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The eAccess+ Network: Enhancing the Take-Up of eAccessibility in Europe

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2012)

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This short paper introduces the idea, the main tool and the work of the EU-supported eAccess+ network (www.eaccessplus.eu) for fostering the uptake of eAccessibility in Europe. The rationale for the network starts from the fact that a considerable and elaborated body of knowledge, established in the eAccessibility and Assistive Technology domain, exists but is rarely implemented in mainstream design. There are many reasons for this situation and the network is working to identify and address them and to start processes to remedy the situation.

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  1. Institute Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Stichting Bartimeus Accessibilit, The Netherlands

    Eric Velleman

  3. Stichting Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands

    David Crombie

  4. University of York, United Kingdom

    Helen Petrie

  5. University of the Aegean, Greece

    Jenny S. Darzentas

  6. Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Information Technology FIT, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53757, Sankt Augustin, Germany

    Carlos A. Velasco

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  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton St., 94117, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

  3. Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University, Botanická 68A, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

  4. Institute "integriert studieren", Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Miesenberger, K., Velleman, E., Crombie, D., Petrie, H., Darzentas, J.S., Velasco, C.A. (2012). The eAccess+ Network: Enhancing the Take-Up of eAccessibility in Europe. In: Miesenberger, K., Karshmer, A., Penaz, P., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7382. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31522-0_49

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