Re: [libreplanet-discuss] We need a Great campaign To tell the programmers to improve their programs To work well with the screen Reader

[Alejandro Soto]

> > Then it seems that blind is a spectrum and that 97% of people that are blind in 
> > UK can acutually see a bit so screen readers might not be needed but better
> > font contrast.
> > Does this mean that what most people use is the web so that programs 
> > (applications) is really not as big an issue (urgent)? And the focus of a 
> > campaign
> > should be aimed at web?
> no
> You can not build the  ideas in a single state
> UK is Safe place
> And there is no wars such in as the Middle East
> In my country there are millions of the blinds do not see anything
> have fun and be free
> ali miracle
Completely agree. For example, according to my country's (Costa Rica) 
last nation-wide census in 2011, out of the country's approximate 
4301712 citizens, 251464 of them have "a considerable difficulty to see, 
even when using glasses, if at all". That's a pretty high number, 
considering Costa Rica's relatively low total population. That number 
represents approximately 5.84% of the whole country! Taking all people 
with disabilities into account, this translates into about 14.02%. I can 
proudly say that we have taken this situation quite seriously in both 
political and daily scenarios, and as a result our country is 
considerably accessible. However, this must be taken as an account for 
the demographic differences world-wide. We can take the United Kingdom's 
stats as a last word.

* 2011 Costa Rica Demographic Census, in Spanish: 
http://www.inec.go.cr/anda4/index.php/catalog/113/download/713

Cheers,
 - Alejandro Soto