FYI.....David
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David Pfeiffer, Ph.D.
Resident Scholar
Center on Disability Studies
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
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Center on Disability Studies....maximizing individual
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 23:38:03 -1000
From: Kali <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: OZADVOCACY-- Disability rights in Australia
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Subject: [OZADV] Release of 'Accessible E-Commerce in Australia'
Discussion Paper
>From: "Tim Noonan" <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Blind Citizens Australia is pleased to announce the release and online
>availability of its 'Accessible E-Commerce in Australia' discussion paper,
>which was prepared by Tim Noonan, and funded by the Australian Government's
>AccessAbility Grants Program.
>
>The discussion paper is available online in HTML, ASCII text and Word
>97/2000 .DOC formats. Hard copy versions will be available shortly.
>
>The URL from which to read or download the paper is
>
>http://www.bca.org.au/ecrep.htm
>
>>From here you will be able to access all three versions. the document is
>about 80 print pages, and the HTML version is quite substantial at about 500
>K. Please Let me know if you encounter any difficulties accessing these
>versions. If you have office 2000 and Internet Explorer Five installed on
>your machine, then its possible that attempting to download the Word version
>will present problems. The cause of this situation has not been identified.
>If you encounter this problem, please e-mail me at [log in to unmask]
>and I will send the report to you as an attachment.
>
>This issues paper should be of interest to a range of groups including
>people with disabilities, those working in the disability or the E-Commerce
>industries, as well as Government representatives with an interest in
>accessibility of information and services. Although the paper has an
>Australian flavour, and has a particular focus on people who are blind or
>vision impaired, it has relevance for most countries and covers issues
>across all disability groups.
>
>The paper contains detailed explanations and discussion of the issues
>surrounding E-Commerce and accessibility, as well as including many links to
>other explanatory E-Commerce & disability documents, legislation, research
>and other online papers and resources which cover the area.
>
>Thank you to all the individuals and organizations who provided valuable
>input and material for this report.
>
>A further report is being prepared now which discusses accessibility issues
>relating to smartcards and emerging electronic payment systems. This will
>complement the current discussion paper.
>
>Please contact the author by e-mail at [log in to unmask] with any
>feedback, corrections and suggestions for this accessible E-Commerce paper.
>As new information comes to hand, further revisions of the paper will be
>made available online. If you have any issues or resources which you feel
>might benefit the up-coming Smartcards and electronic payment systems
>discussion paper, these would also be greatly appreciated.
>
>Here is the table of contents extracted from the accessible E-Commerce
>document:
>
>TABLE OF CONTENTS
>
> EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
>
>PREFACE
>
>Accessible E-Commerce Workshops
>
>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
>
>1 INTRODUCTION
>1.1 Some Key Accessible E-Commerce Developments and Papers
>1.2 Project Background
>1.3 What is the Problem?
>1.4 What is Electronic Commerce?
>1.5 Project Scope - People with Disabilities
>
>2 SHOPPING
>2.1 Modes of Shopping
>2.2 Catalogues and Packaging
>2.3 Barcodes
>2.4 Paying for Goods
>
>3 BANKING AND FINANCE
>3.1 Selecting a Banking Institution
>3.2 Telephone Banking
>3.3 Self-service Banking (ATMs)
>3.4 Internet Banking
>3.5 Accessing Financial Information, Statements Etc.
>
>4 USING THE INTERNET TO GO ONLINE
>4.1 Internet Usage Statistics
>4.2 Getting Connected
>4.3 Selecting a browser
>4.4 Learning to Use Windows and the Web
>4.5 Accessing Websites
>4.6 Making Purchases on the Web
>4.7 Internet Shopping Resources
>4.8 Emerging Internet Developments
>4.9 Security of Information on the Net
>
>5 INFORMATION &TRANSACTIONS OVER THE TELEPHONE
>
>6 VERIFICATION OF IDENTITY
>6.1 Drivers licence
>6.2 Retinal Scans
>6.3 Facial recognition
>6.4 Voice Print verification
>6.5 Optional PIN Entry for People with Disabilities
>
>7 SOME EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
>7.1 Information Kiosks (Information and Transaction Machines)
>7.2 Screen and Web Phones
>7.3 Smart Appliances
>7.4 JAVA
>7.5 Windows CE
>
>8 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND TRANSACTIONS
>8.1 Stated Government Commitments
>8.2 Stated Government Strategic Directions
>8.3 Recent Developments and Documents
>8.4 Telstra and the Government
>8.5 Centrelink Developments
>8.6 Government Transactions and Completing Forms
>
>9 DISABILITY RIGHTS LEGISLATION
>
>10 PARTICIPATION IN EMPLOYMENT
>
>11 BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
>11.1 Copyright Law and Standards Efforts
>11.2 Australian Copyright Law Reform
>11.3 Portable Document Format (PDF)
>11.4 XML
>
>12 CONCLUSION
>
>13 PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS
>13.1 General Recommendations
>13.2 Identified Areas for Future Accessible E-Commerce Work
>13.3 UK Thinktank Disability-Related Recommendations
>
>14 SOME USEFUL RESOURCES
>
>15 TERMINOLOGY, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
>
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