[Chapter-delegates] Arnoud van Wijk leaving ISOC HQ

[Sivasubramanian Muthusamy]

Hello Arnoud

Real Time Text looks and feels like a promising invention, not only of use
to those who are deaf or hard of hearing, but would be a technology that
would appeal to everyone. The idea of "Total Conversation" is appealing,
especially as a technology useful in conferences and meetings.

Congratulations on this achievement as part of R3TF and wish you all the
best in your new role as the Director of R3TF.


Sivasubramanian Muthusamy
http://www.isocmadras.com




On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Arnoud van Wijk
<arnoud at realtimetext.org>wrote:

> Dear Chapters.
>
> I have for almost 2 years worked with ISOC as a coordinator for disability
> projects. It has indeed been an interesting and great time. I have met
> several of you in person. And I have been working together with several ISOC
> Chapters as well e.g. ISOC-Argentina, ISOC-Australia, ISOC-Colombia and the
> Disability and Special Needs Chapter.
> One of my biggest activities with ISOC has and is the Real-Time Text
> Taskforce (R3TF), www.realtimetext.org. It started as a project incubated
> by ISOC. The focus in the beginning was mainly on standards. With the
> Real-Time Text standards now in place (RFC4103 and ITU T. 140), the focus
> will now move towards:
>
> • Implementing Real-Time Text (RTT)
> • Promoting interoperability of the different RTT systems and services and
> • Expanding creating awareness of RTT towards the industry, organizations,
> end-users and governments.
>
> To pursue these goals, I am pleased to share with you that the R3TF has
> been established as an independent organisation to provide an open forum for
> engineers, experts, motivated individuals, companies and organisations who
> want to help to test, implement, and advance the wide-spread adoption of
> Real-Time Text (RTT). As an international non-profit foundation based in the
> Netherlands it will have additional flexibility to pursue its mission. I am
> also pleased to share that I will take the position as the Director of the
> R3TF.
>
> As a result, I regret that my role as Disability Project Coordinator will
> not be possible anymore. But I am glad to see that the awareness of an
> accessible Internet is high within ISOC and with the continued work of the
> Chapters I am sure it will continue to be so! And without the support of
> ISOC, the R3TF would not have happened. Together, we can continue to grow
> and develop the R3TF to become a significant actor in the Accessibility and
> ICT field.
>
> I enjoyed working with you and I really want to continue being involved
> with the ISOC community involved in disabilities work as an ISOC member. I
> would, of course, be particularly happy to discuss with you issues related
> to Real-Time Text and to have your participation in R3TF activities. Other
> Disability work is possible with me via my own consulting company
> GreenGiraffe.
> I am still looking how I can stay in touch with all of you and I am open to
> your suggestions and advice. In the meantime, I wish all of you the best and
> look forward to talking with you all again soon.
> You can always e-mail me at arnoud at realtimetext.org and feel free to ask
> me anything about the R3TF or to discuss possibilities with me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnoud van Wijk
> Director
> Real-Time Text Taskforce
> http://www.realtimetext.org/
>
> PS You can still find me on the chapters-disability-nexus mailing list,
> where I will contribute as an individual ISOC member.
> http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/chapters-disability-nexus
>
>
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