Accessible project newsletter 5

1. ACCESSIBLE Project Newsletter nº5
SEVENTH FRAMEWORK
PROGRAMME
PRIORITY FP7-ICT-2007-2
Accessible and Inclusive ICT
Editorial
Welcome to the fifth 6-monthly issue of the Accessible Newslet-
ter. This issue focuses primarily on dissemination events for all
ACCESSIBLE activities. As a commitment to the open source
community, all the accessibility evaluation tools created in the Full Project Name
ACCESSIBLE project are now available at the Sourceforge Accessibility Assessment
community, to foster innovation and dissemination of accessible Simulation Environment for
software development. New Applications Design
Each newsletter issue is available in accessible PDF format via and Development
http://www.accessible-project.eu/index.php/newsletter.html.
Grant Agreement
ACCESSIBLE Outline 224145 (ACCESSIBLE)
Accessibility is a paramount issue nowadays. Authorities and
experts are putting a lot of effort in pushing forward accessibility Upcoming Relevant
of software applications. However, despite this, ICT applications Events
are in most cases not fully accessible yet. The triggering idea
behind ACCESSIBLE is to contribute for better accessibility for 1st Digital Agenda Assem-
bly, 16-17 June 2011,
all citizens, to increase the use of standards, and to develop an
Brussels, Belgium
assessment simulation environment (including a suite of acces-
DRT4ALL 2011, 27-29
sibility analysing tools, as well as developer-aid tools) to assess
June 2011, Madrid, Spain
efficiently, easily and rapidly the accessibility and viability of
software applications for all user groups. ACCESSIBLE will ex- HCI International 2011, 9-
14 July 2011, Orlando,
ploit the technologies behind the recent expansion of accessibil- Florida, USA
ity tools and standardisation methodologies, in order to provide
ITAG 2011, 25 - 26 Octo-
an integrated simulation assessment environment for support-
ber 2011, Nottingham, UK
ing the production of accessible software applications mobile or
AEGIS International Work-
not. This will enable organisations and individuals (e.g. devel-
shop and Conference, 28-
opers, designers, etc.) to produce software products of superior 30 November 2011, Brus-
accessibility and quality, accompanied with appropriate meas- sels, Belgium
ures and proposals for best practice. The proposed system will European Day of People
be demonstrated in the four pilots of ACCESSIBLE for the as- with Disabilities (EDPD)
sessment of mobile applications, Web applications, Web ser- policy conference, 01-02
vices (mainly focusing on info-mobility services), and descrip- December 2011, Brussels,
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New Prototypes
All of the ACCESSIBLE tool prototypes have been updated to newer versions, with stability
improvements, as well as extended features. These tools are: The Disability Impairment Approxi-
mation Simulator – DIAS, the Web Accessibility Assessment Tool, the Web services assessment
module, the Mobile Web Adequacy and Accessibility Assessment Tool and the Description Lan-
guages assessment module.
Sourceforge
As a commitment to the open-source community, all software developed under the ACCESSIBLE
umbrella is now available at Sourceforge:
 Disability Impairment Approximation Simulator – DIAS
http://sourceforge.net/projects/diasnb
 Web accessibility assessment Tool – WaaT
http://sourceforge.net/projects/waat
 Web Service accessibility assessment Tool – WebSaaT
http://sourceforge.net/projects/websaat
 Mobile Web accessibility assessment Tool – MobileWaaT
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mobilewaat
 Description Language accessibility assessment Tool – DlaaT
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dlaat
Figure 1: ACCESSIBLE Sourceforge page
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Forthcoming activities will centre on:
 Making all source code available;
 Documentation for all software components;
 Actively engage with accessibility development communities;
 Further promote the use of ACCESSIBLE tools by developers and designers.
Publications
ACCESSIBLE contributed to the 10th edition
of the ePractice Journal (September 2010),
showcasing the state of the art on accessibil-
ity assessment, presenting examples of best
practice and highlighting the challenges of
eAccessibility implementation in the Informa-
tion Society. Entitled "Implementing eAcces-
sibility as a service quality factor", this issue
featured an ACCESSIBLE article "Accessible
web design a burden? Lessons learned from
the ACCESSIBLE project" that outlined the
lack of taking accessibility into account. It
gave a closer insight into the process and challenges of designing with accessibility in mind. It can
be downloaded as PDF via:
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/newsroom/cf/redirection.cfm?item_id=6155&utm_campaig
n=isp&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eInclusion&utm_content=112.
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ACCESSIBLE Events
ACCESSIBLE 2nd Review Meeting
On 22 November 2010, the FP7 project ACCESSIBLE had its 2nd Annual
review meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The project was given green light
for the 3rd year. Key results and the technical progress of ACCESSIBLE
were successfully presented. The overall assessment was that ACCES-
SIBLE has fully achieved its objectives and technical goals for the second
period.
