First issue of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing available online

The first issue of ACM's new Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
is now available online in the Digital Library. 

ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) is a quarterly journal
that publishes refereed articles addressing issues of computing as it impacts
the lives of people with disabilities. It provides a technical forum for
disseminating innovative research that covers either: 

applications of computing and information technologies to provide assistive
systems to persons with disabilities, or 

investigations of computing technologies and their use by persons with
disabilities.  

TACCESS is a peer-reviewed and archival journal, both in print and online,
that serves as a resource for researchers, authors, editors and reviewers. 

The Scope of TACCESS 

The journal will be of particular interest to SIGACCESS members and delegates
to its affiliated conference (i.e., ASSETS) as well as other international
accessibility conferences. It can be expected to serve as a forum for
discussions and information exchange between researchers, clinicians, and
educators; including rehabilitation personnel who administer assistive
technologies; and policy makers concerned with equitable access to
information technologies for people with disabilities. 

Clearly, computer and information technologies have re-designed the way
modern society operates. In particular, they have identified new avenues to
assist individuals with special needs and provide tools and resources to
alleviate the traditional barriers encountered by persons with disabilities.
For example, speech generation systems have assisted persons with visual
impairments and blindness, voice recognition has helped people with motor
impairments, and multi-modal presentations have been shown to be effective in
helping people with learning disabilities. These issues and those yet to
emerge will be addressed in both the online and printed editions of TACCESS. 

Submitted by Andrew Sears & Vicki Hanson, Editors-in-Chief, TACCESS

Read the first issue at:
http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?linked=1&part=transaction&idx=J1156&coll=ACM&dl=ACM&CFID=31342329&CFTOKEN=12947127