Thought this may be of interest to programmers on these lists. Jamal -----Forwarded Message----- From: sec508-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sec508-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gregg Vanderheiden Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 6:01 PM To: Sec508 Subject: [SEC508] AOL is running a TopCoder contest to create accessible applications (web or otherwise). Announcement: Just wanted to let all the developers on this list know that AOL is running a TopCoder contest to create accessible applications (web or otherwise). There are several phases to the contest starting out with a $7500 idea generation step and $100,000 in prize money associated with the entire competition. Finalists receive an all-expense paid trip to the TopCoder Open Event in Las Vegas in June. Deadline for the idea stage is 5PM EST Tuesday so if you're interested please take a poke at sensations.aol.com This site will announce future phases of the contest. The AOL TopCoder accessibility challenge will leverage AOL's open technology framework and the TopCoder developer community to promote the design of accessible Internet applications. The final product of this collaboration could be a prototype or deployable application that broadens use of popular Internet features (e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, etc.) by a segment of the disability community. Aside from the actual development, the awareness this initiative will bring to mainstream developers is perhaps its biggest area of impact. To be eligible, participants must complete the registration. Information and registration links are available on the Sensations challenge site. Feel free to share this info with other relevant listserves. Gregg ----------------------- Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. Director Trace R&D Center Professor Ind and Biomed Engr University of Wisconsin-Madison _______________________________________________ SEC508 mailing list SEC508@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://trace.wisc.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/sec508 __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts