[Linux-aus] grr

[Robyn Willison]

We asked the audio people in the main auditorium the hearing loop was 
broken.

Robyn

On 19/10/2013 5:38 PM, Michael Still wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Robyn Willison <robyn at robynspcs.com> wrote:
>> Last year several people attended LCA that were hard of hearing. It
>> would be good if a hearing loop in the larger auditoriums was working.
>
> Last year we went out of our way to help people with special
> requirements. There was a box on the registration form to request
> various forms of assistance. I have just checked, and zero people
> mentioned hearing aid loops or requiring audio assistance of any form
> on the form. That's why we didn't provide a hearing aid loop -- no one
> asked for one.
>
>> There is one blind person who attends LCA and you could ask him what his
>> requirements are and what he suggests.
>
> On the other hand, the vision impaired delegate as well as a variety
> of mobility impaired delegates did manage to tell us of their needs,
> and we helped them as much as possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Michael
>
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