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<p>The eAccessibility2020
newsletter is published
by the
eAccessibility2020
study. The newsletter
provides you with
information and insights
on the future of
eAccessibility research
at European and global
level. You can read it
to stay up-to-date with
the EC-funded
exploratory work on
setting the future
eAccessibility research
agenda. Moreover,
through the newsletter
you can find how to
participate in the
activities of
eAccessibility2020 study
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<p>As part of our effort to
support the work in our
study, we approached about
150 individual project
participants from about 45
projects to get their
views regarding the
potential implications
from future ICT Trends on
Assistive Technology and
Accessibility.
We worked for the
production of tailor-made
questions for each of the
projects and tried to
assess the contributions
and inputs that each
project could make to our
study. Furthermore, the
idea was to hold
interviews with as many
people as possible.
Questions amongst others
included:
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<li>Are guidelines the
solution? What about
objectivity in checking
guidelines conformance?
Are legal measurements a
proper and effective
motivation? </li>
<li>Adaptive multimodal
interfaces, ad-hoc
solutions or a mix of
them? How important is
the users' viewpoint? </li>
<li>Legislation or
motivation through other
channels? What do you
think will be the main
direction in 2020? </li>
<li>Do you think the
ageing needs will change
until 2020? How are
these changes related
with changes in trends
in the society,
lifestyles, economy,
culture? </li>
<li>Do you think
accessibility will be
embedded in the design
process of products and
services in 2020? </li>
<li>Do you think
Brain-Computer Interface
(BCI) devices will be as
easy to use as other
current input devices in
2020? What advances do
you see more possible to
happen in the near
future in BCI? </li>
<li>Do you see
Design-for-All (D4A) as
the main approach in
accessibility solutions
in 2020? Accessibility
in desktop, web or
mobile applications will
be more crucial until
2020? Which is easier to
achieve through D4A? </li>
<li>What technologies do
you think will be the
most influential in
accessibility in the
future years? Do you see
accessibility being
enhanced in the design
process or though ad-hoc
solutions? Will the
needs of aged people
change in the future? </li>
<li>Do you think ad-hoc
solutions will prevail
in the future against
D4A products? What
advances in sensors and
other technologies do
you expect do be more
influential? </li>
</ul>
<p>The above is only one
very small part of the
questions we developed.
And from the multitude of
answers we received it
confirmed our belief that
in research the most
important thing is not to
give the answers but to be
able to put the right
questions. Many projects
start working and giving
solutions that are no-help
at all simply because they
failed in looking deeper
to the real questions
underneath the surface.
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<p>In the current period of
the study we run an online
questionnaire - you can
find more on this on our
Website <a
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We also encourage you to
connect with us and share
your views and opinions
with our community. </p>
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<p>The eAccessibility2020
study will provide the
European Commission (EC)
with recommendations on
future
eAccessibility-related
research policy,
especially concerning the
Common Strategic Framework
for research and
innovation including the
next Competitiveness &
Innovation Programme
(CIP). </p>
<p>Also, the study will make
suggestions on relevant
standardisation issues and
on EC policy activities
for the wider
mainstreaming and adoption
of eAccessibility. To do
so the study team will
elaborate and validate
specific use and
technology-scenarios for
2020. These scenarios will
result from vigorous
interaction with
eAccessibility-related
stakeholders and experts,
which will involve among
other the identification
and assessment of 'Drivers
of Change' affecting the
course of eAccessibility
(i.e. key-trends,
micro-trends and
weak-signals). </p>
<p>The study approach adopts
a variety of
methodologies, tools and
activities and it is
presented at <a
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href="http://www.e-accessibility2020.eu">www.e-accessibility2020.eu</a>
together with news,
e-surveys and eventually
the study results. The
study (officially titled:
"Study on Implications
from Future ICT Trends on
Assistive Technology and
Accessibility", SMART
2010/0077) is conducted by
ALTEC Software
Development, Greece in
partnership with CKA,
Belgium for the EC, DG
Information Society and
Media, Unit 'ICT for
Inclusion'.
