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                             THE HANDICAP DIGEST

                                 Issue # 2969

                          Tuesday, October 13, 1992

Today's Topics:


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                                 3CYBERCONF
                                  Re: Uti's
                             Re: New Wheelchair
                           Re: speech recognition
                    Keyboard Layout for the Single Handed
                       History of disabilities seminar


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Subject: 3CYBERCONF
From: benedikt@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu (Michael Benedikt)





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                                 a n d

       -------- CALL FOR PROPOSALS, ABSTRACTS, AND PAPERS ---------

                           3 C Y B E R C O N F
             THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERSPACE
                           MAY 14 and 15, 1993

                                  AT
                    THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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The Third Conference on Cyberspace will be held May 14 and 15, 1993 at
The University of Texas at Austin.  This is a call for proposals for
performances and demonstrations as well as for extended abstracts and
papers, approximately twenty four of which will be selected by the
Program Committee for development and presentation at the Conference.
Selected papers, abstracts, and proposal documents will be published
as The Collected Papers of the Third Conference on Cyberspace and
available at the Conference.  Arrangements are being made to broadcast
parts of the Conference on National Community Cable Television.

Papers should be around 6,000 words.  Abstracts and proposals for
performances and demonstrations should be between 800 and 1000 words,
with illustrations and  photographs where necessary.  All are due in
hard copy and digital form at the address below by January 1, 1993.
Videotapes and recordings are also encouraged.  Selectees will be
notified by February 15, 1993.

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In the interests of vigorous participation by all, attendance at the
Conference is limited.  Priority will be given in the following order.

----Category 1:  Participants who have been selected and invited to
present their papers, perform, or demonstrate their work.

----Category 2:  Participants not selected to present but who  have
submitted papers, abstracts, and proposals judged by the Program
Committee to be serious and of particular interest to the Conference.

----Category 3:  Participants with creative and clearly stated
interests, experience, and expertise in the Topics listed below, as
submitted in writing in advance of the registration deadline.

----Category 4:  Visitors & Observers who are not actively working in
the field at this time but  who have expressed interest in the subject
in writing in advance of the registration deadline.

Like the First Conference at Austin in 1990, and the Second Inter-
national Conference in Santa Cruz in 1991, the Third Conference on
Cyberspace is not only about the enabling technology of virtual
reality, 3-D user interfaces, networking, data visualization, high
speed computer graphics, and so on, but also the nature of cyberspace
as  such, conceived of as an independent realm, a shared virtual
environment whose inhabitants, objects, and spaces are data,
visualized, heard and (perhaps) touched.  It seeks to reach  an
understanding of how the components of cyberspace already "under
construction" in the development and design of  graphic user inter-
faces, scientific visualization techniques, video games, CAD, abstract
architecture and architectural design theory, knowledge navigation,
"cyberpunk" discourse, cultural studies, film and narrative theory,
virtual and artificial reality systems, MU*s, INTERNET, USENET and
other networks, groupware, and hypermedia might someday  function
together to create a true, public cyberspace, as well as private,
special-purpose cyberspaces: viable, 3-dimensional, alternate
realities providing the maximum number of individuals with the means
of communication, creativity, productivity, mobility, and control over
the shapes of their lives within the new information and media
environment.

The Third Conference on Cyberspace is scheduled to take place over two
days and two nights, two sessions held concurrently. In addition,
there will be an evening ROUND TABLE on the night of the 14th and a
DINNER on the night of the 15th.  The attempt will be made to match
Topics to Sessions, but the number, nature, and quality of submissions
will be the deciding  factor in scheduling.

The following is a representative list of the general topics  of
interest to the Conference.  OTHER, is also an option.  The organizers
ask only that rampant speculation be accompanied by "concrete"
accomplishment.




I.  COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA, AND THE CITY
Papers are invited that discuss and/or report on the proliferation and
diversification of the media-- from TV to telephones, from movies to
magazines, from alternative radio to ATMs--and all other computer-
mediated communication  systems. What are the impacts of these on the
physical  city, its social structure, its human experience?  Surveil-
lance, privacy, and the law.  Is cyberspace to be in  the city, or the
city in cyberspace?


