Call for participation Accessibility Issues for Interactive Television Workshop at HCI2003, University of Bath, U.K. Tuesday 9 September 2003 All day workshop Contributions (short papers, position statements) are invited for a workshop at HCI2003 on Accessibility Issues for Interactive Television. The workshop will be of interest to practitioners working in iTV production, government bodies, user groups and academics/HCI practitioners with interests in accessibility and iTV production. If you would like to take part, see the Workshop web site - http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/lp22/HCI2003.html <http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/lp22/HCI2003.html> - for more details. Background Interactive television gives the newly active viewer the opportunity to extend their use of the television to activities now familiar from the Internet. They can browse information on topics of interest, personalise their viewing choices, play interactive games, carry out e-commerce related activities (shopping, banking, betting, etc.), interacting with other viewers, and play an increasingly active role in broadcast programmes. Interactive television could be of particular use to the elderly (the biggest consumers of television, watching on average more than 5 hours a day) and the physically disabled (94% of visually impaired people watch television regularly), as it would allow them to access services from home. However usability and accessibility currently cause serious problems for many poten tviewers. Difficulties include use of the remote control handset by people with impaired motor control, perception of text and icons on screen by visually impaired or dyslexic people and the limitations of subtitles designed to include people with hearing difficulties. Goals The goals of the workshop are to develop an accessibility research agenda for iTV, to identify and extend the research community in this area and to investigate ways of creating productive connections with commissioners, producers and directors of iTV services to support the integration of accessibility into the design process. In the workshop we will encourage developers and HCI practitioners to share knowledge and experiences, exploring a range of issues including: * the particular accessibility issues raised by iTV * the issues involved in designing iTV so that it is accessible to as wide a range of viewers as possible * accessibility issues for input/output devices to iTV * the potential of personalisation for creating more accessible iTV * accessibility evaluation techniques for iTV programmes and services * the relevance of current accessibility knowledge to iTV * the potential of using multiple platforms to improve accessibility, e.g. iTV and mobile phone * the accessibility/usability relationship Format The workshop is designed as a one-day mix of presentations and small-and whole- group discussion, ending with a poster design session. Please send your contributions by 13 June to: usability@brighton.ac.uk <mailto:usability@brighton.ac.uk> (We are aware that the deadlines are tight. If you are considering to submit but have difficulty to do it in time, please send us an email). Participants will be selected on the basis of their interest in and familiarity with the topic. Contributions will be circulated beforehand and posted on the Workshop web site. ---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás, School of Computing, Mathematical & Information Sciences Faculty of Management & Information Sciences University of Brighton Watts Building, Moulsecoomb Brighton BN2 4GJ United Kingdom t +44(0)1273 64 2458 f +44(0)1273 64 2405 m +44(0)7814 491790 http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/ <http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/anxo/>