{"id":2519,"date":"2010-10-28T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2010-10-28T20:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=2519"},"modified":"2014-04-20T23:59:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T06:59:42","slug":"mozilla-contributes-to-gnome-accessibility-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2010\/10\/28\/mozilla-contributes-to-gnome-accessibility-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla Contributes to GNOME Accessibility Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: Today, the GNOME Foundation announced an additional $10,000 grant from Mozilla to support their important accessibility work.  See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnome.org\/press\/releases\/2010-10-accessibility-grant.html\">the GNOME Foundation press release<\/a> for full details. Included below is an excerpt from the release:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nMozilla is helping to fund improvements in the Orca screen reader. The Mozilla Project has helped to identify performance problems when Orca interacts with Gecko-based applications and other desktop applications. The funds will be used to perform a review of Orca performance bottlenecks and help fix problems that are identified. Orca is an extremely important tool for users of GNOME with reduced vision.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The web is an integral part of everyday life and it\u2019s important for it to be accessible to everyone.&#8221; says David Bolter of Mozilla. &#8220;I am thrilled we are again contributing funds to the GNOME Foundation for critical efforts, including Orca, and events like the accessibility hackfest at CSUN.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: Today, the GNOME Foundation announced an additional $10,000 grant from Mozilla to support their important accessibility work. See the GNOME Foundation press release for full details. 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