II.  VIRTUAL WORLD AND WORK/PLAYSPACE DESIGN
Artists as well as engineers and programmers are invited to submit
papers that discuss, demonstrate or report on work  done in the design
of single or multi-user computer-generated environments, in parti-
cular, environments--for  whatever use, research, entertainment, or
business--that create three (and higher) dimensional space sensorially
and/or cognitively.  How does "multimedia" become the new "unimedium"
of cyberspace?  The focus is less  on technology than design, less on
hardware than software.


III.  PERSONHOOD, COMMUNITY, AND AGENCY
Contributions that discuss or report on BBS and Net life.  Who/what
are you on the Net? And where? How do cyberspace communities differ
from realspace ones; how might they in the future?  What are the
effects of non-face to face communications on identity?  What are the
effects of increases in bandwidth and/or realspace mobility that come
with ubiquitous computing?  Telephonics. Redefining work and play.
Procrastination space.  Money and time; access and denial; methods and
modes of electronic communication.  Informed discussions of  the
history of technology and consciousness are welcomed.


IV.  COMPUTATION: SPEED, SYNCHRONY, AND OTHER PROBLEMS
Papers are invited that deal with techniques (1) for  handling latency
in graphics processing and display and (2) handling traffic, routing,
and transmission delays in high  speed, long distance networks in the
service of achieving  co-presence.  How are objects in cyberspace to
be realspace- distributed (updated, rendered, displayed, sounded,
etc.)?  Progress reports on distributed processing vs. massively
parallel hosts; network topologies, routing strategies,  optical
methods, multimodal operation, graceful degradation,  etc.  Space
requires local simultaneity: is there special or general relativity in
cyberspace?


V.  INTERFACES: IMMERSION, INTIMACY, IMMENSITY
Papers are invited that report on work underway or achieved in the
area of innovative human-computer interfaces.  Plausible and specific
hardware and software design proposals are acceptable. Stereopsis;
binaural, "convolved" and multitracked sound; eye-, head-, hand-,
body-tracking; contact/touch feedback; inertial motion simulators;
motion control software, etc. are all of interest to the extent that
they promise or deliver spatial immersion at different scales and
subjective distances.  Demonstrations are especially welcomed, as are
relevant studies in psychoacoustics and "pscyhospatiality."


VI.  POETICS AND PERFORMANCE
Papers and performances are invited that make use of networked
interactive computers, robotics, virtual worlds and/or artificial
realities to extend human expression and communication.  Graphic or
sonic works of chiefly artistic  merit that (also) create
(cyber)spaces are welcomed, as are discussions and demonstrations of
powerful on-line literary works.  One or Many Authors?  What
Audience? Autonomous Artworks?  Telepresence?  Teleperformance?
Creation by Agent?  Immersive Aesthetics?  Navigable Music?  Liquid
Architecture? Synaesthesia and Multisensory Correlation?  Ephemery and
Permanence?  Global Art?  The Political Dimension?


VII.  THE NATURE OF INFORMATION
Discussions of the theory of information and theories of meaning as
extended from the purely cybernetic realm to the realm of human
perception and communication are invited; as are reports on, and
demonstrations of, work in scientific or business data visualization
software and theory, the logic of data navigation, search, discovery,
manipulation, sharing, etc.  Are cyberspaces themselves self-
organizing systems?  How are we to measure their complexity,
organization, and value as structures in themselves as well as
container/purveyors of "information?"


VIII.  THE QUESTION OF ECONOMICS
>From education, entertainment, news, law, "intelligence," and science,
to advertising, brokerage, credit histories, prices, and schedules...
the information-for-sale business is distinct from the communications-
tools business (i.e. computing, telephony, printing, etc.).  Submis-
sions are invited that throw light the economics of both, especially
with regard to on-line information services such as  Compuserve and
Amix, and computer network management services such as EDS.  Are these
operations the economic basis for cyberspace?  Or is it to be the
providers of the channels and machines?  Can cyberspace be decen-
tralized, individualized?  Is cyberspace access to be free?  What is
the link to imminent interactive (HD)TV-based information services?
Does hacking pay?  Of what specifically economic value are 3-D and VR
interfaces?


