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Mobile Accessibility
Online Symposium 25 June 2012

Introduction

Mobile devices are becoming increasingly important and are already the primary form of accessing the Web in many parts of the world. However, people with disabilities experience many difficulties when they access the Web with mobile devices. This symposium brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss these challenges and possible solutions, to help develop a roadmap for future research and development in the field. The online symposium was held on 25 June 2012.

Proceedings

Extended abstracts from the symposium are listed below:

• Paper 1: Accessible Security For Mobile by
  • Elizabeth Woodward, IBM Research Human Ability and Accessibility Center, United States
  • Brian Cragun, IBM Research Human Ability and Accessibility Center, United States
• Paper 2: Enabling Flexible User Interactions With Mobile Media by
  • Mike Wald, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • E.A. Draffan, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Yunjia Li, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
• Paper 3: Accessibility In Multi-device Web Applications by
  • Cristina Gonzalez, Fundacion CTIC, Spain
  • Javier Rodriguez, Fundacion CTIC, Spain
  • Caroline Jay, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Paper 4: Assessment Of Keyboard Interface Accessibility In Mobile Browsers by
  • Jan Richards, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University, Canada
  • Alison Benjamin, Previously of the Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University, Canada
  • Jorge Silva, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University, Canada
  • Greg Gay, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University, Canada
• Paper 5: Inclusive Mobile Experience: Beyond The Guidelines And Standards by
  • Katja Forbes, Perceptive UX, Australia

Important Dates

• 12 April 2012: paper submission opens.
• 7 May 2012: deadline for paper submissions.
• 4 June 2012: notification of accepted papers and announcement of symposium agenda.
• 11 June 2012: publication of accepted papers and registration opens.
• 25 June 2012: online symposium event 15:00-17:00 UTC).
• 23 July 2012: symposium proceedings (minutes, presentations, and papers from the symposium).
• 15 October 2012: publication of consolidated findings (in form of a W3C Note).

Organization

The Mobile Accessibility symposium is organized by the W3C/WAI Research and Development Working Group (RDWG). Contact Shadi Abou-Zahra (W3C Staff Contact) with questions.

Symposium Chairs

• Simon Harper (University of Manchester, UK)
• Peter Thiessen (eBuddy)
• Yeliz Yesilada (Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus)

Scientific Committee

• Giorgio Brajnik (University of Udine)
• Joshue O Connor (CFIT)
• Vivienne Conway (Edith Cowan University)
• Tiago Guerreiro (University of Lisbon)
• Christos Kouroupetroglou (Altec)
• Klaus Miesenberger (University of Linz)
• Yehya Mohamad (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft)
• Ignacio Marín Prendes (CTIC)
• Henny Swan (BBC)
• Shari Trewin (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center)
• Markel Vigo (University of Manchester)
• Shadi Abou-Zahra (W3C/WAI)

Document Information

Status: Updated 22 June 2012
Editors: Simon Harper, Peter Thiessen, Yeliz Yesilada, and Shadi Abou-Zahra. Developed with the Research and Development Working Group (RDWG) and with support from the WAI-ACT Project (IST 287725).