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Welcome to the June 2021 issue of the ACM SIGACCESS newsletter. This issue highlights the best virtual ASSETS yet, with an article dedicated to last year UX panel about “Lockdown Experiences”. The third article presents the SONAAR project which recently won the Delegates award for best demo at W4A. Be sure to check out the last article presenting the University of Washington Center for Research and Education in Accessible Technologies and Experiences (CREATE).

ASSETS 2020 OVERVIEW

The first article, written by Hugo Nicolau, (Program Chair), Karyn Moffatt (Program Chair) and Tiago Guerreiro (General Chair) provides an overview of ASSETS’20.

ASSETS 2020 UX PANEL REPORT: “LOCKDOWN EXPERIENCES”

The article written by Abi Roper and Sergio Mascetti highlights the organization and outcomes of the User Experience panel at ASSETS 2020.

SUGGESTING TEXT ALTERNATIVES FOR IMAGES IN SOCIAL MEDIA

In this article, Letícia Pereira et al. present SONAAR, a project funded by the European Commission aiming to support the authoring and consumption of accessible social media content. Its demo recently won the Delegate Award at W4A 2021.

THE CENTER FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY AND EXPERIENCES (CREATE)

In this article, Jennifer Mankoff and Jacob O. Wobbrock present The University of Washington Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE). CREATE’s mission is to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology.

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