Good day,
I'd like to ask a few questions of all candidates for Debian leadership. As a person who is blind, these are of significant importance to me. I hope that, in asking these questions and maybe sparking a discussion on these topics, attention can be focused on Debian's role in the lives of people with disabilities, and the companies and organizations that use it.
* Have you heard of the Debian Accessibility group?
* If so, have you worked with them in the past, or are you currently working with them?
* Currently, Debian backports is how people with disabilities can get the most up-to-date accessibility fixes and improvements while remaining on a stable base system. For example, the newest version of the Orca screen reader, with all of its fixes, and newest version of ATSPI, the thing that makes Orca able to talk to applications. Would you be willing to entertain the idea of moving those updates directly to Debian stable?
* How would you present Debian to a group of people with disabilities? What reasons would you give them for why they should consider Debian?
* In many desktop environments, a user cannot use their assistive technologies effectively unless they find and check a box enabling the use of assistive technologies. Do you think that this is good and fair to users?
Thanks so much for the answers.
Devin Prater