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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Deadline extension - Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) on Speech and Language Interaction for Daily Assistive Technology (SLPAT)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-autospace:none'><i><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Guest Editors: François Portet, Frank Rudzicz, Jan Alexandersson, Heidi Christensen<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Please note that to accommodate other recent calls for papers, we are extending the deadline for full paper submission to the ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS) Special Issue on Speech and Language Interaction for Daily Assistive Technology. We are also adjusting the response to authors deadline. The new dates are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>è</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> Full paper submission: <b>28th April 2014 </b></span><b><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>ç</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Response to authors: 14th July 2014<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Revised submission deadline: 31st August 2014<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Notification of acceptance: 31st October 2014<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Final manuscripts due: 30th November 2014<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Submission process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Contributions must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere, although substantial extensions of conference or workshop papers will be considered. as long as they adhere to ACM's minimum standards regarding prior publication (<a href="http://www.acm.org/pubs/sim_submissions.html">http://www.acm.org/pubs/sim_submissions.html</a>). Studies involving experimentations with real target users will be appreciated. All submissions have to be prepared according to the Guide for Authors as published in the Journal website at <a href="http://www.rit.edu/gccis/taccess/">http://www.rit.edu/gccis/taccess/</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>o<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Submissions should follow the journal's suggested writing format (<a href="http://www.gccis.rit.edu/taccess/authors.html"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.gccis.rit.edu/taccess/authors.html</span></a>) and should be submitted through Manuscript Central <a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/taccess"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/taccess</span></a> , indicating that the paper is intended for the Special Issue. All papers will be subject to the peer review process and final decisions regarding publication will be based on this review.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Topics of interest for submission to this special issue include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Speech, natural language and multimodal interfaces designed for people with physical or cognitive impairments <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Applications of speech and NLP technology (automatic speech recognition, synthesis, dialogue, natural language generation) for AT applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Novel modeling and machine learning approaches for AT applications <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Long-term adaptation of speech/NLP based AT system to user's change <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>User studies, overview of speech/NLP technology for AT: understanding the user's needs and future speech and language based technologies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Understanding, modeling and recognition of aged or disordered speech <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Speech analysis and diagnosis: automatic recognition and detection of speech pathologies and speech capability loss <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Speech-based distress recognition <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Automated processing of symbol languages, sign language and nonverbal communication including translation systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Text and audio processing for improved comprehension and intelligibility, e.g., sentence simplification or text-to-speech <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Evaluation methodology of systems and components in the lab and in the wild. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Resources; corpora and annotation schemes <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-CA style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Other topics in AAC, AAL, and AT <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Frank Rudzicz, PhD<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Scientist, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Assistant professor, Department of Computer Science,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> University of Toronto;<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Thotra Incorporated<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Website: <a href="http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~frank</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Phone (office) : 416 597 3422 x7971 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>|| Fax : 416 597 3031<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>