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ICCHP 2008
11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
July 9-11, 2008, University of Linz, Austria
Pre-Conference July 7-8, 2008
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Open Source – Nevertheless Still Barriers
The idea of Open Source is the way to an equal and free access for everybody into the electronic information and communication world. Linux is actually the most common operating system offering this open access. Consequently more and more educational institutions, public sector and companies leave Windows and change to Linux.
Nevertheless there are still a lot of inaccessible programmes for people with disabilities. Projects like SUE, ORCA, GOK, dasher, kmouth and kmag intend to improve accessibility and usability.
SUE (Screenreader Usability Extensions) – funded by the German Ministry of Labour and social Affairs (from 2006 – 2009) - intends to develop a screenreader for the graphical interface GNOME, based on ORCA and LSR. It supports Braille, speech and magnification. A training programme for qualifying teachers and trainers and for teaching visually impaired users is included.
The STS invites people working in the field of Accessibility and Usability, Open Source and TTS as well as those interested in improving the open access for people with disabilities.
Ilvio Bruder
IT Science Center Rügen/Germany
bruder@it-science-center.de
Gerhard Jaworek
Study Centre for the Visually Impaired Students, Universitaet Karlsruhe/Germany
jaworek@szs.uni-karlsruhe.de
Contributions to the STS have to be done via the standard submission scheme of ICCHP. Contributions are evaluated and selected by the Programme Commitee of ICCHP. When submitting your contribution please make sure to use the name of the STS as the category.
If you should wish that the STS chairs pre-evaluates your contribution please send them in time to the email indicated above.
Submission Deadline: February 1, 2008
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Please be aware of the following related upcoming events:
- The IASTED International Conference on Assistive Technologies, 16-18 April 2008, Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
- International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, 21-22 April 2008, Beijing (China)
- IKT-Forum, 7-8 July 2008, Linz (Austria)
- 13th Biennial ISAAC Conference, 2-7 August 2008, Montréal, Québec (Canada)
- CSUN Conference, 2009, Northridge, California (USA)
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