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Opening Linux for the Visually Impaired:Improving Job Opportunities2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Background and needs• Increasing adoption of Linux andOpen Source software• Disadvantage for the visually impaired ineducation and profession• Need for special software solutions2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Screenreader & Usability ExtensionsFunded by the German Federal Ministryof Labour and Social Affairs01/2007 – 06/2010Study Centre for theVisually ImpairedStudents,Universitaet Karlsruhe2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Aims of the project• Free and open source screen reader forgraphical user interfaces on Linux supportingtypical office tasks• Special training course instructing teachersand students at institutions for the visuallyimpaired in using the SUE screenreader2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Technical baseSupport for• Ubuntu• GNOME desktop• Evolution (Email client)• Firefox (Web browser)• OpenOffice Writer (text processing)• OpenOffice Calc (spreadsheet)2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Technical baseSupported Assitive Technology• multilingual speech output (Espeak)• braille output• support of most types of braille displays• including a braille monitor for the sighted• magnification with Compiz• cursor and focus tracking• large print monitor2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Training programme – based on the ECDL• Using IT systems• Using the computer and managing files: Linux• Word processing: OOs Writer• Spread sheets: OOs Calc• Databases: OOs Base• Presentation: OOs Impress• Information & communication: Evolution + Firefox2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Training material and methods• Teaching material free available (German)format: OO Writer, accessible PDF, Wiki• Teaching method: self-study• Support concerning technical problemsand content2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Training courses• at schools and institutions for the visually impaired• content: handling of SUE, the Linux system,OOs Writer & Calc, Firefox and Evolution• feedback will be implemented into the furtherdevelopment of the screenreader,the didactical concept and the training material2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

Presentation of SUE2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

SUE in various languages• English• German• Hungarian• French• Czech• Dutch• Portugese2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25

More informationhttp://www.sue-projekt.de (german)http://sue.sourceforge.net (english)Mailing list:sue-list@lists.sourceforge.net (english)2nd International Conference Education for All, Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 22-25