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 
(Kind of) edit: I meant that "we _can't_ take the United Kingdom's stats 
as a last word". Sorry for the confusion.

Cheers,
 - Alejandro Soto