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LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS

Austin is a beautiful and friendly city of 400,000 people in  the
heart of the Texas Hill country.  It is the home of the legislature of
Texas, of Barton Springs, and of thriving electronics, computer,
publishing, music, education, and research industries.  The campus of
The University of Texas is on 350 tree-covered acres, with promenades,
and distinguished limestone buildings.  Usually sunny, temperatures
during May range between 62 degrees Fahrenheit at night to 78 degrees
Fahrenheit during the day. Arrangements are currently being  made with
two hotels: one downtown and adjacent Austin's renowned 6th Street
night life, the other a short walking  distance to campus.  These
arrangements will be finalized in February.  Austin's airport is 10
minutes from the campus and downtown.  Cabs are inexpensive.


RULES FOR SUBMISSIONS

Papers, abstracts and proposals should be printed on 8.5" x 11" paper,
single spaced, with one inch margins and in Times 12-point font,
unless there is specific artistic purpose to breaking these conven-
tions.  Do not number the pages.  Provide six copies, and a floppy
disk with both ASCII and Word versions. Head the first page in the
following way (centered):

                                TITLE
                           (Proposed Session)

                              Your Name
                           Your Affiliation

                      Body of paper or abstract.

Email submissions are not accepted in lieu of hard copy, but are
encouraged in addition to hard copy for availability via FTP.
Send email submissions to 3cyberconf@bongo.cc.utexas.edu  Supplemen-
tary film, videotape, optical disc, and magnetic recordings are
encouraged.  These will be returned on request.  At the submitter's
option, biographical information can accompany submissions on a
single, separate page.

DEADLINES:   <<Deadline>> for submission of papers, abstracts  and
proposals for inclusion in the Conference: Postmarked on before
January 1, 1993.  Notification date of selection for presentation:
February 15, 1993.   <<Deadline>> for Category 3 applications: March
3, 1993.  <<Deadline>> for registration for the Conference: March 15,
1993 (Late registration will be available as space permits and at an
extra charge). <<Deadline>> for submission of final papers (if
abstract was accepted) and for all arrangement-documentation for
demonstrations and performances: May 1, 1993.

NOTE:  Submission of an abstract or proposal indicates the submitter's
intention, obligation, and capability to write/present/perform/demon-
strate the corresponding, full length work if chosen.

All materials should be sent to:

|3CYBERCONF
|THE THIRD International CONFERENCE ON CYBERSPACE
|Submissions
|School of Architecture
|The University of Texas at Austin
|Austin, Texas, 78712

|email: 3cyberconf@bongo.cc.utexas.edu
|PHONE: 512-471-6619
|FAX: 512-471-0716


REGISTRATION.

All registrations cover: admission to all sessions, a copy of the
Collected Papers, various printed materials, and two lunches.

Registration for presenting participants (Category 1) is US$75.00; for
non-presenting participants (Category 2) it is US$200.00.  These
amounts also cover preferred seating  and the final Dinner.

Registration for "participants with expertise" (Category 3) is
US$250.00, and includes the final Dinner.

Registration for visitors and observers (Category  4) is US$200.00.

Make checks payable to 3CYBERCONF at the above address, envelope
marked "Registration"


SCHOLARSHIPS.

A limited number of registrations and accommodations will be made
available at reduced rate to students and others demonstrating
financial need.

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                        1993 PROGRAM COMMITTEE


                             L O C A L:


> Michael Benedikt
Professor,
School of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
Director, Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies
CEO, Mental Technology Inc.
email: benedikt@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu

> Richard Cutler,
Researcher, School of Communications
Department of Radio, TV and Film
The University of Texas at Austin
email: dcutler@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu

> Don Fussell
Director, Advanced Technology Group
Applied Research Laboratories (ARL), and
Professor of Computer Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
email: fussell@cs.utexas.edu

> Erik Josowitz
Partner, ZERO-G Design
erik@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu

> Marcos Novak
Professor,
The School of Architecture
The University of Texas at Austin
Director, Graduate Advanced Design Studies
email: novak@vitruvius.ar.utexas.edu

> Bruce Sterling,
Writer, Austin.
email: bruces@well.sf.ca.us

> Allucquere Roseanne Stone
Director, Center for the Study of Virtual Systems, and
Professor, School of Communications
The University of Texas at Austin,
(recently of The University of California at San Diego)
email: success@emx.cc.utexas.edu



                        (I N T E R) N A T I O N A L:


> Akira Asada
Professor
Kyoto Institute for Economic Research
Kyoto University, Japan
(Curator, The Museum Inside The Telephone Network,
InterCommunication '91)

> John Perry Barlow
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Wyoming, San Francisco

> Michael Century
Director of Program Development
Banff Centre For The Arts,
Alberta, Canada

> David Gelernter
Professor of Computer Science
Yale University

> Robert Jacobson
CEO, Worldesign
Seattle, Wa.
(Formerly of HITLab)

> Brenda Laurel
Researcher,
Interval Research Group
Palo Alto, Ca.
(Formerly: Telepresence Research, Inc.)

