From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from speech.braille.uwo.ca (speech.braille.uwo.ca [129.100.249.132]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A5071EF6F5 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:26:13 -0400 (EDT) Received: by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) id B96EFC1A0F7; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:25:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F249C1A055 for ; Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:25:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ULig9-0001Yi-CE for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:25:49 +0100 Received: from jdc.jasonjgw.net ([59.167.198.218]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:25:49 +0100 Received: from jason by jdc.jasonjgw.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:25:49 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jason White Subject: Re: Red Hat Enterprise 6.2 Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:25:12 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <963B334B-76C6-494B-B10E-2EEC4631AE1C@gmail.com> <51556090.1040601@baechler.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jdc.jasonjgw.net X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Originator: jason@jdc.jasonjgw.net (Jason White) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 23:26:13 -0000 Tony Baechler wrote: >Jason, Red Hat has made it very clear that they have no interest in >accessibility, so I highly doubt that just contacting them would do any >good. I say this from looking at their sites and finding nothing at all >about accessibility. They don't even ship Speakup with RHEL as far as I'm >aware, but since it's in staging, maybe they do now. Actually, Red Hat do maintain accessibility-related packages for their distribution (such as Gnome/Orca) and they've contributed in the past to Gnome accessibility, so I think it's wrong to claim that they have no interest in the issue. If they don't hear about it from customers or potential customers, or from people who seek certification, it won't register strongly among their priorities. This is why I would encourage anyone interested in certification to contact Red Hat about their accessibility needs.