ACCESSIBLE 7th Plenary Meeting
On 24 January 2011, the FP7 project ACCESSIBLE
held its 7th official plenary meeting in London, United
Kingdom. During the meeting special attention was
given to the results from the 2nd Annual review. Fur-
ther talks were held with regards to pilot settings and
planning, as well as to the achievements made so
far by all partners. In addition, the meeting was held
in order to examine the status of the various proto-
types and their integration status, the action plan for
the project results validation, and further dissemina-
tion of the ACCESSIBLE results to the wider public.
ACCESSIBLE at Web4All Conference
On 28-29 March, 2011, the ACCESSIBLE project was represented at the 8th International Cross-
Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A) at Hyderabad, India. Two works were pre-
sented at this conference:
 Crosschecking the Mobile Web For Visually Impaired Persons. Luís Carriço; Rui
Lopes; Rogério Bandeira.
 WaaT: Personalised Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool. Theofanis Oikonomou; Niko-
laos Kaklanis; Konstantinos Votis; Grammati-Eirini Kastori; Nikolaos Partarakis; Dimitrios
Tzovaras.
ACCESSIBLE at ICT 2010
ACCESSIBLE participated in the ICT 2010 networking session "Built-in accessibility assessment
and interoperability architectures in products of the future", which took place on 28/09/2010 (16:00-
17:30) in Brussels, Belgium. The content of the networking session focused on the interoperability
architectures that provide adaptive interfaces and modern accessibility evaluation approaches for
the design and development of products of the future. Related projects that were also present:
AEGIS, INREDIS, VERITAS.
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ACCESSIBLE at AEGIS 1st International Conference
On 7-8 October 2010, ACCESSIBLE attended
ÆGIS’ 1st International Conference, in Seville,
Spain with a dedicated booth, and presentations.
Following papers were presented:
 Accessible EU Project User Cases.
Chalkia Eleni, Evangelos Bekiaris
 Towards Mobile Web Accessibility: Vi-
sion and Challenges. Rui Lopes, Karel Van
Isacker
The proceedings (with all papers) can be downloaded from http://www.aegis-conference.eu.
Relevant Events
ACCESSIBLE at HCII 2011
ACCESSIBLE project will present papers at HCII 2011 which will take place on 9-14 July 2011 in
Orlando, Florida, USA. Following papers have been selected:
 A Unified Environment for Accessing a Suite of Accessibility Evaluation Facilities.
Nikos Partarakis, Constantina Doulgeraki, Margherita Antona, Theofanis Oikonomou, Niko-
laos Kaklanis, Konstantinos Votis, Grammati-Eirini Kastori, Dimitrios Tzovaras
 An Architecture for Multiple Web Accessibility Evaluation Environments. Nádia Fer-
nandes, Rui Lopes, Luís Carriço
 Results from “Multidimensional Accessibility Assessment”. Rogério Bandeira, Rui
Lopes, Luís Carriço
 A harmonised methodology for the components of software applications accessibil-
ity and its evaluation. Eleni Chalkia, Evangelos Bekiaris
ACCESSIBLE at 2nd ÆGIS Conference
ACCESSIBLE project will organise a dedicated workshop at the forthcoming “Accessibility
Reaching Everywhere” International Conference in Brussels, on 29-30 November 2011, or-
ganized by the AEGIS project.
The AEGIS project organises its final Workshop and 2nd International Conference entitled
―Accessibility Reaching Everywhere‖ on 28-30 November 2011 in Brussels, bringing together
both end-users (people with disabilities) as well as platform and application accessibility develop-
ers, representative organisations, the Assistive Technology industry, and policy makers. Since
2008, the AEGIS consortium (comprising companies such as Vodafone Foundation, Research in
Motion, Oracle, and research groups from Cambridge University and Katholieke Universiteit Leu-
ven, etc.) has been developing an Open Accessibility Framework – comprising open accessibility
interfaces, user interface components, developer tools, end-user applications and prototype ac-
cessibility solutions for desktops, rich Internet applications and mobile devices.
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The workshop on 28 November will focus on the realisations of the AEGIS (Open Accessibility
Everywhere: Groundwork, Infrastructure, Standards) project and provide attendees the opportunity
to try out all outcomes of the project. The demonstrated products offer barrier-free access to desk-
top, mobile and web applications, are open source based and will be freely available.
The conference on 29-30 November will gather a wide array of experts and users in the area of
Assistive Technology to discuss scientific and policy developments in accessible technology;
showcase relevant projects and initiatives in the area of assistive technology. ACCESSIBLE will
have a dedicated workshop during the conference, highlighting and demonstrating the outcomes of
the project.
