Design Team Meeting - 12:30p PDT, 1:30p MDT, 3:30pm EDT, 8:30p BST, 9:30p CEST

E.J. Zufelt everett at zufelt.ca
Tue Feb 9 16:37:10 UTC 2010


Good morning Vicki,

Unfortunately Breeze is completely inaccessible to screen-reader  
users.  I can hear, but cannot speak.  I may decide to attend to  
listen, but if there is an alternative way for you to meet (Skype  
depending on size of meeting) that would work better.

Thanks,
Everett

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On 2010-02-09, at 11:32 AM, Victoria Moulder wrote:

> Hi Everett,
>
> The design meeting is at 12:30PM in the Breeze Room: http://connect.yorku.ca/fluidwork
>
> We meet ever Tuesday 12:30p PDT / 1:30p MDT / 3:30pm EDT / 8:30p  
> BST / 9:30p CEST
>
> Please attend your input would be very appreciated!
>
> See you today!
>
> Vicki
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett at zufelt.ca>
> To: "Victoria Moulder" <vmoulder at sfu.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 February, 2010 01:48:30 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: Physical kiosk designs - suggested options?
>
> Good morning Vicki,
>
>
> Thanks for updating the wiki page. I'd love to participate in the  
> design meeting to get a better sense of the project so that I can  
> formulate some ideas. Where can I find info about time / joining the  
> meeting? I'm hoping it isn't using breeze.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Everett
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> On 2010-02-08, at 7:31 PM, Victoria Moulder wrote:
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> Hi Everett,
>
> Thanks for responding!! I'll go back to the wiki page and update the  
> images with alt tags - as suggested.
>
> Currently, the plan for the kiosk is for a person to browse and  
> select a tour, then print their selection upon entry to the museum  
> space.
>
> After I read through Alison's notes from chat with blind user about  
> museum experience ( http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Notes+from+chat+with+blind+user+about+museum+experience+%28January+13%2C+2010%29 
>  ) we started to explore alternative solutions.
>
> One of the solutions we came up with was, a blind person preplanning  
> a trip to the museums could visit the web site, browse and select a  
> tour, then download the tour as a MP3. This would give folks an  
> audio account of their tour.
>
> We are questioning the value of such a tool - any comments on  
> possible solutions would be paramount at this time!!
>
> Best, Vicki
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E.J. Zufelt" < everett at zufelt.ca >
> To: "Victoria Moulder" < vmoulder at sfu.ca >
> Cc: "fluid-work" < fluid-work at fluidproject.org >
> Sent: Monday, 8 February, 2010 15:49:28 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: Physical kiosk designs - suggested options?
>
> Good evening Vicki,
>
>
> I noticed a couple of things about this Wiki page.
>
>
> 1. No mention of users who are blind and partially sighted. This may  
> be a limitation of your project that I'm not aware of, so not a big  
> deal if it is outside of the scope of what you're working on.
>
>
> 2. Although I didn't click on all of the links, I noticed that none  
> of the images had appropriate alt text to let me know what I was  
> looking at / what design plans you are considering.
>
>
> It definitely takes a little extra effort and attention to detail to  
> make web content accessible, however, when we don't (I am guilty of  
> it myself when I'm in a hurry) we reduce our potential audience, and  
> limit the access that persons with certain disabilities have to  
> information. In this case, limiting the feedback that a member of  
> the community would be happy to provide regarding your design  
> suggestions.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Everett
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> On 2010-02-08, at 6:35 PM, Victoria Moulder wrote:
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> Hi Design team et al,
>
> If you have a time before tomorrow's design meeting you're input  
> would be greatly appreciated!
>
> We have recently posted our suggested options for the physical kiosk  
> designs on this wiki page [ http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Suggested+Options 
>  ]
>
> Have a look, see you tomorrow!
>
> Best, Vicki
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