Re: Getting Involved
Bridger Reed-Lewis <[email protected]> Tue, 3 Jun 2025 20:58:54 -0800
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--0000000000004234920636b7db58 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have heard of him, and it=E2=80=99s one of the reasons why I want to get involved, at the moment I don=E2=80=99t think the university allows Linux t= o be used, but I could be wrong. At the moment, I am running KDE on my Steam Deck. But I=E2=80=99m planning on purchasing a think-pad x1 carbon Gen 10 s= oon. One area I=E2=80=99d like to see get added is dictation. There's an abandoned p= roject here --> https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions that could be forked into a simple dictation tool, it's surprisingly, very accurate. Outside of that, I would need to look because right now there's not a lot, and disability itself is a spectrum. without seeing what you are already working on, giving feedback might be hard. But I am more than willing to test anything you can give me, as long as you make the install process easy or give me command props. On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 20:28 Benson Muite <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2025, at 11:15 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote: > > Good evening, I am interested in becoming a tester, and help collaborat= e > > together on ideas to ensure accessibility in future kde iterations. Nat= e, > > one of the board members, let me know about your sub-group, and I > emailed a > > few folks listed as contacts. Just didn't hear back, figuring reaching > out > > directly to this email would be more effective. > > > > Before getting involved though, I should introduce myself. I am the > > disability advisor for The University of Anchorage Alaska, and while I = am > > doing this on my own time. I do hope to get the university involved sin= ce > > we have a very active disability, and accessibility work groups at UAA. > > > > Recently, the university wrote a article about me which goes in detail > > about myself you can read about it here... > > > https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2025/05/chd-disability-advisor-br= idger-r-reed-lewis.cshtml > > > > > > I'm very passionate about what I do, and I believe Steam OS as a whole > > could be a massive benefit to ensure a better market share, this comes > with > > some challenges though because while steam os is great for gaming, once > > it's released to the masses later this year. > > > > The OS as a whole will have some disadvantages mainly the lack of > > accessibility tools, which as someone with a disability has been the > > largest reason they haven't moved fully to linux. Ended up on Macs > because > > of how much i hate windows, but once thing apple has about them is ther= e > > gold star for supporting disabilities in there OS. > > Thanks for your interest. Are there any KDE applications that you use whe= re > support could be better? Do you have any computer labs where linux is us= ed > or KDE applications are used? > > KDE e.V. recently appointed Ritchie Frodomar as accessibility engineer: > https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2025q2/008193.html > > > > > I also want this in Linux, and I'm here to help along > > with assisting with networking with professionals to ensure > communications > > and collaboration with developers/companies alike. Let me know if you > have > > any questions, and I hope to chat with you soon. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Bridger R. Reed-Lewis > > Disability Advisor | Advocate | Speaker > > He/Them > --0000000000004234920636b7db58 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"auto">I have heard of him, and it=E2=80=99s on= e of the reasons why I want to get involved, at the moment I don=E2=80=99t = think the university allows Linux to be used, but I could be wrong. At the = moment, I am running KDE on my Steam Deck. But I=E2=80=99m planning on purc= hasing a think-pad x1 carbon Gen 10 soon. One area I=E2=80=99d like to see = get added is dictation. There's an abandoned project here -->=C2=A0<= a href=3D"https://github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions">https://github.com/abb128= /LiveCaptions</a> that could be forked into a simple dictation tool, it'= ;s surprisingly, very accurate.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div= >Outside of that, I would need to look because right now there's not a = lot, and disability=C2=A0itself is a spectrum. without seeing what you are = already working on, giving feedback might be=C2=A0hard. But I am more than = willing to test anything you can give me, as long as you make the install p= rocess easy or give me command props.</div></div><div><br><div class=3D"gma= il_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 20:2= 8 Benson Muite <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"= _blank">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote clas= s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid r= gb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> <br> On Tue, Jun 3, 2025, at 11:15 AM, Bridger Reed-Lewis wrote:<br> > Good evening, I am interested in becoming a tester, and help collabora= te<br> > together on ideas to ensure accessibility in future kde iterations. Na= te,<br> > one of the board members, let me know about your sub-group, and I emai= led a<br> > few folks listed as contacts. Just didn't hear back, figuring reac= hing out<br> > directly to this email would be more effective.<br> ><br> > Before getting involved though, I should introduce myself. I am the<br= > > disability advisor for The University of Anchorage Alaska, and while I= am<br> > doing this on my own time. I do hope to get the university involved si= nce<br> > we have a very active disability, and accessibility work groups at UAA= .<br> ><br> > Recently, the university wrote a article about me which goes in detail= <br> > about myself you can read about it here...<br> > <a href=3D"https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2025/05/chd-disabil= ity-advisor-bridger-r-reed-lewis.cshtml" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blan= k">https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2025/05/chd-disability-advisor-b= ridger-r-reed-lewis.cshtml</a><br> ><br> ><br> > I'm very passionate about what I do, and I believe Steam OS as a w= hole<br> > could be a massive benefit to ensure a better market share, this comes= with<br> > some challenges though because while steam os is great for gaming, onc= e<br> > it's released to the masses later this year.<br> ><br> > The OS as a whole will have some disadvantages mainly the lack of<br> > accessibility tools, which as someone with a disability has been the<b= r> > largest reason they haven't moved fully to linux. Ended up on Macs= because<br> > of how much i hate windows, but once thing apple has about them is the= re<br> > gold star for supporting disabilities in there OS.<br> <br> Thanks for your interest. Are there any KDE applications that you use where= <br> support could be better?=C2=A0 Do you have any computer labs where linux is= used<br> or KDE applications are used?<br> <br> KDE e.V. recently appointed Ritchie Frodomar as accessibility engineer:<br> <a href=3D"https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2025q2/008193.html"= rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-co= mmunity/2025q2/008193.html</a><br> <br> ><br> > I also want this in Linux, and I'm here to help along<br> > with assisting with networking with professionals to ensure communicat= ions<br> > and collaboration with developers/companies alike. Let me know if you = have<br> > any questions, and I hope to chat with you soon.<br> ><br> > Sincerely,<br> ><br> > Bridger R. Reed-Lewis<br> > Disability Advisor | Advocate | Speaker<br> > He/Them<br> </blockquote></div></div> --0000000000004234920636b7db58--