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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: May 9, 2012 10:35AM

I'd be happy to co-ordinate with the European Blind Union for GAWD
next year. I especially would like to see Once get involved and share
what they are doing for Spanish speaking countries. I have a few
contacts there by now through the EBU, and will have stengthened them
afer meetings in the fall.
Would be happy to try and get them involved for next year.
Good job Karen. :)
Good luck for tomorrow.


On 5/9/12, Karen Mardahl < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I volunteer to coordinate the Danish and maybe get some other Nordic
> languages set, too.
>
> Just to brag about my bit for GAAD: I just used 50 minutes to transcribe a
> 3.44 YouTube video about the odt2braille and odt2daisy extensions for
> AccessODF, the accessibility evaluation checker for OpenOffice and
> LibreOffice.
> The video is at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GeCsjnAEXg
> I submitted my transcript to someone who should turn the transcript into
> captions soon.
>
> The 50 minutes includes all my multiple checks of words, plus writing the
> mail to send off the transcript, and a couple of interruptions at my desk.
> Soon, open source afficionados will be flocking to SourceForge to download
> these products...!
>
> And now to head home and finalize the slides for my presentation tomorrow
> about "Building Accessibly" - for software developers. This list has given
> me input and inspiration and I will report back on what happens. If you can
> read Danish, you can read the blurb at
> http://communityday2012.c1preprod01.composite.net/Program/Byg-tilgaengeligt
> The picture of me has, of course, no alt text. After tomorrow, I hope
> they'll have learned their lesson!
>
> regards, Karen Mardahl
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:05 PM, Denis Boudreau
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:
>
>> Hi Jennison,
>>
>> A proposal, much more than a simple comment or a criticism: for next
>> year,
>> let's make GAAD really global by making it available in different
>> languages. <smile>
>>
>> For starters, I'm volunteering to help with french...
>>
>> /Denis
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2012-05-08, at 6:56 PM, Jennison Mark Asuncion wrote:
>>
>> > In some parts of the world, May 9, and the launch of the first Global
>> > Accessibility Awareness Day is already upon us. Please take a minute to
>> > forward this e-mail to at least one designer or developer, or someone
>> > who
>> > influences the funding or use of technology and who likely knows little
>> to
>> > nothing about digital accessibility at all.
>> >
>> >
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> > May 9 marks the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). GAAD
>> > is
>> a
>> > community effort to get people talking, thinking and learning about
>> > digital (web, software, mobile, etc.) accessibility and users with
>> > different disabilities. The goal is to spread basic awareness
>> > especially
>> > among the design, development, usability, and related communities who
>> > build, shape, fund and influence technology use and change.
>> >
>> > Please take time out of your day to learn more about digital
>> accessibility
>> > first-hand and get involved http://www.mysqltalk.com/participate.html.
>> > Consider sharing this message with your contacts.
>> >
>> > With thanks in advance,
>> > Joe Devon and Jennison Asuncion
>> > Co-Organizers, Global Accessibility Awareness Day
>> > http://www.globalaccessibilityawarenessday.org
>> > Like us on Facebook:
>> http://www.facebook.com/globalaccessibilityawarenessday
>> > Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gbla11yday
>> >
>>
> > > >