COST Action: 219ter
Accessibility for All to Services and Terminals for Next Generation Networks
Inaugural Meeting Date : 27th January 2003
Duration : 4 Years
No. Participating Countries : 15
OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the Action is to increase the accessibility of next generation telecommunication network services and equipment to elderly people and people with disabilities by design or, alternatively, by adaptation when required.
In cases where this cannot be achieved, the Action will aim at promoting the establishment of appropriate supplementary assistive services and equipment.
Taking always into account the "Design for All" concept in telecommunications and teleinformatics, especially in the mobile field, the objectives of the Action can be specified in operational terms as follows:
Information collation
- Extend the existing COST 219 database and the knowledge required for designers on consumers and their requirements, so that many more disabled and elderly people can be catered for in mainstream design,
- Support the exchange of Inclusion and Accessibility issues so that these can be freely explored with developers, researchers and representatives of the telecommunications industries and service providers,
so thatDisabled and elderly people are enabled to share in the benefits of new mobile communication systems as discriminating consumers from the outset, but not being discriminated against.
More information can be obtained by viewing http://www.tiresias.org/cost219ter/mtgs.htm or by contacting the co-ordinator of the Action:
Patrick Roe
EPF Lausanne
LEMA-EPFL-STI-TOP
CH-1015 Lausanne
Tel: +41 21 693 4631
Fax: +41 21 693 2673
E-mail patrick.roe@epfl.ch
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