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Trust Jamin Okpukoro
November 05, 2022
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Writing Inclusive & Localized Docs for Global Communities
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Transcript
Trust Jamin Writing inclusive & localized docs for global communities.
Building for Africa
Why Part 1 Why this talk Why Africa matters How
Part 2 Principles and localization How we’ll win What Part 3 What can you do today? The call to arms Q&A Part 4 Agenda 2
3 Ever tried setting up a payment gateway and realized
it doesn’t support your country’s popular method of payment?
Why This Talk 4
6 Why Africa matters!
Africa matters because Devs Africa 7
The Gaps in Global Docs Dollar-centric examples U.S. idioms &
metaphors Unsupported infra (e.g., mobile money, mobile transfer) Cultural insensitivity 8
Inclusive Writing Principles Plain language Clear navigation No idioms Community
input Visual explanations 10
Tools & Workflows 9
Shoutout to African Communities 9
11 How we’ll win
What You Can Do Today Audit your docs Add local
examples Build a style guide Invite local voices Make docs a team sport 13
“Global tools need local docs.” Let’s build them—together
Questions? @0xJamin 20 Q&A