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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.