Profile

Masahiro Umegaki
Accessibility Consultant

Brief History

1962: Born in Maiduru, Kyoto
1987: Graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Tokyo Metropolican University.
2007: Obtained Master degree in Engineering at the graduate school of Electro-Communications (Denki Tushin Daigaku)

Interest

• Universal Design process
• Web accessibility
• Assistive Technology
• Cognitive psychology and human factors
• Human-Computer interaction

Experience

• Joined the WGs developed JIS X8341-3 and -4 as an editor
• Worked for Assistive Technology company as an executive for 3 years
• Developed software and equipments for people with disabilities

Memberships

• Vice-chair of JIS Web accessibility Guidelines WG (WG2).
• Chair of JIS accessibility promotion and evaluation WG (WG3).
• Telecominications accessibility guidelines (JIS X8341-4) WG.
• And joining many social activities.

Education

• A part-time lecturer of Tokyo University of Technology, Kokugakuin University and Tokyo Woman's Christian University.

Presentation

• Capability Survey of Japanese User Agents and Its Impact on Web Accessibility, Takayuki Watanabe and Masahiro Umegaki ,International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A), 2006
• CSUN2007 ICT Accessibility Standardization in Japan: JIS X 8341 and International Contribution (2007/3/22)

Books

• Web Accessibility (translation) | Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance(original)
• Fml Mailing List Management (Japanese)
• An Introduction to a Personal Computer and the Internet for People with Disability and Thier Family (Japanese)
• An introduction to Netscape Communicator4.03J (Japanese)
• Many articles on magazines about the Internet and network technologies.

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