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Subject: Winners of ICAES 2001 International Access Engineering Awards
Program Announced
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The International Coalition of Access Engineers and Specialists
Announces
the Winners of their 2001 International Access Engineering Awards
Program
News Release:
For further information:
Steve Jacobs, Chairman
2001 ICAES International Access
Engineering Awards Program
Phone: (614) 777-0660
TTY: (800) 855-2880
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://128.104.23.133/icaes/awards2001.htm
July 26, 2001
The International Coalition of Access Engineers and Specialists
Announces
the Winners of their 2001 International Access Engineering Awards
Program
Columbus, Ohio - The International Coalition of Access Engineers and
Specialists (ICAES) today announced the winners of their 2001
International
Access Engineering Awards Program. The purpose of the awards Program is
to
recognize significant innovative technical contributions to the access
engineering profession. All entries were judged on innovation,
creativity,
scope-of-benefit to consumers and the universality of the product and/or
service based on the adherence to universal design principles (if
applicable).
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The recipient of ICAES' Lifetime Achievement Award:
Dr. Leonard Kasday. Dr Kasday was a Universal Design Engineer at the
Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. Dr. Kasday's work to
improve
the accessibility of the worldwide web for all individuals with
disabilities
is well known throughout the country and the world. In Pennsylvania,
Dr.
Kasday was instrumental in the development of standards and policies
governing the accessibility of all state web sites. His accessibility
checker, the "WAVE" http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/,
is one of a select number of tools promoted by the government to assist
web
designers in improving accessibility.
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Winner of ICAES' Policy and Process Award:
This award goes to companies that have made significant efforts to
address
accessibility for customers or employees with disabilities.
The National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution for
developing accessible prototype kiosks for an exhibition entitled, "The
Disability Rights Movement" that debuted on the 10th anniversary of the
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) of 1990. Developing the kiosks was
a
collaborative team learning experience. New user interface techniques,
that
provided accessibility, were demonstrated with these prototypes. The
Smithsonian then presented the technical and organizational challenges
that
were achieved in the development of these kiosks and how these
challenges
may be similar to those yet to be discovered as the scientific knowledge
about accessible user interface kiosk design matures.
For more information please contact:
Katherine Ott, PhD
Curator Science, Medicine, and Society
National Museum of American History
Room 5030
Washington, DC 20560-0627
United States of America
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (202) 357-3006
URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/disabilityrights/welcome.html
Elizabeth Ziebarth
Acting Director
The Accessibility Program
Smithsonian Institution
Arts & Industries Building, Room 1239
Washington, DC 20560-0426
United States of America
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (202) 786-2942
URL: http://www.si.edu/opa/accessibility/start.htm
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Winner of ICAES' Outreach and Communication Award:
This award is for marketing, advertising, or other outreach efforts and
could be received by companies or organizations for efforts to encourage
use
of technology by people with disabilities, develop new products or
communicate the concept of accessible design and disability in a
positive or
innovative way.
AbleTV.net for being the first global TV network for people with
disabilities powered by accessibility, via the web. AbleTV's accessible
solutions, which include open/close captioning and audio description,
are
built on universal design principles. This enables them to reach
broader
market populations while still meeting the requirements for
accessibility
for people with disabilities. AbleTV's video streamed multimedia
accessible
broadcasts have helped consumers, business and the government.
For more information please contact:
Jeff Pledger, President
AbleTV, Inc.
22 Almanac Court
Burtosnville, MD 20866
United States of America
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (301) 890-5944
URL: http://www.abletv.net
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Winner of ICAES' Collaboration and Coordination Award:
This award recognizes national, international or industry efforts to
prevent, resolve, or address compatibility and interoperability.
The Daisy Consortium, National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
and
Open e-Book (OEB) Forum for their work in developing file specifications
for
Digital Talking Books and e-Books. New generation digital talking books
based on the open standards being developed by the Daisy Consortium and
NISO
provide significant advances in usability and functionality for persons
with
print impairments. The Open eBook specification, a base format for
mainstream electronic books, incorporates features to promote
accessibility.