> William Mitchell
Dean, School of Architecture and Planning
MIT, Cambridge, Ma.

> J. Wesley Regian
Senior Scientist
Armstrong Laboratory
Brooks AFB, Texas

> Warren Robinett,
Director, Head-Mounted Display Project
Dept. of Computer Science
University of North Carolina.

> Martin Tuori
Keyword Office Technologies
Calgary, Alberta
(Formerly: Director of Strategic Research
Alias Research Inc. Toronto.)

> Alan Wexelblatt,
Advanced Human Interface Group
MIT Media Lab, Ma.



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Subject: Re: Uti's
From: knyal@ils.nwu.edu (Jarrett Knyal)
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences

In article <24802@handicap.news> Joe.Chamberlain@p1.f175.n150.z1.fidonet.org
(Joe Chamberlain) writes:
>Index Number: 24802
>
>In a message to Joe Chamberlain <15 Sep 92 22:27> Karen Tackett wrote:
>
> KT> We finally got the urologist's A.O.K. to keep her off the
> KT> maintenance dose (which I had been doing anyway). Now if the
> KT> little stinker will drink her fluids, we're in pretty good shape.
>
>A high fluid intake helps keep the bugs down.  I try for at least
>two liters or more a day.  Most of the time I'm pushing better than
>a gallon on an average day and more in the summer.

I've also noticed a HUGE difference when I drink things like milk,
pop, alcoholic beverages.  These things usually give me uti's if I
drink enough of them.  Sometimes with milk it just takes one glass
IF I don't flush out the milk with some water afterwards.

Basically, I've learned that when you've got a SCI you shouldn't
eat or drink too much of any one thing.  I once got a uti from
eating too much Jello even.  Salty foods should be avoided too.  I
agree with the above though that pushing WATER (not pop) is the
best way to minimize uti's.




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Subject: Re: New Wheelchair
From: knyal@ils.nwu.edu (Jarrett Knyal)
Organization: Institute for the Learning Sciences

In article <24823@handicap.news> Adrienne.Barhydt@p15.f48.n105.z1.fidonet.org
(Adrienne Barhydt) writes:

<Stuff deleted>

 Also, I like not having
>all that hardware in front of me.  I feel more like *I* am moving
>rather than driving a vehicle.  Has anyone else experienced this?
>All in all, I'm pretty pleased.
>
>Adrienne

I noticed a big change just from changing from a 60 degree bend on
the front of the chair to a 70 degree bend.  I felt a lot more "out
in front" with basically a minimizing of the being "in" a chair
feeling.  I'd highly recommend a 70 degree bend.  It lets you get
closer to things and the chair turns much quicker too.  It took
some getting used to though.



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Subject: Re: speech recognition
From: dfp1@lehigh.edu (Daniel Pratt)
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <24635@handicap.news>, roberts@slc.paramax.com
(Doug Roberts) writes:
>Index Number: 24635
>
>Speech Recognition: is anybody out there experimenting
>with this technology on their home computer? I know
>that speech recognition has a long way to go yet, but
>perhaps there are some rudimentary forms that would be
>useful, especially for the hearing impaired, like myself.
>

DragonDictate and VoiceType both provide accurate voice recognition
of up to 40 words per min.  I'm a quadraplegic who uses DragonDictate,
and it works unbelievably.  For information contact:

                Dragon Systems, Inc.
                320 Nevada St.
                Newton, MA   02160

                (617) 965-5200

Dan
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                Daniel Pratt   ------   dfp1@Lehigh.EDU

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Subject: Keyboard Layout for the Single Handed
From: lawadmn@rumpole.law.unimelb.edu.au (Paul A Ive)
Organization: Law School, The University of Melbourne

Does anyone have a keyboard layout to suit a right-handed person
using an MS-DOS 101-keyboard?  Are there any programs that will
automatically set the new key definitions?

