Presentation for the 1st AEGIS International Conference. http://www.epr.eu/aegis/?page_id=21 The 1st AEGIS International Conference “Access for all in the desktop, web and mobile field: an end-user and developer perspective” on 7-8 October 2010, at the University of Seville showcased the world’s most influential open source, web and mobile accessibility projects and bring together developers and people with disabilities. It gathered presenters and exhibitors that addressed assistive technology in Rich Internet Applications (RIA), desktop applications and mobile applications, as well as developer tools that embed accessibility plug-ins.

1. Turning local needs into global solutions:
Guadalinfo accessible
Alejandro Leiva <aleiva@emergya.es>
J. Félix Ontañón <fontanon@emergya.es>

2. What is Guadalinfo accessibility?
 Broader usage of free open source
software accessibility tools
 Community adoption of the work for
ongoing development
 Strengthen our relationship with the
GNOME community

3. Who are we?
Emergya
FOSS ICT company from Seville (Spain)
7 years, 50 people
Involved with:
And now ... A

4. Orca enhancements
 Improve the usability of Orca for JAWS users
 Fix bugs
 Design and implement a new profile system
 (Less hackish) :-)
 Simplify configuration in telecentres
 Facilitate sharing of settings
 GNOME 3.0 compatibility
 Documentation
 Update and improve existing documentation
 Create new user tutorials

5. OCRFeeder
 Accessibility improvement
 Keyboard navigation
 User interface redesign
 Recognition improvements
 Inclusion of new image analysis algorithm
 Multi paragraph detection algorithm
 Inclusion of additional OCR engines.
 Inclusion of new export and import formats

6. Government and community
Open development model Only final product available
Meritocracy matters Financial & workforce matters
Motivators Constraints
· Functionality of interest Budget ·
· Needs of funding Requirements ·
· Hacking abilities Penalties ·

7. Involve with community beyond your scope
Orca for JAWS users example
Once as validator
Guadalinfo center as target
Upstream required
A
Orca is not JAWS!
Upstream disagree with change
Solution: Profiles selector

8. Put the right hacker to do the job
OCRFeeder Recognition improvements example
Auto rotate scanned pages
Column detection
Upstream required
Technical work above our skills
Features not in OCRFeeder roadmap
Solution! Agreement with Igalia
Inclusion of new image analysis algorithm
Multi paragraph detection algorithm

9. GNOME as investment
Is:
● A platform for development
● A platform for accessibility
A ● A USP for your company
So:
● Gain credit in order to be heard
● Involve as investment
Alejandro Leiva <aleiva@emergya.es>
J. Félix Ontañón <fontanon@emergya.es>