Ramona Kaufmann
Ramona has been working for over 10 years in the field of social and digital inclusion within the context of higher education. In her current project, 'Digital Accessibility in Working Life through Participatory Evaluation', she collaborates with software developers to make open source software accessible in the long term. As part of this, she designs further trainings and continuing education programs for and with developers to ensure that accessibility requirements are considered from the very beginning of the software development process and thus implemented sustainably.
In her private life, she is active in NGOs focused on education, data privacy, and FOSS within the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) environment, and is also in regular exchange with various open source communities.
Session
The presentation provides insights into findings from the project “Digital Accessibility in the Workspace through Participatory Evaluation” with a focus on developer perspectives, open-source communities and accessibility knowledge within the community. The project analyses show that digital accessibility is not only a technical issue, but also an organizational and communicative one. The findings offer ideas and inspiration for increasing awareness of and engagement with accessibility across the LibreOffice community. The goal is to discuss accessibility as a shared responsibility within the open-source community.