[access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:16:10 +0100
- From: "Darran Ross" <darran.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:22:08 +0100
MessageOK folks, steady on.
I was writing tongue in cheek, and yes, I did fail to make that apparent, but I
didn't suggest I found the e-mail "offensive".
My attempt to be light-hearted has obviously failed miserably because of my
poor communication skills.
Just for the record, I don't in any way object to work being done to help
Partially sighted folks make use of Ceefax. Way to go BBC!
Darran
so I'll shut up now!
----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Macrae
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:57 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:16:10 +0100
Making Ceefax accessible to blind people is a totally different proposition
to making it more usable for partially sighted people. As a blind person with
some sight I didn't find the usage of Partially sighted offensive or excluding.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Sunil
Sent: 13 June 2005 13:19
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:16:10 +0100
You're being over sensitive, she's obviously referring to people who aren't
fully sighted but who can see enough to read text on a screen as opposed to
relying on Jaws or whatever.
----- Original Message -----
From: Darran Ross
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:16:10 +0100
I wasn't particularly impressed by the constant use of "partially
sighted" to describe those Amelia would like to help.
Am I just being overly sensitive, or did she also mean blind folks as
well? Perhaps you could put this question to her Damon?
Regards.
Darran
----- Original Message -----
From: Damon Rose
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:57 PM
Subject: [access-uk]
Can anyone help my colleague Amelia? Or forward to someone you think
can help?
-----Original Message-----
From: Amelia Still
Sent: 13 June 2005 12:43
To: Damon Rose
Cc: Vaughan Simons
Subject: Partially sighted users needed!
Importance: High
Dear Damon
I wonder if you can help me? I'm a usability engineer over in New
Media, and I am currently taking an MSC in Human-computer-interaction. For my
thesis project I am looking at partially sighted people's use of the Ceefax
service, to gather research on how we could eventually make the BBCi digital
text service more usable for the partially sighted. (once analogue TV is
switched off these users may not have a usable text service)
Ceefax has benefits for the partially sighted, as it is possible to
view half a page at a time, thereby increasing the font size, and the colour
contrast may be better for many users. There are several other areas where it
may perform better too.
I begin my research with a questionnaire on Ceefax usage, and will need
to find 100 people to complete the study. First I need to pilot my
questionnaire, to see if it is suitable for a partially sighted person, and for
this I will need 6 people to test it out.
I was wondering if you knew of any partially sighted people, preferably
within the BBC, or friends and family of BBC staff. I would need them to
complete the questionnaire, and then to give me feedback on how easy or hard it
was to complete, whether they understood all the questions, etc.
If you know of people who might be willing to help me, please can you
let me know, or forward this mail on to them.
Thanks very much
Amelia
Amelia Still
Junior Usability Engineer
020 800 85365
BC5 A4
Media Village
201 Wood Lane
London
W12 7TP
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
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