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<h4> 1. RTD and Innovation
Projects analysis
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<p>The selection and
analysis of RTD and
Innovation projects has
focused on
eAccessibility-related
EC-funded projects under
FP6, FP7 and CIP-PSP. The
process included:
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<li>A 3-step selection
process for the
filtering of
project-related
information and the
selection of 137 out of
the initial 266 projects</li>
<li>Initial analysis
revealed that: (i)
web-accessibility is the
dominant technological
area that projects dealt
with (41 projects),
while sensors
technologies followed
(19 projects), (ii) a
large proportion of
projects addressed
disabilities rather
horizontally (instead of
targeting specific
disabilities, although
movement and mental
disabilities were
generally more
prominent), (iii) while
end users (i.e. people
with disabilities,
patients, elderly
persons) are claimed to
be the main
beneficiaries,
surprisingly researchers
and scientists are
mentioned as
beneficiaries more often
than industry or policy
making alone, (iv) in
terms of needs, a large
part of the projects
have targeted daily
living issues, including
ICT communication,
access and adoption. </li>
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<h4>2. Interviews</h4>
<p>Out of the 137 projects
initially selected we have
chosen 46 to contact and
sent 150 personalized
emails to experts to
participate in our study
interviews. Almost 30
interviews were scheduled
and around 25 are already
completed. Having
completed most of the
interviews, there are some
preliminary results from
experts opinions on a
variety of subjects
related to accessibility.
First of all, regarding
accessibility guidelines,
many of the experts
suggest that it is a
necessary and valuable
tool for developers but
there are some problems
that need addressing. Most
of the experts identify as
the biggest problem the
persuasion of businesses
and industry in general to
invest and follow
accessibility. Another
need identified in some
interviews is this of
education and training of
developers about
accessibility. There were
also discussions and
concerns on how
accessibility checking and
evaluation can become more
objective eliminating
margins of interpretations
on various guidelines.
Moreover, interviewees
also expressed concerns on
having some kind of
authority/ies to evaluate
accessibility and how
effective and helpful is
the way of persuasion
through legislation. An
approach suggested by some
interviewees was to move
accessibility issues
within the development of
new standards and deal
with them in a deeper
level in the production
process.
</p>
<p>From the technologies
point of view that
majority of interviewees
agrees that what is needed
is a combined approach of
making new devices and
technologies as accessible
as possible (design for
all principle), trying on
the same time to make
assistive technologies
mainstream so that their
cost will not pose
problems for their use. In
that direction, many of
the interviewees expressed
their hope that
personalization
technologies and solutions
will eventually help in
the direction of
accessibility too. In
addition, sensor
technologies which help
the devices to understand
their context of use and
provide additional ways of
interaction are also
referred by many of the
interviewees as promising
technologies. Finally,
speech related
technologies such as
speech recognition,
text-to-speech, and not
for language processing
are also pointed out as
helpful technologies for
the future of
accessibility. </p>
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<h4>3. Esp@cenet Patent
Analysis
</h4>
<p>In addition, we have
carried out a basic
analysis of
eAccessibility-related
patent applications. For
this reason we used the
European Patent Office
(EPO) Esp@cenet patent
search engine, which looks
at a number of countries
(more than 80) where
patent applicants come
from. Its results include
EU-registered patents
(which can also be
registered elsewhere, e.g.
in the US)
We found 66 relevant
(eAccessibility and
Assistive Technology)
Patents between 1999 and
2011.
Some preliminary results
regarding the background
of patent applicants are
as follows:
</p>
<ul>
<li>The vast majority of
applications from
companies are from the
US, and in particular
from IBM. Those are
followed by companies
from the Asia Pacific
region, and there is
only a very small number
of companies from the
EU. </li>
<li>The same hold for
Universities,
Educational Institutions
and Hospitals, as well
as for applications from
individuals, where again
the US holds the
majority of patent
applications. </li>
<li>The results therefore
point to the need for
the EU to establish
appropriate measures and
initiatives to encourage
eAccessibility-related
patent applications that
can challenge the US
dominance.</li>
</ul>
<p> In addition, although
for a large number of
patents it was not clear
from the abstract which
particular disabilities
they wanted to target, we
have found that a large
number of patents were
targeted towards people
with visual impairments,
with a smaller number
targeted towards auditory
impairments. With regards
to the subjects areas of
the patents, those were
mainly concerned with Web
accessibility and
Assistive Technology Use /
Configuration, and to a
lesser degree with mobile
accessibility. Providing
Accessibility Diagnostics,
Specialised User
Interfaces and Screen
Readers for the
visually-impaired also
formed a complementary
area for the topics that
the patents examined.
