Design for Adaptive Content Processing: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

The Special Thematic Session (STS) on Design for Adaptive Content Processing (ACP) is intended to provide a focus for different but related activities that can be described as having an emphasis on the design process rather than the end product of that process. The European Accessible Information Network (EUAIN) was established to bring together the different stakeholders in the accessible content processing chain and to build on common concerns. The parallel PRO-ACCESS project sought to build on this work and provide ISO 9001 industry-faced guidelines. The mainstreaming of adaptive content processing has also been given an added spur at a European level with the establishment of a high-level stakeholders group which is examining the needs of print impaired people and significantly increasing the current levels of provision.