Re: [libreoffice-accessibility] Re: Funding Wishlist

Hi :)
The problem is that a major re-write is needed.  

If we point at little specific things that need changing then the list is long.  A re-write would 
probably take a lot less work.  Another problem with focussing on 1 or 2 specific issues is that 
the work has already been done in the IBM code so it's a bit dis-heartening and how carefully do 
people have to work at solving the same problems in a different way to avoid licensing issues but 
still using the Java programming language that the rest of the project is moving away from.  A 
third issue is even if the work does get done for 1 or 2 little things then that still leaves the 
whole thing in much the same mess that it's already in.  

Regards from
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Marc Paré <marc@marcpare.com>
> To: accessibility@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 22 November 2012, 15:09
> Subject: [libreoffice-accessibility] Re: Funding Wishlist
>
> Le 2012-11-22 06:30, Tom Davies a écrit :
> > Hi :)
> > +1
> >
> > I like the sound of ...
> > "It is sometimes good to meet as a team with 3rd party software
> > providers to see what kind of progress or what type of cooperative
> > development could take place."
> >
> > Could TDF buy dev time from RedHat or SUSE or Canonical or another supporter of TDF or at least 
> > someone that  does understand OpenSource and is able to work alongside volunteers and inspire 
> > them and perhaps build-up a team.
> >
> >
> > So, what i would like to see is a person working at a slightly higher level than a dev but 
> > focussing on developing a team to work on accessibility issues.  Perhaps only part-time but with 
> > a job title such as
> >
> > "Community Development Officer" (for Accessibility) or
> > "Development Co-ordinator" or
> > "Development Lead"
> >
> > Waiting for a volunteer to happen to take interest has got nowhere is 2 years although a few 
> > people have put in a lot of hard-work and done some great things (most recently Stuart but there 
> > have been others).
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
>
> Doesn't hurt to ask. IMO, if there were a particular function that you wanted to hire a coder in 
> order to complete, this would probably be accepted quicker rather than just getting someone to 
> work on the accessibility issues in general, But, it would not hurt to submit 2 items such at 
> these.
>
> IMO, I would try to raise the accessibility profile with more specific accessibility meetings and 
> encourage 3rd party participation. For example, Dragon Speaking devs may be interested in helping 
> out making their suite compatible to LibreOffice if some of our devs were to help out.
>
> But whatever the accessibility team decides to submit. Remember Florian's suggestion that the 
> requests "should be reasonable."
>
> BTW ... the following teams are now actively working on wishlist items: website-infrastructure; 
> developers; marketing;
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
>
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