Look forward to any replies.

Thanks

=======================================================================
Paul Ive                                    The University of Melbourne
Computer Network Administrator                           Faculty of Law
                                              Parkville, Victoria, 3052
Phone (+61 3) 344 6203                                        AUSTRALIA
Fax   (+61 3) 347 2392        Email: lawadmn@rumpole.law.unimelb.EDU.AU
=======================================================================




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Subject: History of disabilities seminar
From: FCTY7310@RYEVM.RYERSON.CA (Greg Woodill)

[This is from the DISRES-L mailing list.]

The History of Disabilities Network
and
ALTER-International Society for the History of Disabilities

PRESENT
THE FOURTH ANNUAL SEMINAR ON

Current Research on the History of Disabilities

NOVEMBER 13, 1992  9.00 am - 4.00 pm
at
Room A344
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, Ontario M5B 2K3

This seminar is an informal gathering of graduate students, faculty,
disabled consumers, researchers, advocates and others interested in the
topic of the history of disabilities. Papers are presented on work in
progress or recently completed work which is related to this area. All
are welcome to attend and participate in the discussion.

This year we will have a selection of papers on new work, including
presentations on:
* ALTER - the history and work of the International Society for the
History of Disabilities. Several members of ALTER from France are
expected to attend.
* The history of disabilities in Quebec
* The representation of disabilities

Cost: $30 (Canadian or U.S.) ($20 for students) for the day includes
coffee, snacks, and lunch.  Please make cheques payable to: History of
Disabilities Network
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REGISTRATION FORM - Seminar on History of Disabilities

Name_____________________________________________________________
Address__________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Telephone______________________Fax_______________________________

Topic of your presentation (if you wish to present a paper):
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Cheque for $30 enclosed______ or  I will pay at registration______

Mail or fax to: Dr. Gary Woodill, School of ECE, Ryerson,
350 Victoria St., Toronto, Ont. M5B 2K3
Phone: (416) 979-5000 Ext. 7637  Fax: (416) 588-7489
E-Mail: FCTY7310@RYERSON  or FCTY7310@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca
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Hotels:

There are several hotels close to Ryerson, including:

Delta Chelsea Inn - (416) 595-1975
Hotel Ibis - (416) 593-9400
Bond Place Hotel - (416) 362-6061
__________________________________________________________________

Directions to seminar: Room A344, Jorgenson Hall, Ryerson

From Buffalo: take any bridge across the Niagara River to the Queen
Elizabeth Way (QEW) towards Toronto. Exit to Yonge Street North. Take
Yonge Street to Gould St. (first lights above Dundas), and turn right.
The first building is Jorgenson Hall. Seminar is on the third floor.

From Montreal: take highway 401 to Toronto, exit to Downtown on the
Don Valley Parkway. Exit at Yonge Street North. Exit to Yonge Street
North. Take Yonge Street to Gould St. (first lights above Dundas), and
turn right. The first building is Jorgenson Hall. Seminar is on the
third floor.

From London: take highway 401 to Toronto, exit to 427 South, then exit
to QEW East.  Exit to Yonge Street North. Take Yonge Street to Gould
St. (first lights above Dundas), and turn right. The first building is
Jorgenson Hall. Seminar is on the third floor.

From North: take highway 400 to Toronto, take highway 401 east to
Avenue Road South. Follow Avenue Road until it becomes University
Avenue. Turn Left at Gerrard Street (one light below College), and
follow Gerrard until it crosses Yonge Street. Ryerson is on the right,
and the seminar is in the building closest to Yonge St., 3rd Floor
(Jorgenson Hall).

Note: the seminar room is wheelchair accessible. Take elevators at
Gerrard St. end of Jorgenson Hall. There are also accessible washrooms.
__________________________________________________________________

Seminar Schedule (subject to change):

9.00-9.30 - Registration. Coffee and muffins will be available
9.30-10:45 - First session of papers
10.45-11.00 - Coffee break
11.00 - 12.30 - Second session of papers
12.30 - 1.30 - Lunch break. Catered in room.
1.30 - 2.45 - Third session of papers
2.45-3.00 - Coffee break
3.00-4.00 - Session on ALTER, Planning for next seminar
4.00-5.00 - Social hour. Cash bar.




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