[laptop-accessibility] Introduction

[olpc at yokoy.de]

Hello Per,

we will found olpc-deutschland today/tomorow in Berlin. See  http://wiki.olpc-deutschland.de/olpc-gruendungsworkshop
Feel free to join. Nevermind the number of persons that registered. 

Best regard,
yokoy

PS: My attention is accessibility, see http://www.olpcaustria.org/mediawiki/index.php/User:Yokoy


On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:28:30 +0200
"Per" <Reisender at online.de> wrote:

> Hello There,
> 
> My name is Per and for 15 years I am blind. I live in a rich country 
> (Germany) and I would like to help to improve the chances for blind persons 
> from developing and newly industrializing countries. You do a very important 
> work and I would like to promote/support your project within the realms of 
> my possibilities.
> 
> I want to point you to another web resource for blindness related issues of 
> the XO and the OLPC project. It could perhaps be a place to collect 
> information for interested blind persons, their teachers and supporters, 
> explained in a plain manner.
> http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/OLPC
> Unfortunately, I am not a developer/professional and my English isn't good 
> enough to write a lot with eloquent formulations, but I will try my best and 
> other persons perhaps want to contribute in the future as well.
> 
> Google's announcement of the open Android platform was the reason for 
> another initiative, which was and is inspired by the OLPC idea:
> http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Letter_Initiative
> Mobile technology could be a revolutionary chance for the many blind or 
> otherwise handicaped people around the world but it must be accessible and 
> affordable.
> 
> Last but not least, I would like to help making Wikipedia and thereby all 
> Mediawiki based Wikis fully accessible for blind users. I believe, Wikipedia 
> is the most important common information platform on the internet and it's a 
> perfect resource for learning:
> http://www.epractice.eu/blog/154
> 
> My dream is an independent and multi-lingual Blind Wiki which is optimized 
> for screen reader software and the needs of blind users and blind admins:
> http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/Blind_Wiki:About
> 
> If you want more info, please let me know. You can contact me via private 
> mail or at Blind Wiki.
> Best regards, Per
> 
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