Re: [libreoffice-marketing] help please - accessibility info

On 03/04/2011 09:09 AM, Bernhard Dippold wrote:
> Hi Charles, all,
>
> Charles Marcus schrieb:
> > On 2011-03-03 12:12 PM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> > > I do not want to be a part of the Accessibility List, but I would like
> > > to know what is being done to help those with this type of issue.
> >
> > Wrong list. If you want to learn about whales, you don't ask about them
> > on the telephones list.
> Wrong assumption.
>
> Marketing is about spreading LibreOffice and thus about spreading 
> information about it's features.
>
> Even if the disabled are a marketing area neglected by many other 
> products - I don't think that we need to follow this way.
>
> In the opposite: We should consider Accessibility Marketing as an 
> important part of our strategy.
>
> If we didn't by now, this is neither Timothy's nor any other's fault.

Thanks Bernhard.  I get ticked-off [I would use other language, but not 
here] when people do not seem to want to deal with helping people with 
accessibility issues within their packages.  As I understand it, from 
staff on agencies that work with the disables/impaired individuals, the 
numbers of individuals needing accessibility options is a growing 
percent of the population in the USA.  I am one of those individuals.  I 
have learned to compensate for my issues since the early 1970's.  My 
typing skill is affected but back when I started typing, there was no 
options to use to help people.  With the spread of speech-to-screen 
computer controlling packages, this helps many individuals, but not me.  
My speech is also affected since my first stroke.  But, I deal with it 
my own way.

So it would be nice to get information to be passed on to those agency 
staffers.  I did get someone to point me to a wiki page to help me see 
the "goals" of the LibreOffice Accessibility "work".  I thank that 
individual for his help.

> Wrong comparison.
>
> He doesn't want to learn to talk to whales, but asks for information 
> about whales on the list of a mammal research institute.
>
>
> Wrong tone.
>
> If you don't have any *positive* contribution it is far better to shut 
> up and let others comment his request.
>
> Providing him with the necessary links to find out himself as Drew did 
> would have helped much.
>
> And using this posting as basis for the creation of a dedicated 
> marketing activity about accessibility would be even better...
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Bernhard
>
> PS: And if you think it is better to subscribe to a list and 
> unsubscribe after a few days - that's your opinion and you could have 
> told this in a friendly manner. Do you know how easy it is for 
> impaired people? I don't - and neither me nor you have the right to 
> judge.


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