</p>
<p>Initial Trends Analysis
Following a broad desk
research the
eAccessibility2020 team
has collected valuable
info/data related to
eAccessibility 'Drivers of
Change', which can be:
</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Key-trends: </strong>phenomena
currently affecting
eAccessibility that are
clearly identifiable,
have an established
momentum and are likely
to persist for many
years to come. </li>
<li><strong>Micro-trends:</strong>
smaller in scale than
key-trends and may not
be easily identified as
their impact on
eAccessibility is
(presently) minor or
invisible.</li>
<li><strong>Weak-signals:</strong>
everything else that
constitutes evidence
about the future
affecting
eAccessibility. They may
be single events,
research results,
achievements,
demonstrations of new
ideas, etc. They point
to windows of
opportunity or bare
possibility. </li>
</ul>
<p>These drivers are
categorised into: (i) ICT
& Innovation Drivers,
(ii) Societal Drivers and
(iii) eAccessibility
Technology & Market
Drivers. In the group of
ICT key-trends we have
categorised some major
developments such as the
mobile broadband
technologies and
applications, cloud
computing, device
connectivity (the internet
of things), etc. Relevant
micro-trends may include
user generated services
and user controlled
infrastructure, while
possible weak-signals are
companion-robots, avatars
as extensions of human
selves. Similarly, key
societal trends include
mega-trends like the
ageing population and
independent living, as
well as other important
trends such as pervasive
and ubiquitous health
services. Examples of
micro-trends in this
category are: improving
prevention and patient
outcomes, the growing
prevalence of "mild"
dysfunctions, etc.
Weak-signals are still to
be identified by the study
team. The last category of
eAccessibility Technology
& Mar ket Drivers is
characterised by drivers
such as the integration of
accessibility requirements
in existing ICT standards,
the development
eAccessibility testing
& assessment tools,
the increased pressure for
web-accessible public
websites, etc.
The eAccessibility2020
team is currently working
on the above to finalise
the 1st version of the
Trends Analysis. Further
information will be
published by September
2011.
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<h4>4. Brainstorming
scenarios
</h4>
<p>The eAccessibility2020
team has brainstormed on a
set of high-level
scenarios, visions and
technology-related
situations for
eAccessibility in 2020. In
the basis of this work lie
three principles: (a)
desirability (the future
reflects the user needs
and policy priorities),
(b) feasibility (the
foresight exercise should
take into account the
technology and
socio-economic perspective
to ensure that envisioned
scenarios/ situations are
achievable), and (c)
timeliness (the time-scope
of the study is 2020,
while 2025 may also be
considered as research
results need time to reach
the market).
High-level Scenarios
include the following
scenarios: (i)
Technology-driven, (ii)
Disability-driven
and (iii)
User-group-focused. In
parallel, visions for
eAccessibility perceive
eAccessibility as a high
value-added 'quality'
creating benefits for all,
acknowledge the universal
appreciation that
capabilities decline with
age for all people and
adopt ambitious targets
such as making content and
ICT tools/ applications
accessible for all.
Finally, we envisage a set
of technology-enabled
situations such as dialog
interfaces close to
human-to-human
interaction, automatic
real-time transcripts,
hands free interaction
using only our eyes and
brain, automatic
adaptation of multimodal
interfaces according to
users' needs, etc.
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<h4>5. 1st Workshop results
</h4>
<p>Our first workshop has
been integrated as a
distinct session in the
2-day workshop on
eAccessibility and
Assistive Technology that
the EC unit 'ICT for
Inclusion' of the DG INFSO
hosted in Brussels on the
20th-21st of June 2011.
The around 35 participants
included EC officials,
stakeholders from Member
States,
organisations/associations
and experts in the field
of eAccessibility and
Assistive Technology. The
workshop was based on the
results of three studies:
</p>
<ul>
<li>Monitoring
e-Accessibility in
Europe; </li>
<li>Study on the Internal
Market for Assistive
ICT; </li>
<li>Study on economic
assessment for improving
eAccessibility services
and products.</li>
</ul>
<p>And the presentation of
our:
</p>
<ul>
<li> eAccessibility2020
study (Implications from
Future ICT Trends on
Assistive Technology and
Accessibility). </li>
</ul>
<p>The event was an
opportunity to discuss the
present state of the play
and to explore alternative
paths for the future of
eAccessibility and
provision of Assistive
Technology (assistive ICT)
at European level and
globally, recognise
possible measures and
indicators about cost and
benefits linked to
eAccessibility, and
examine relevant future EC
research priorities.
