arky
Name:
Rakesh 'arky' Ambati
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Email:
<arky@gnu.org.in>
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IRC:
^arky^ on freenode.net
Blog
About Me
Arky is a technologist, hacktivist and artist. With over 10 years of experience with gnu/Linux and now works with Braille Without Borders focusing on research and design of accessible technologies.
He holds degrees in Business Management and English Literature. He plans to work on doctoral studies in computational linguistics.
- 30 years old, Indian, lives in Trivandrum, kerala (South India)
Currently works as IT Consultant for Braille Without Borders
- Started using gnu/Linux in 1999 and later worked as sysadmin
Free Software advocate, long time volunteer for Free Software Foundation India
Co-founded Free Software User Group-Bangalore
- Area of interest: Accessibility (a11y), Documentation and Testing
== Bugs ==
Bug 469877 (patched upstream) bug 426705
Contributions to the Ubuntu Community
Active member of Ubuntu BugSquad
- Working with early alpha release of Jaunty and Karmic with focus on Ubuntu Accessibility issues.
Created Orca on Ubuntu Karmic problems / workaround / solutions
- Running Gnome-orca with Ubuntu MID
Content contributions to Ubuntu Accessibility Guide
Keep an eye on Assistive Technology & Accessibility section of Ubuntu Forums
== Upstream Contributions ==
- Patches and documentation to Orca screen reader