FW: Accessibility for OpenDocument

Just 
in case some folks haven't seen this ...

 

Mary 

From: Simon Phipps 
Posted At: 
Saturday, December 03, 2005 2:04 PM
Posted To: Simon Phipps, 
SunMink
Conversation: Accessibility for 
OpenDocument
Subject: Accessibility for 
OpenDocument

http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/webmink?entry=accessibility_for_opendocument  
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I note over at the OpenDocument Technical Committee that they have formed an 
accessibility sub-committee, as agreed at the Summit we all attended in Armonk a 
few weeks ago. According to the announcement, its purpose is: 

  
    
To liaise with the disability community to gather accessibility related 
    feedback on the OpenDocument v1.0 specification. 
    
To gather accessibility related feedback from implementors of accessible 
    applications that implement OpenDocument v1.0. 
    
To produce a formal accessibility evaluation of the OpenDocument v1.0 
    file format. 

A great move. It's high time that the disability community was able to escape 
the grip of the proprietary and the cynically abusive way that the businesses 
involved use the trapped investment of that community for political leverage and 
distorted profit. 

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