Real-Time Text Update for Access Board and FCC
Trace Center Director Gregg Vanderheiden and other team members from the RERC on Telecommunications Access provided an update on current status, standards, and work in industry on real-time text. Presentations were made to the U.S. Access Board at their meeting in Boston on Wednesday, May 27, and at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, May 28, 2009.
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Posted at 10:04 PM on May 25, 2009.
Brain-Computer Interface Used For Twitter Post
In early April, doctoral student Adam Wilson posted a "tweet" on the social networking Web site Twitter, using an experimental system that allows use of EEG as input to a standard computer. A system similar to this might be used in the future by people with severe disabilities, enabling them to use a computer for communication and social interaction. Potential beneficiaries include people with locked-in syndrome, ALS, brain-stem stroke, or high spinal cord injury.
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Posted at 2:37 PM on April 23, 2009.
Trace Center Featured on Local News
Channel 3 News in Madison, Wisconsin, featured the Trace Center in an in-depth report on March 31, 2009. View the story or read the transcript on the Channel 3 website.Read More: Trace Center Featured on Local News
Posted at 10:18 AM on April 1, 2009.
Raising the Floor Initiative Featured in CSUN Presentation
Trace Center Director Gregg Vanderheiden described the Raising the Floor initiative in his presentation Friday, March 20, 2009, at the annual CSUN conference. Raising the Floor (RtF) is an international collaborative effort to build access features directly into the Internet. Vanderheiden provided details of the initiative, including information on benefits and how to participate.
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Posted at 9:17 AM on March 17, 2009.
Frank Hecker is 2009 Catalyst Award Winner
The Trace Center presented the 2009 Harry J. Murphy Catalyst Award to Frank Hecker, Director of Grants and Programs for the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit organization promoting choice and innovation on the Internet. The award was presented in Los Angeles on March 17, 2009, at the opening session of the annual CSUN Conference on Technology and Persons With Disabilities.
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Posted at 2:16 PM on February 17, 2009.
New W3C Web Standard Defines Accessibility for Next Generation Web
On Dec. 11, 2008 the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) announced a new standard that will help Web designers and developers create sites that better meet the needs of users with disabilities and older users. This is the culmination of a ten-year collaborative effort with the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), for which the Trace Center provided leadership and significant support.
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Posted at 12:57 PM on December 11, 2008.
New IT Access Center Grant Awarded to Trace
A five-year, $4.75 million Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center grant was awarded to the UW-Madison's Trace Center by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education. This funding will continue the Center's broad program of research and development focused on improving accessibility of information technologies and electronic products.
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Posted at 11:38 AM on September 29, 2008.
Advisory Report Released on Update of Federal Accessibility Standards
On April 3, 2008, the Telecommunications and Electronic & Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) issued its final report to the U.S. Access Board. Trace Center Director Gregg Vanderheiden served as a member of the TEITAC, co-chairing the Subcommittee on General Interface Accessibility. The Trace Center contributed technical expertise and participated on six of the nine subcommittees.
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Posted at 3:34 PM on June 20, 2008.
AOL Incorporates Real-Time Text in New Release of Instant Messaging
Real-time text capability has been added to the latest release of the popular AOL Instant Messaging, allowing users to see each other's text live as it is typed. This option, included in AIM 6.8, resulted from collaboration between AOL and the RERC on Telecommunications Access - a partnership of the Trace Center and Gallaudet University's Technology Access Program.
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Posted at 3:28 PM on June 20, 2008.
International Universal Remote Console Standards Adopted
The national bodies of ISO/IEC JTC1 voted in January 2008 to adopt international standards for universal remote console technology. The standards have been published as ISO/IEC 24752, and are now available for purchase. This is a key step towards enabling the use of URC technology with mainstream consumer electronics, which is a goal the Trace Center has worked toward for the past ten years.
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Posted at 8:57 AM on February 17, 2008.