[Accessibility] seeking input on blog post for International day for persons with disabilities and OpenStreetMap

[Jessica Cahill]

Hi Mikel,

Great idea.

For projects, Soundscape from Microsoft uses OSM. This is a project to improve city navigation for blind people by allowing them to navigate using audio cues.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/product/soundscape/

Best wishes,


Jessica Cahill
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mikel Maron <mikel.maron at gmail.com> 
Sent: 23 November 2020 17:58
To: accessibility at openstreetmap.org
Subject: [Accessibility] seeking input on blog post for International day for persons with disabilities and OpenStreetMap

Hello

The OSMF Communications Working Group is considering a blog post to note International day for persons with disabilities, and ways that the OpenStreetMap project creates useful data. This is part of a broader campaign to raise awareness of OSM in connection with current events.

We wanted to ask for input from people working on accessibility issues. Do you think this blog post is a good idea? Is this particular day worthwhile to highlight? Are the specific projects, particularly regional projects, we should be aware of?

Working notes are compiled here: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.openstreetmap.org%2Fwiki%2FFoundation%2FCommunication_Working_Group%2FBlogposts%2F2020-12_post_01&data=04%7C01%7Cjessica.cahill%40abilitynet.org.uk%7C0b1682bf625248e4ba4b08d88fd97e86%7C5bd8c13f5e45437d8fc3cfc2466065f9%7C0%7C0%7C637417511583665789%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=BPg%2BLsUZAU6%2F3hVHom9not9MtEfMNTt0NO7djGLZiuY%3D&reserved=0

We'd also love to collaborate on writing this. Let me know if you're interested to get more involved too.

-Mikel

* Mikel Maron * +14152835207 @mikel s:mikelmaron

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