</p>
<p>The presentation of the
eAccessibility2020 study
generated lively
interaction and
constructive discussion
not only between the
speakers and the
participants in the
workshop, but also between
the participants
themselves. </p>
<ul>
<li>A number of
suggestions for
improvements in the data
gathering methodology
and initial analysis
have been collected. The
study team will consider
them in an attempt to
further enrich its
groundwork and refine
its initial results. </li>
<li>A pool of ideas and
opinions about the
future of eAccessibility
has been collected.
Inputs by the
participants have
covered a variety of
issues ranging from the
use of the terms
eAccessibility and
disability, to ICT and
societal trends, as well
as to future visions of
eAccessibility. </li>
</ul>
<p>Several participants
expressed their interest
for collaboration with the
study team and further
communication is scheduled
(e.g. interviews and
discussions on exploiting
potential synergies).
</p>
<p>Further information can
be found <a
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<p><span class="style4"><em>Analysis
of the 1st survey
results: </em></span>Based
on the analysis and
synthesis of the
web-questionnaires we
expect to (a) propose a
fresh insight on what
eAccessibility will mean
in 10-15 years time, (b)
better understand the
future user needs and (c)
identify which trends/
developments at ICT,
societal, eAccessibility
technology & market
level, are more important
when looking at the future
of eAccessibility. You can
still participate in our
1st survey by fill in this
web-questionnaire.
</p>
<p><span class="style4"><em>A
2nd survey to follow:</em></span>
This survey will
practically be a
validation exercise where
we would collect the
feedback from
eAccessibility experts and
stakeholders on the
importance and impact of
the various 'Drivers of
Change' (key-trends,
micro-trends,
weak-signals) for the
future of eAccessibility.
</p>
<p><span class="style4"><em>Use-Scenarios:</em></span>
We will further formulate
and detail the existing
broad and draft scenarios/
visions for the future of
eAccessibility. Our
starting point will be the
results of the impact
assessment of the "Drivers
of Change' and the
expected future user
needs. As soon as the
various use-scenarios will
be formulated (a
consultation will also
take place) we will
explore the alternative
technology paths that are
needed
(technology-scenarios) to
make the respective
use-scenarios real.
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<p class="style4"><em> Suggest
eAccessibility-related
projects : </em>
</p>
<p>You can check our <a
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of the 94 selected
(EU-funded) projects </a>relevant
to eAccessibility and let
us know about any other
relevant RTD &
Innovation project or
initiative you may know.
Your suggestions may cover
projects and initiatives
at international,
European, national or
corporate level.
</p>
<p><span class="style4"><em>Offer
your input to our
survey:</em></span>
</p>
<p>Our 1st survey is <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/555353/eAccessibility2020-Study-Questionnaire">available
on-line</a> and has a
triple purpose: (1) To
explore potential
evolution of the content/
meaning of eAccessibility
and related-terms; (2) To
identify and assess future
user needs and (3) To
identify and initially
assess trends that may
affect the future of
eAccessibility. You can
complete the
web-questionnaire <a
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href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/555353/eAccessibility2020-Study-Questionnaire">here</a>
and be among the first to
receive the results of the
survey.
</p>
<p class="style4"><em>Give
your feedback on our
brainstorming (future
scenarios for
eAccessibility): </em>
</p>
<p>You can share with us
your opinion on the
brainstorming for future
eAccessibility scenarios <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.e-accessibility2020.eu/portal/index.php?option=com_jquarks4s&controller=survey&id=2&Itemid=827">here</a>.
You may choose to simply
evaluate our initial
thoughts, submit your
comments and/or even
suggest your own vision
for the desirable future
of eAccessibility. Take
this opportunity!
</p>
<p class="style4"><em>Contact
us: </em>
</p>
<p>You can send us your
contact details by filling
in <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.e-accessibility2020.eu/portal/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=755">this
form</a> and let us know
what it is of interest for
you. We may send you: (a)
invitations to participate
in upcoming consultations
on the future of
eAccessibility and
web-surveys on evaluating
our results, (b)
notifications on as soon
as new results are
available, (c) invitations
to other events we
(co-)organise, etc.
