[Athen] Call for Papers: Text Customization for Readability

[Jennifer Sutton]

Thought some on the ATHEN email list might find this of interest, in 
case you've not seen elsewhere.

With apologies for any duplication.

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Subject: 	Call for Papers: Text Customization for Readability
Date: 	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:34:38 -0500
From: 	Shawn Henry <shawn at w3.org>
To: 	WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig at w3.org>



Dear WAI Interest Group:

The W3C WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) invites you 
to contribute to the online symposium on Text Customization for Readability.
       Submission date: 24 September 2012
       Symposium date: 19 November 2012

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.

We invite research and position papers of about 1,000 words. We 
encourage you to submit new research, ongoing research, and analysis 
of past research related to text customization for readability. 
Submissions will be peer-reviewed.

Accepted papers will be published online in an attributable form as 
part of the symposium proceedings. Authors of accepted papers will be 
invited to participate in the symposium panel.

*For more information about the symposium and submissions, please see*:
- Text Customization for Readability Symposium main 
page:<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/>
- Call for Papers:<http://www.w3.org/WAI/RD/2012/text-customization/cfp.html>

If you are interested in contributing to this Symposium, please 
submit your paper by:
       *24 September 2012*

Feel free to circulate this message to other lists; please avoid 
cross-postings where possible.


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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 at w3.org>

This Symposium is developed with support of the EC-funded WAI-ACT 
Project (IST 287725) described at:<http://www.w3.org/WAI/ACT/>

If you have any questions, contact Shadi Abou-Zahra: shadi at w3.org

Regards,
Shawn Lawton Henry, WAI Outreach
Simon Harper, RDWG Co-Chair
Shadi Abou-Zahra, RDWG W3C Staff Contact



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Shawn Lawton Henry
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
e-mail: shawn at w3.org
phone: +1.617.395.7664
about: http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/