Access to all events will be free, but places are limited.
This event comes ahead of the European Day of People with Disabilities that is marked by the
European Commission via a policy conference on 1-2 December, in close cooperation with the
European Disability Forum (EDF).
Both AEGIS events take place at the Diamant Conference and Business Centre, Boulevard A.
Reyerslaan 80, 1030 Brussels. More information is available under www.aegis-project.eu, or via
contact with Ms. Julie Buttier at julie.buttier@epr.eu.
Call for papers (see also conference website)
We kindly invite you and your colleagues to submit papers in the following categories:
 Scientific papers
 Technical papers
Conference topics (non-exhaustive list):
 Accessible desktop applications (AT, developer tools and accessible applications)
 Accessible mobile applications (AT, developer tools and accessible applications)
 Accessible Rich Internet Applications (AT, developer tools and accessible applications)
 Accessibility and Standardisation (e.g. ISO, eInclusion, Policies, Legislation)
 Accessibility and Usability (e.g. Design for All)
 Accessibility research (e.g. Assistive technology usage by end-users and their satisfaction,
innovative AT training via accessible e-learning)
Important dates:
 Abstract submission deadline: 30th April 2011
 Notification of acceptance abstract submission: 31st of May 2011
 Paper submission deadline: 30th June 2011
 Notification of acceptance and outcome of review process: 15th September 2011
 Final camera ready papers: 31 October 2011
 Registration by 31st October 2011
Abstracts submission:
Abstracts submitted in the context of one of the above topics should not exceed 500 words. The
title, authors and their contact and affiliation details (authors’ email address, telephone and fax
number and affiliation name and address) as well as keywords (up to five) should be included.
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Under the title of your abstract, please quote the relevant conference topic. It is strongly recom-
mended to propose more than one conference topic, if applicable, quoting them in priority order.
Authors who are unable to provide an electronic version or have other circumstances that prevent
such submission must contact the project (info@aegis-project.eu) prior to submission to discuss
alternative options.
The project also offers the opportunity to have a trade stand or poster stand at the 2nd Interna-
tional AEGIS Conference (29-30 November 2011). Full details on this are available at
http://www.epr.eu/aegis/?page_id=16.
Full details on the conference, including the online accessible registration form is available at
www.aegis-conference.eu.
Figure 2: AEGIS conference page – www.aegis-conference.eu
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Consortium List
No Participant Name Acronym Country Type
Centre for Research and Technology Hellas /
Research
1 Informatics and Telematics Institute and Hel- CERTH Greece
Institute
lenic Institute of Transport
Foundation for Research and Technology Hel- Research
2 FORTH- ICS Greece
las, Institute of Computer Science Institute
Czech
3 Oracle Czech ORACLE Industry
Republic
University of Stuttgart, Institute for Human Fac-
4 USTUTT Germany University
tors and Technology Management
Fundação da Faculdade de Ciências da Univer-
5 FFCUL Portugal University
sidade de Lisboa
6 Softeco Sismat SOFTECO Italy SME
NET-
7 Netscouts gGmbH Germany SME
SCOUTS
8 Marie Curie Association MCA Bulgaria NPO
9 SOLINET GmbH SOLINET Germany SME
Coordinator Technical Manager Dissemination Leader
CERTH/ITI CERTH/HIT MCA
Contact Person Contact Person Contact Person
Dr. Dimitrios Tzovaras Dr. Evangelos Bekiaris Mr. Karel Van Isacker
Dimitrios.Tzovaras@iti.gr abek@certh.gr projects@marie-curie-bg.org
Project details
Project Reference 224145
Contract Type STREP
Start Date 2008-09-01
Duration 36 months
Project Status Execution
Project Cost €3.79 million
Project Funding €2.6 million
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If you would like to join us and receive our news, invitations to our workshops, information on the
progress of the project, or just want to contact us, please fill in the contact form below and send it
to the ACCESSIBLE communication partner, Marie Curie Association, by email at the following
email address: projects@marie-curie-bg.org, or by fax at + 359 32 628890.
Title (please select one): □ Mr. □ Ms. □ Mrs. □ Dr.
First name*:
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on the progress of the ACCESSIBLE project as well as invitations to your workshops. I understand
that I will have no obligations whatsoever, and any possible participation to the project’s activities
will be strictly voluntary. I can also withdraw my participation at any time with a simple e-mail to
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ACCESSIBLE User Forum
If you would like to join the ACCESSIBLE User Forum, please fill in the contact form below and
send it to info@accessible-project.eu.
Name*:
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You are a: □ Developer
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□ Other: ____________________________________
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