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<p><span class="style4"><em>With
other relevant EC
studies:</em></span> </p>
<p>Our study participated in
a two-day workshop on
eAccessibility and
Assistive Technology
organised by DG
Information Society and
Media of the European
Commission. The workshop
took place in Brussels, on
Monday and Tuesday June
20th and 21st, 2011 and
more than 40 participants
have attended among which
European Commission
officials, stakeholders
from Member States,
organisations/associations
and experts in the field
of eAccessibility and
Assistive Technology.
Together with the
presentation of our
recently launched study on
the "Implications from
Future ICT Trends on
Assistive Technology and
Accessibility", the
workshop was based on the
results of three other
studies:
</p>
<ul>
<li> "Monitoring
e-Accessibility in
Europe 2010-2011"
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eaccessibility-monitoring.eu/">http://www.eaccessibility-monitoring.eu/</a>)
</li>
<li>Study on the Internal
Market for Assistive ICT
</li>
<li>Study on economic
assessment for improving
eAccessibility services
and products
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.eaccessibility-impacts.eu/">http://www.eaccessibility-impacts.eu/</a>)
</li>
</ul>
<p>The event was an
opportunity to discuss the
present state of the play
and to explore alternative
paths for the future of
eAccessibility and
provision of Assistive
Technology at European
level and globally,
recognise possible
measures and indicators
about cost and benefits
linked to eAccessibility,
and examine relevant
future EC research
priorities. </p>
<p><span class="style4"><em>With
relevant EC-funded
initiatives:</em></span>
</p>
<p>Our study participated in
the 2nd workshop of the
CARDIAC project
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cardiac-eu.org">www.cardiac-eu.org</a>) in
San Sebastian Spain, on
28-29 June 2011. The
workshop had the form of
an extended 2-day
collaborative session
around the triggering
question of "What type of
research is missing that
could facilitate
development of inclusive
HCI?" and was a unique
opportunity to shape the
thinking and direction of
future research funding by
the European Commission in
this area by means of
gathering input from a
diverse range of
stakeholders. </p>
<p class="style4"><em>Involvement
with & participation
in communities: </em> </p>
<p>Blogging at e-Practice
... <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.ePractice.eu">www.ePractice.eu</a>
provides its members with
a blog in which all
registered users can post
opinions, questions and
links to news related to
eGovernment, eInclusion
and eHealth. The experts
of our study are already
blogging and sharing their
experiences from the
conduct of the study with
the members of the
e-Practice communities
such as the
'eAccessibility practice,
policy, monitoring and
impact' community. </p>
<p class="style4"><em>Synergies:
</em> </p>
<p>Is your work relevant to
the eAccessibility future?
Then we probably have a
common interest. Share
with us your thoughts and
needs, we can find a way
to mutually benefit. Our
study team is open to any
interested party. Just
send an email to
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@e-accessibility2020.eu">info@e-accessibility2020.eu</a>,
and we will come back to
you! </p>
<p class="style4"><em>e-Accessibility2020
in ASSETS2011!
</em> </p>
<p>Our study participates
with a poster and
demonstration in the 13th
International ACM
SIGACCESS Conference on
Computers and
Accessibility to be held
in Dundee Scotland on
24-26 October 2011. The
ASSETS conference explores
the use of computing and
information technologies
to help persons with
disabilities and older
adults. ASSETS is the
premier forum for
presenting innovative
research on the design and
use of both mainstream and
specialized assistive
technologies. More
information about ASSETS <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.sigaccess.org/assets11/index.html">here
</a> </p>
<p class="style4"><em>Accessible
Design in the
DigitalWorld Workshop:
the challenges are here
to grasp!</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>Our study participates
with a paper presentation
in the Accessible Design
in the Digital World
Workshop 2011 held as part
of the INTERACT 2011 13th
IFIP TC13 Conference on
Human-Computer Interaction
organized in Lisbon,
Portugal on 5th of
September 2011.<br>
<br>
Target audience of the
workshop are all
researchers and
practitioners concerned
with accessibility of
digital products and
systems, including Web
designers and developers,
mobile application
developers, assistive
technology researchers and
developers, and
accessibility evaluation
researchers and
practitioners.<br>
<br>
More information about the
workshop at:<a
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http://www.addw2011.org/
</a> </p>
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