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Re: Accessibility: Should we complain about it, or fix it?

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From: Steve Faulkner
Date: Nov 10, 2014 11:16AM

filing bugs (on browsers)
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2014/06/filing-bugs/



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On 10 November 2014 18:12, < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I additionally feel very strongly that we need to make people
> know that "fixing it" (whether that means submitting patches,
> filing well-written bugs, testing, or something else) is welcome
> and easy.
>
> E.g.
>
> 1. Here is the bug tracker for JAWS / NaturallySpeaking /
> VoiceOver. Here are instructions on how to write a good bug.
>
> 2. Here is the bug tracker for NVDA / Firefox / Gnome. Here are
> instructions on how to write a good bug. Here are that
> community's policies on whether or not they welcome patches from
> outsiders. If you would like to submit a patch, here are the
> documents you should read/IRC channels you should frequent/people
> to whom you should reach out.
>
> 3. Here are the WAI webpages with the standards under
> construction. Here's how you understand them, and here's how to
> contribute. Here are the people to whom you should reach out if
> you would like to be part of a standards conversation.
>
> It's difficult enough to figure out how to "fix it" (and what
> that even entails) for one product. The process for trying to
> decipher what's going on for a multitude of products is very,
> very intimidating for a lot of people. Additionally, many open
> source communities are scary to newbies -- no, flat-out
> terrifying. Using IRC if you are not used to it; reaching out in
> an open source community were the first few responses you
> might receive may very well be hostile or belittling; figuring
> out how to file a bug against NaturallySpeaking without paying
> money to Nuance: these are all difficult tasks, and we forget how
> difficult they are because the people in this group happen to
> know how to do most of them.
>
> I think it would be really valuable for a group of people to
> create a portal for "So, you found a bug in accessibility! How do
> you help make sure it is fixed?" that helps people out with this
> process. Ironically, given the spirit of this conversation, I am
> not actually volunteering to do that.
>
> Deborah Kaplan
>
> > > >