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Home Objectives Areas of Interest Proposals Program Board Contact Details General Information Links	Special Interest Group on Guidelines, Methods and Processes for Accessibility This Special Interest Group intends to gather knowledge about software accessibility for the widest possible range of capabilities. It will discuss guidelines for accessibility for possible inclusion in the forthcoming ISO standard on ergonomics of Human system interaction - guidelines for software accessibility based on position statements submitted by potential contributors. The authors are requested to be prepared for the discussion by reading the Technical specification from ISO and by reading all the accepted position papers. We welcome submissions to address the need and provision of guidelines for increased accessibility. By accessibility we refer to the ISO TS 16071 definition of accessibility as: The usability of a product, service, environment or facility by people with the widest range of capabilities. This definition implicitly indicates that accessibility is measurable through its relation to usability, which is defined as "the extent to which a product can be used by specified users, to achieve specified goals, with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction, in a specified context of use[2]. Potential participants should submit a position paper discussing, disseminating or evaluating guidelines for accessibility for people with special potential requirements, providing guidance on design of accessible (work, home, education) software. It should cover issues associated with designing accessible software for the widest range of visual, hearing, motor and cognitive abilities, including people who are elderly and temporarily disabled. The position paper should address software considerations for accessibility that complements general usability design covered by, e.g. ISO 9241, or processes and procedures to increase the potential accessibility of the product, e.g. according to ISO 13407. The findings could address one or more of the following specific potential requirements: users who are blind users who have low-vision users who are deaf users who have hearing impairments users who have physical impairments users who have cognitive impairments users who are elderly users who have temporary disabilities users who have multiple disabilities users who have environmental disabilities Selection of participants will be based on the organiser's review of the submitted position papers. Position papers should be submitted to Clemens Lutsch and Jan Gulliksen. References International Organisation for Standardisation (2000) ISO 16071 Ergonomics of human-system interaction - guidance on software accessibility. Technical Specification. (Switzerland: International Organisation for Standardisation) International Organisation for Standardisation (1998) ISO 9241 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs), Part 11 Guidance on Usability. International Standard. (Switzerland: International Organisation for Standardisation) SIG Contact Persons Jan Gulliksen Department of HCI, Information Technology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden & Center for user-oriented IT-design (CID), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden e-mail: Jan.Gulliksen@hci.uu.se Clemens Lutsch Icon Medialab AG, Buro Munchen, Germany e-mail: clemens.lutsch@iconmedialab.com Biography Jan Gulliksen is a associate professor of human-computer interaction at the university of Uppsala in Sweden and a guest researcher of CID (Center for user oriented IT-design) Stockholm, Sweden. Jan has participated in the ISO TC 159/SC4/WG5 work on producing the Technical Specification ISO TS 16071 Ergonomics of human-system interaction - guidance on software accessibility. Clemens Lutsch is a competence coach of human-computer interaction at Icon Medialab in Munchen, Germany. Clemens has also participated in the ISO TC 159/SC4/WG5 work on producing the Technical Specification ISO TS 16071 Ergonomics of human-system interaction - guidance on software accessibility.

Special Interest Group on Guidelines, Methods and Processes for Accessibility

This Special Interest Group intends to gather knowledge about software accessibility for the widest possible range of capabilities. It will discuss guidelines for accessibility for possible inclusion in the forthcoming ISO standard on ergonomics of Human system interaction - guidelines for software accessibility based on position statements submitted by potential contributors. The authors are requested to be prepared for the discussion by reading the Technical specification from ISO and by reading all the accepted position papers.

We welcome submissions to address the need and provision of guidelines for increased accessibility. By accessibility we refer to the ISO TS 16071 definition of accessibility as:

The usability of a product, service, environment or facility by people with the widest range of capabilities.

This definition implicitly indicates that accessibility is measurable through its relation to usability, which is defined as "the extent to which a product can be used by specified users, to achieve specified goals, with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction, in a specified context of use[2].

Potential participants should submit a position paper discussing, disseminating or evaluating guidelines for accessibility for people with special potential requirements, providing guidance on design of accessible (work, home, education) software. It should cover issues associated with designing accessible software for the widest range of visual, hearing, motor and cognitive abilities, including people who are elderly and temporarily disabled. The position paper should address software considerations for accessibility that complements general usability design covered by, e.g. ISO 9241, or processes and procedures to increase the potential accessibility of the product, e.g. according to ISO 13407.

The findings could address one or more of the following specific potential requirements:

users who are blind
users who have low-vision
users who are deaf
users who have hearing impairments
users who have physical impairments
users who have cognitive impairments
users who are elderly
users who have temporary disabilities
users who have multiple disabilities
users who have environmental disabilities

Selection of participants will be based on the organiser's review of the submitted position papers. Position papers should be submitted to Clemens Lutsch and Jan Gulliksen.

References

International Organisation for Standardisation (2000) ISO 16071 Ergonomics of human-system interaction - guidance on software accessibility. Technical Specification. (Switzerland: International Organisation for Standardisation)
International Organisation for Standardisation (1998) ISO 9241 Ergonomic requirements for office work with visual display terminals (VDTs), Part 11 Guidance on Usability. International Standard. (Switzerland: International Organisation for Standardisation)

SIG Contact Persons

Jan Gulliksen

Department of HCI,
Information Technology,
Uppsala University,
Uppsala, Sweden

Center for user-oriented IT-design (CID),
Royal Institute of Technology,
Stockholm, Sweden

e-mail: Jan.Gulliksen@hci.uu.se

Clemens Lutsch
Icon Medialab AG,
Buro Munchen, Germany

e-mail: clemens.lutsch@iconmedialab.com

Biography

Jan Gulliksen is a associate professor of human-computer interaction at the university of Uppsala in Sweden and a guest researcher of CID (Center for user oriented IT-design) Stockholm, Sweden. Jan has participated in the ISO TC 159/SC4/WG5 work on producing the Technical Specification ISO TS 16071 Ergonomics of human-system interaction - guidance on software accessibility.

Clemens Lutsch is a competence coach of human-computer interaction at Icon Medialab in Munchen, Germany. Clemens has also participated in the ISO TC 159/SC4/WG5 work on producing the Technical Specification ISO TS 16071 Ergonomics of human-system interaction - guidance on software accessibility.