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 <h2><a name="disabilities">Disabilities and Assistive Technology</a></h2>

 <p>Here is a list of the different kinds of disabilities and what we can
 do to assist people that have such disabilities:

 <ul> <li><b>Low Vision</b><br>
 	<ul>
 	<li>Support larger fonts and graphics (icons) or a
 	  screen magnifier.</li>
 	<li>Use clearer fonts, i.e. provide the ability to replace for instance
       a handwriting font by Helvetica.</li>
 	<li>Enlarge contrast between foreground and background.</li>
 	<li>Remove or avoid distracting background patterns/images.</li>
 	</ul>
 	</li>
 <li><b>Color Blindness</b><br>
 	Do not use color as the only way to express information.
 	</li>
 <li><b>Blindness</b><br>
 	To assist blind people in accessing OpenOffice.org we have to provide
 	alternatives to the graphical user interface.  These can be
 	<ul>
 	<li>Speech output uses speech synthesis to give a textual
 	  representation of everything visible on the screen.</li>
 	<li>Braille display</li>
 	</ul>
 	</li>
 <li><b>Hard of Hearing / Deafness</b><br>
 	<ul>
 	<li>Closed captioning for providing textual representation of
 	  spoken information.</li>
 	<li>Visible representation of audio signals.</li>
 	</ul>
 	</li>
 <li><b>Mobility Impairments</b><br>
 	Caused by diseases like Parkin-son's disease or multiple sclerosis
 	or physical injuries resulting loss of limbs there is a wide
 	variety of mobility impairments.  People can be assisted by:
 	<ul>
 	<li>Alternative pointing devices like foot operated mice or eye
 	  trackers.</li>
 	<li>On screen keyboard that is operated with the mouse or
 	  alternative pointing device.</li>
 	<li>Speech recognition.</li>
 	<li>Sticky keys provide functionality similar to shift locking for
 	keys like control and alternate.  This enables the user to operate
 	the keyboard with a single finger.</li>
 	</ul>
 	</li>

 <li><b>Cognitive Impairments or Learning Disabilities</b><br>
 	Make the (G)UI clear and easy to understand.  Provide help files
 	and documentation (training?).
 	</li>
 <li><b>Seizure Disorders</b><br>
 	Make flashing, rotating, or moving displays adjustable or provide
 	a switch to disable them.
 	</li>
 </ul>
 </p>

 <p>See these lists of the different <a
 href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/disability-types.html"
 title="List of the different types of disabilities from Gnome"
 >types of disabilities</a> and <a
 href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/at-types.html"
 title="Different types of assistive technology from Gnome"
 >assistive technology</a> from the Gnome Accessibility Project for
 more details.</p>
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	<h2><a name="disabilities">Disabilities and Assistive Technology</a></h2>

	<p>Here is a list of the different kinds of disabilities and what we can
	do to assist people that have such disabilities:

	<ul> <li><b>Low Vision</b><br>
	<ul>
	<li>Support larger fonts and graphics (icons) or a
	screen magnifier.</li>
	<li>Use clearer fonts, i.e. provide the ability to replace for instance
	a handwriting font by Helvetica.</li>
	<li>Enlarge contrast between foreground and background.</li>
	<li>Remove or avoid distracting background patterns/images.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li><b>Color Blindness</b><br>
	Do not use color as the only way to express information.
	</li>
	<li><b>Blindness</b><br>
	To assist blind people in accessing OpenOffice.org we have to provide
	alternatives to the graphical user interface. These can be
	<ul>
	<li>Speech output uses speech synthesis to give a textual
	representation of everything visible on the screen.</li>
	<li>Braille display</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li><b>Hard of Hearing / Deafness</b><br>
	<ul>
	<li>Closed captioning for providing textual representation of
	spoken information.</li>
	<li>Visible representation of audio signals.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>
	<li><b>Mobility Impairments</b><br>
	Caused by diseases like Parkin-son's disease or multiple sclerosis
	or physical injuries resulting loss of limbs there is a wide
	variety of mobility impairments. People can be assisted by:
	<ul>
	<li>Alternative pointing devices like foot operated mice or eye
	trackers.</li>
	<li>On screen keyboard that is operated with the mouse or
	alternative pointing device.</li>
	<li>Speech recognition.</li>
	<li>Sticky keys provide functionality similar to shift locking for
	keys like control and alternate. This enables the user to operate
	the keyboard with a single finger.</li>
	</ul>
	</li>

	<li><b>Cognitive Impairments or Learning Disabilities</b><br>
	Make the (G)UI clear and easy to understand. Provide help files
	and documentation (training?).
	</li>
	<li><b>Seizure Disorders</b><br>
	Make flashing, rotating, or moving displays adjustable or provide
	a switch to disable them.
	</li>
	</ul>
	</p>

	<p>See these lists of the different <a
	href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/disability-types.html"
	title="List of the different types of disabilities from Gnome"
	>types of disabilities</a> and <a
	href="http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/at-types.html"
	title="Different types of assistive technology from Gnome"
	>assistive technology</a> from the Gnome Accessibility Project for
	more details.</p>
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