- From: Shadi Abou-Zahra <shadi@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 08:51:13 +0100
- To: public-wai-rd@w3.org
Dear RDWG, Please make sure to register if you plan to attend this symposium! Regards, Shadi On 6.11.2012 19:37, Shawn Henry wrote: > Dear WAI Interest Group Participants, > > The W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) invites you to > participate in the online symposium on > *Text Customization for Readability* on > 19 November 2012 at 15:00-17:00 UTC > > This symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, and users > with disabilities to explore the needs of people with low vision, > dyslexia, and other conditions and situations that impact reading. It > focuses specifically on text customization requirements and > functionality, that is, providing users the ability to change (or > personalize) specific aspects of text display to improve readability for > their particular needs. For details, see > <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/> > > Registration is available from > <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/#participate> > Space is limited; we recommend that you register soon to reserve a space. > > If you have any questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi@w3.org > > ------------------------ > RDWG Background: > > The Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) helps: > - increase accessibility considerations in research on web technologies, > including mainstream research, > - suggest research questions that may contribute to web accessibility > research projects, > - inform development of web accessibility solutions, > - decrease the number of potential barriers in future web-related > technologies. > > RDWG Symposia bring together researchers, practitioners, and users with > disabilities interested in a particular aspect of web accessibility to > advance research and development in that area. The online Symposia > include a panel with the authors of accepted papers, and provide an > opportunity for participants to ask questions. Symposia proceedings, > transcript, and a report are available publicly online afterward. > > For more information, see the RDWG FAQ: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/process> > > We welcome your ideas on this topic and your ideas for future RDWG work. > Please send comments to the publicly-archived mailing list: > <public-wai-rd@w3.org> > > This Symposium is supported by the EC-funded WAI-ACT Project (IST > 287725) described at: <http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/> > > Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid > cross-postings where possible. > > Regards, > Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Outreach > Simon Harper, RDWG Co-Chair > Shadi Abou-Zahra, RDWG W3C Team Contact > > > > > ----- > Shawn Lawton Henry > W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > e-mail: shawn@w3.org > phone: +1.617.395.7664 > about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/ > > -- Shadi Abou-Zahra - http://www.w3.org/People/shadi/ Activity Lead, W3C/WAI International Program Office Evaluation and Repair Tools Working Group (ERT WG) Research and Development Working Group (RDWG)
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