Members of the Daisy and NISO efforts are working hand in hand with
members
of the Open eBook Forum to build a future where the world of electronic
books will be open to all.
For more information please contact:
Ingar Beckman Hirschfeldt, President
Daisy Consortium
Talboks- och punktskriftsbiblioteket, TPB
(The Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille)
SE-122 88 Enskede
Sweden
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone: 46 8 39 93 50
URL: http://www.daisy.org/
Mr. Michael Moodie, Chair
National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Standards Committee AQ
National Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress
1291 Taylor Street, NW
Washington, DC 20542
United States of America
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Phone: (202) 707-5108
URL: http://www.niso.org/commitaq.html
George Kerscher, Chairman
Open e-Book Forum
and
Senior Officer, Accessible Information
Recording For the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)
20 Roszel Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Voice: 406/549-4687
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.openebook.org/
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Winners of ICAES' Innovative Access Award:
This award covers new, never before seen, products. It could include
products that have incorporated significant access features,
The Swedish National Post and Telecom Agency for starting a provisional
video relay service for translation between sign language and spoken
language through the telephone. The service offers an easy-to-use
telecommunications link between deaf and hearing people providing a step
closer to equal opportunities to communication for all.
For more information please contact:
Alf Tengström
Swedish Telecom Agency
(Post och Telestyrelsen)
Box 5398
SE-102 49 Stockholm
Sweden
Phone: +46 8 678 56 26
Mobile: +46 708 561 830
E-mail [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.pts.se
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BT and Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) Typetalk for the
launch of BT TextDirect, a revolutionary new service for textphone
users.
Believed to be the first service of its kind in the world, BT TextDirect
will enable deaf, deafened, deafblind, hard of hearing and
speech-impaired
people using textphones to make direct dial calls.
For more information please contact:
Mick Day
BT Age and Disability Unit
Room M02
Kingston TE
101 Birkenhead Avenue
Kingston-Upon-Thames
KT2 6RX
Email [log in to unmask]
Phone: +44 20 8546 1601
URL: http://www.BT.com
Lisa Watch
Media Relations Officer
RNID
19-23 Featherstone Street
London EC1Y 8SL
Email: [log in to unmask]
Phone: + 44 207 296 8137
URL: http://www.rnid.org/
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Digital Frog International for developing an accessible, multimedia,
course
entitled, "The Digital Field Trip to the Rain Forrest."
Digital Frog's goal in designing "The Digital Field Trip to the Rain
Forest"
was to offer a barrier-free learning experience that can be used by
anyone.
As a result they created the most media-rich and accessible program
available today. The Digital Field Trip to the Rain Forest is highly
interactive, comprehensive, informative and fun for all ages. Everyone,
regardless of ability, can use the program; it accommodates different
learning styles and speeds, multiple intelligences, learning
disabilities,
as well as visual and motor skill problems. No special equipment is
required
everything is included on the CD.
For more information please contact:
Celia Clark, President
Digital Frog International
Trillium Place
7377 Calfass Rd. RR#2
Puslinch, Ontario, N0B 2J0
Canada
Phone: (519) 766-1097
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http:/www.digitalfrog.com
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About ICAES
The International Coalition of Access Engineers and Specialists (ICAES)
is a
non-profit membership organization whose mission is to foster
international
cooperation and support for the design of products that are as
accessible
and usable by persons with disabilities, as economically possible, and
technically feasible. Achieving this mission will deliver better
products,
for all consumers, on a global basis.
ICAES Objectives:
* Advance the science of accessible, usable and useful product design in
support of persons with disabilities;
* Facilitate ongoing and international dialogs among disability,
research,
industry, government and public sector communities with regard to the
accessibility and usability of technology;
* Promote accessibility, usability, compatibility, and interoperability;
* Facilitate the creation of an international body of knowledge for the
design, development and deployment of accessible and usable
technologies;
* Provide an international forum and coordination point for discussions
regarding accessibility and usability related issues, problems,
developments, recommendations and solutions; and,
* Encourage the development of techniques and standards, where
appropriate
For more information regarding ICAES please see: http://www.icaes.org or
contact ICAES' Secretary, Jim Tobias at [log in to unmask]
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