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What's it about ? .....   Eliminating barriers to access

  • makes GNOME desktop and applications usable by people with disabilities:
    • blindness and low-vision
    • can't use mouse and/or keyboard
    • will eventually include cognitive disabilities
  • includes people who don't self-identify as disabled:
    • those with RSI
    • the elderly
    • color-blind users
    • explains one-in-six figure sometimes cited
  • why standard apps, and not specialized ones ?
    • equal access (to new features)
    • choice is good
    • on shared machines, need to use "standard" software
    • need to collaborate with others