Jan Engelen
Afdeling ESAT - SCD: SISTA/COSIC/DOCARCH, Kasteelpark Arenberg 10 - bus 2442, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Tel: +32 16 321123; Fax: +32 16 321986
Email: Jan.Engelen@esat.kuleuven.be
Web: www.braillekrant.be/; www.docarch.be/
Interests
Jan Engelen's research interests include: Assistive technology/ technology for supporting persons with a reading impairment; Website accessibility; Design for all / universal design and Standardisation (European and international) of assistive technology, computer interfacing and design for all.
Current projects
Digikrant: Accessible Flemish Daily Newspapers
USer EMpowerment in Standardisation
Publications
Engelen, J. (2008) Nieuwe Trends rond Audioboeken. InfoVisie Magazine, 22(1), 18-24, March.
Kemppainen, E., Bringsrud, K. A., Engelen, J., Giovannini, C., Shipley, T. & Yamada, H. (2008) Standardisation and legislation with regard to ambient intelligence and accessibility. [accessed 01/04/08].
Bernareggi, C., Strobbe, C. & Engelen, J. (2007) @Science: a thematic network on access to scientific digital resources for visually impaired students. Proceedings of HCI International 2007: Posters, Beijing, 22-27 July 2007, 221-223.
Engelen, J. (2007) Standardisation of assistive devices and design for all solutions. In: Sapio, B. & Turk, T. eds. Proceedings of the COST298 conference The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected: The user and the future of information and communication technologies, Moscow, May 2007.
Engelen, J. & Strobbe, C. (2007) The Open Document format and its impact on accessibility for persons with a reading impairment. In: Chan, L. & Martens, B. eds. Openness in digital publishing: awareness, discovery and access. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Vienna. Vienna: ÖKK Editions. pp. 85-90.
Berden, J. Van Houdt, S. & Engelen, J. (2005) Interface: web-based application for registration and processing of information about care needs of elderly in home care and institutions. Proceedings of the 9th ICCC International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Leuven, June 2005.
Engelen, J. (2005) eAccessibility: update on the Standardisation efforts", Contribution to "DfA in the European Information Society - Status Workshop" at 8th European conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, France, 8 September 2005.
Engelen, J. (2005) Status on standardisation related to DfA, Contribution to "DfA in the European Information Society - Status Workshop" at 8th European conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, France, 8 September 2005.
Engelen, J. & Emiliani, P-L. (2005) eAccessibility legislation and policy: the role of standardisation, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 22-27 July 2005.
Paepen, B. & Engelen, J. (2005) "Braillekrant" and "DiGiKrant": a daily newspaper for visually disabled readers. Proceedings of the 9th ICCC International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Leuven, June 2005.
Paepen, B. & Engelen, J. (2005) OmniPaper Smart Information Retrieval Prototype. Proceedings of the 9th ICCC International Conference on Electronic Publishing, Leuven, June 2005.
Van Hees, K. & Engelen, J. (2005) Abstract UIs as a long term solution for non-visual access to GUIs. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 22-27 July 2005.
Van Hees, K. & Engelen, J. (2005) Abstracting the graphical user interface for non-visual access. Assistive technology from virtuality to reality: 8th European conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, France, 6-9 September 2005.
Van den Breede, G. & Engelen, J. (2004) The meaning of GPS for visually impaired people. CVHI 2004: State-of-the-art and New Challenges?, 3rd Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technologies for Vision and Hearing Impairment, Spain, 29 June- 2 July 2004.
Engelen, J. (ed) (2002) Proceedings of Seminar on how new technology can be of benefit to society and especially to people with disabilities, Brussels, 6 November 2002.
Engelen, J. & Burger, D. (2002) Electronic and virtual libraries: access for print disabled people. Proceedings of the ICCHP Conference Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Austria, July 2002.
Paepen, B. & Engelen, J. (2002) Using XML as a reading enabler for visually impaired persons. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J. & Zagler, W. eds. ICCHP 2002, LNCS 2398. pp. 382-389.
Petrie, H., Colwell, C., Engelen, J. & Evenepoel, F. (1999) Access to the World Wide Web for disabled persons. In: Buhler, C. & Knops, H. eds. Assistive Technology on the Threshold of the New Millennium.