Here is more information about the WWW (NCSA) project.
This is a list of names and contact information for those who steer the
direction of the NCSA WWW project.
-Brian
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From: "Gregg C. Vanderheiden" <GCVander@FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: The Web, Mosaic and Adobe PDF
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>>> Here's a set of related questions. I've been cruising the Web a
>>> little, and thinking about access to this information. I'm especially
>>> interested in access to Mosaic-type browsers and to Adobe's PDF. The
>>> reason I'm thinking about this is of course whether Arkenstone needs
>>> to get involved with these issues. First, I want to find out who's
>>> involved with these issues.
>>>
>>> 1. Who organized the "Mosaic Disabilities Access Committee" and how do
>>> you find out more about it?
It was started by NCSA (The mosaic creators). The chair is Drew Browing
(drew@uic.edu)
The members are
Mosaic Access Project Steering Committee:
Drew Browning (drew@uic.edu)
Assoc. Prof., Director, Design Visualization Lab
UIC School of Art and Design, mc 036
929 W. Harrison, Chicago, IL 60607
312.996.9463; fax 312.413.2333
* Project Leader, Steering Committee Chair, Access Page
Task Group Chair
Tom Shworles (tshworles@aol.com)
Technology Advocate, TAAD Center, Illinois COPH
(Technical Aids and Assistance for the Disabled)
(Congress of Organizations of the Physically Handicapped)
803 Monticello Pl., Evanston IL 60201
708-866-8195; fax 708-328-1518
* Steering Committee Co-chair, Proposal Development Task
Group Chair, User Testing Task Group Member
Joseph Hardin (hardin@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Associate Director, Software Development Group
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
(217) 244-7802; fax (217) 333-5973
* Project Coordinator
Larry Jackson (jackson@ncsa.uiuc.edu)
Technical Manager for Collaborations and Information
Technologies
Software Development Group
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
(217) 333-0949; fax (217) 333-5973
* Mosaic/WEB Infrastructure Task Group Member
Jon Gunderson, Ph.D. (jongund@uiuc.edu)
Division of Rehabilitation Education Services
1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820
Voice: (217) 244-5870 Fax: (217) 333-0248
TDD: (217) 333-1970
* User Testing Task Group Chair
Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Ph.D.
(gcvander@facstaff.wisc.edu)
608/262-6966 fax 608/262-8848
TRACE Center, UW Madison
* Mosaic/WEB Infrastructure Task Group Chair
Yuri Rubinsky (yuri@sq.com)
President, Soft Quad Inc; Chairman, SGML Open
604-353-7177
* Mosaic/WEB Infrastructure Task Group Member
Paul Fontaine (Paul.Fontaine@GAS.GOV)
Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation (COCA)
202-501-4906
Tom Brown (brown@evl.eecs.uic.edu)
UIC Graduate Research Assistant
2909 N. Sheridan #509, Chicago IL
312-935-9579; fax 312-413-7585
* Access Page Task Group Member
Michael G. Paciello (Paciello@Shane.Enet.Dec.Com)
Digital Equipment Corporation, Program Manager
Vision Impaired Information Services (VIIS)
110 Spit Brook Road, Nashua, NH. USA 03062
President: International Committee for Accessible Document
Design (ICADD)
Vice-Chair: Electronics Industries Association/Assistive
Devices Division (EIA/DD)
Member: Project EASI
Phone: (603) 881-1831
* User Testing Task Group Member
Paul Schroeder
National Program Associate in Technology &
Telecommunications
American Foundation for the Blind, Midwest Regional Center
401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60611
312-45-9961;fax 312-245-9965
* User Testing Task Group Member
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>>>
>>> 2. There was a thread a while back about Adobe's PDF being adopted by
>>> the federal government and it caused a lot of anxiety. What's up with
>>> PDF and access? Who should I be talking to at Adobe?
Still marching on. Good reference for the latest is Paul Fontaine (see
above) and Mike Paciello (See above) Adobe was talking about funding some
work to make pdf accessible (e.g. a dos reader or converter that worked
with screen reader and braille technology) GSA is very interested in this
topic (ref. Paul Fontaine again) as are we (trace).
>>>
>>> 3. Are there other information access issues that people think will
>>> affect significant numbers of VI people? I'm not interested in the
>>> standard GUI access issue in this thread -- that's addressed by plenty
>>> of other folks. CD-ROMs? SGML?
Yes. To long to post here. For discussion and materials on this see
gopher or web at trace.wisc.edu look in the INFO-CURBCUTS project
area. Also there are several listserves looking at access to next
generation information systems (mosaic, html, etc) for a list send an
email to listproc@trace.wisc.edu. put LISTS in the message body (all
by itself). (or HELP if you need directions) and it will give you a
listing of the current listserves.
>>>
>>> I appreciate feedback on these issues. Public feedback is best,
>>> because it will stimulate discussion, but private messages are always
>>> fine.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jim Fruchterman jim@arkenstone.org
>>> Arkenstone, Inc. "Information Access for Everyone!"
>>> 1390 Borregas Avenue
>>> Sunnyvale, CA 94089 USA
>>> 1-800-444-4443
>>> +1 (408) 752-2200
>>> Fax: +1 (408) 745-6739
>>>
>>
>>
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Gregg C. Vanderheiden Ph.D.
Trace R&D Center
Waisman Center and Dept of Industrial Engr.
University of Wisconsin - Madison 53705
gcvander@FacStaff.Wisc.Edu , FAX 608 232-8848
FTP,Gopher and WWW servers at trace.wisc.edu
For list of our listserve discussions send "LISTS" to listproc@trace.wisc.edu
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