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George Kerscher Receives Catalyst Award

The 2004 Harry Murphy Catalyst Award was presented to George Kerscher at the CSUN Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference on March 16, 2004. This biennial award is presented by the Trace Center to honor those who bring people together and facilitate the efforts of others in the field of technology and disability. Past award […]

Report on VoIP Includes Call for Regulation to Ensure Accessibility

The New Millennium Research Council has released its report: The Future of Internet Phone Calling: Regulatory Imperatives to Protect the Promise of VoIP for Industry and Consumers. Included is a chapter by Trace Center Director Gregg Vanderheiden that explains the accessibility issues related to VoIP and calls for FCC regulation to ensure that VoIP does […]

Presentation to FCC on VoIP Accessibility

The FCC held a forum on Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) December 1, 2003 to gather information concerning advancements, innovations, and regulatory issues related to VoIP services. Trace Center Director Gregg Vanderheiden presented information and recommendations regarding accessibility of VoIP, on behalf of the Telecommunications Access RERC.

Trace Center Assists Wisconsin Firm in Making Accessible Door Entry Systems

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Trace Research & Development Center contributed to the development of the nation’s first cross-disability accessible door entry system that will be demonstrated Feb. 27, 2001, at an event in San Francisco by the mayor’s office. Trace assisted Viking Electronics of Hudson, Wis., with accessibility options and interface design of its AES-2000 […]

Congresswoman Baldwin Tours Trace Center

Wisconsin Congressional Representative Tammy Baldwin included the Trace Center on her tour of the UW Research Park on Sept. 4. Wisconsin Congressional Representative Tammy Baldwin visited the Trace Center Sept. 4, 2001 to learn more about disability access to electronic consumer products. Industrial Engineering Professor and Center Director Gregg Vanderheiden led the tour and explained […]

Trace Director Focuses on Accessible Consumer Products in CHI Plenary

Gregg Vanderheiden, director of the Trace Center, gave closing plenary remarks at the 2001 Computer Human Interaction (CHI) conference that focused on the benefits of designing accessible mass-market products. The conference was held in Seattle, WA., March 2001. “Designing standard products benefit all users and can be profitable as well as practical,” said Vanderheiden. He […]

  • Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility

    The TRACE RERC is an active participant in MIDA, a new organization focused on the design of technology products that are "born-accessible."

    Raising the Floor

    The primary development partner of the TRACE RERC since 2013, the team at the nonprofit Raising the Floor is continuing the development and deployment of Morphic and AT-on-Demand, and will partner on several development activities in the new RERC grant.