Fw: [skype-english] Accessible Skype by Summer 2006.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Cassell" <apolloseven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <skype-english@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 4:33 PM
Subject: [skype-english] Accessible Skype by Summer 2006.


> This article is taken from
> www.skypejournal.com/blog/archives/2005/05/accessible_skyp.php.
> There's a lot of other useful information about Skype on this home
> page at www.skypejournal.com.
>
> Accessible Skype by Summer 2006
> May 10, 2005 05:09 AM
>   | Phil Wolff
> With injury, age, disease,
> or an accident of birth, our abilities shift from the norm.
> Reasonable people understand
> it is useful to have everyone participate in society, especially in
> public spaces.
> So we make curb cuts in sidewalks for wheelchair access. Traffic
> signals and elevators
> chirp or announce their status. We accomodate to include.
> I propose Skype and the Skype developer community set a goal:
> Skype accessibility for the visual and hearing impaired by Summer 2006.
> Some of the challenges:
> Technical Compatibility. How well does Skype work with today's screen
> readers? What
> can we do to make it work naturally?
> Relay service. Human relay services that help the visually impaired
> to hear a chat
> (reading the chat aloud) and the hearing impaired to have voice calls
> transcribed
> in real time and video calls closed captioned in real time.
> Programmers: consider
> relay initiation.
> Captioning. When Skype introduces video calls and conferences, how
> will we caption
> video from those using sign languages?
> Controls. What features will help a blind person navigate her Skype
> address book,
> search for a Skype user, be notified of voice mail? How will this
> differ from computer
> platforms to mobile ones?
> Alerting and notification. Other tools, including many not connected
> to a computer,
> are used to notify the deaf and blind of incoming calls. How should
> Skype work with
> them?
> Other concerns. While the Skype UI is simple, it is overwhelming for
> some with other
> cognitive modes like types of attention deficit or mild autism, for
> others with motor
> disabilities, and yet for others with sensory concerns like color
blindness.
> There are technical and business justifications. These new features
> will lend themselves
> to other applications. The challenges will strengthen the Skype API.
> The accessibility
> will extend the market. And the programme responds to PSTN/mobile
> telco lobbying.
> But that's not why we must do it.
> We can leave no Skyper behind.
> It is the right thing to do.
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
>     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/skype-english/
>
> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>     skype-english-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
>     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
>
>
>
> __________ NOD32 1.1177 (20050725) Information __________
>
> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
> http://www.eset.com
>
>



  ------------------------------------------------
- To post messages on SMCC mailing list, simply send email to
smcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

- You can subscribe to SMCC mailing list by sending email to
smcc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with 'subscribe' in the Subject field with your subscriber list.

- You can unsubscribe from SMCC mailing list by sending email to
smcc-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field

This list is managed by Dang Hoai Phuc
Please click this link
http://dhp.p9.org.uk
to visit his own website!

Other related posts: