communities on-topic. Many blind-related issues are >> not interesting for sighted people, and vice versa. I.e. sighted people >> who don't use any special computer reading aids, won't be interested in >> these messages, while blind people don't care about graphics, themes and >> that lot. > > It isn't a new mailing list. It is a wiki page talking about how to > develop rockbox when you are blind. So the programming side of things. > >> >> Besides, many blind users have found the rockbox site hard to navigate. >> Information you want is always there, but it's usually very hard to find >> out where it is. On a blind community rockbox list, I would not hesitate > > Is it? I found the wiki well organized. > >> to ask for a direct link to something if someone already has it, while on >> this list, I'm trying to avoid that, because I don't want to be judged >> stupid. > > Well it is a wiki page not a mailing list. > >> >> One potential worry I have though, is that when only blind people >> participate on such a list, some pieces of valuable knowledge that only >> sighted people can provide, may become hard to get. For example: "My >> voice won't read screen bla. Can anyone tell me what the display says >> here?" I'm hoping therefore, that someone sighted will be willing to >> monitor the list, and act as sort of a gateway, to avoid the blind >> community from being isolated from the rockbox live sources. >> > > Again it isn't a mailing list. But I wouldn't repeat documentation from > other places in the wiki. If something is the same when you can see or if > you are blind then you can read the other pages talking about that topic. > Since setting up cygwin is quite complicated with a screenreader then that > is the sort of thing that should go on the wiki. > BTW I think I might have a setting up cygwin guide somewhere. > > -- > Daniel Dalton > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/ > daniel.dalton47_at_gmail.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: > 269.13.21/1012 - Release Date: 9/16/2007 6:32 PM > > Received on 2007-09-21 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |