Yoshikazu Seki

Self-introduction

Membership

Present

• A member of The Acoustical Society of Japan
• A member of Information Processing Society of Japan
• A member of Japanese Association for an Inclusive Society (in Japanese)
• A member of Japanese Association of Rehabilitation for the Visually Impaired (in Japanese)
• A member of Rehabilitation Engineering Society of Japan
• President and Secretary of Association of Sensory Substitution
• A part-time instructor of The College of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities, Japan
• A member of Committee on Barrier-Free Guidelines for Public Transportation, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (in Japanese)
• Japanese Vice Head of Delegation of ISO/IEC JTC 1
• Japanese Secretary of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35
• Secretary of IEC TC 3/SC 3C
• Project Editor of ISO/IEC 20931 (Serviced offices)

Past

• Project Editor of ISO/IEC TR 18720:2024 (Serviced offices) (2022-2024)
• Project Editor of ISO/IEC 20071-5:2022 (Revision of ISO/IEC 24786:2009 Accessibility settings) (2019-2022)
• Japanese Head of Delegation of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35 (2013-2022)
• Project Editor of ISO/IEC 30122 Series (Voice commnands) (2010-2017)
• Project Leader of ISO 19029:2016 (Auditory guiding signals) (2013-2016)
• A member of Committee on Barrier-Free Guidelines for Public Transportation, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (in Japanese) (2012〜2013)
• A member of JSA/INSTAC Information Accessibility Committee (in Japanese) (-2010)
• Convenor of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35/OWG-VC (Voice command) (2009-2010)
• Project Editor of ISO/IEC 24786:2009 (Accessibility settings) (2006-2009)
• A member of IT Barrier-Free Project (2003-2007)
• A member of Committee on Barrier-Free Guidelines for Public Transportation, Ministry of Transportation (in Japanese) (2001-2002)
• A menber of Editing Committee, Rehabilitation Engineering Society of JAPAN (1999〜2001)
• Project Director of JST RISTEX R&D Project. (2014〜2017)

Distribution

• Auditory Orientation Training System

  Introduction of Auditory Orientation Training System. The software is distributed free of charge.

• Sound Field for Obstacle Perception Training

  Introduction of Sound Field for Obstacle Perception Training. The sound data are distributed free of charge.

What's new?

• April 1, 2024

  Self-introduction was updated (phone number changed).

• January 25, 2024

  ISO/IEC TR 18720:2024 was published on January 25, 2024.

• December 5, 2023

  Self-introduction was updated.

• November 15, 2023

  New standard for web accessibility WCAG 2.2 was applied.

• October 8, 2023

  The Homepage that is in conformity to the AIST standard design was established.

• April 11, 2023

  10th Anniversary of Wide-Range Auditory Orientation Training System (WR-AOTS™).

• October 23, 2022

  Paper of Auditory Kinesthesis was published. The page of References was updated.

• July 1, 2022

  Self-introduction was updated.

• May 12, 2022

  Standardization of Accessibility was updated. ISO/IEC 20071-5 were published in May, 2022.

• January 20, 2021

  The Japanese standards for voice commands JIS X 9305-2 and JIS X 9305-3 were published on January 20, 2021.

• October 1, 2020

  The Standardization Award 2020 was given from Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. (In Japanese)

• August 31, 2020

  Page of Mobility Assist was updated.

• May 30, 2019

  Page of Employment support was newly released. Page of Standardization of Accessibility was updated.

• January 1, 2019

  New standard for web accessibility WCAG 2.1 was applied.

• December 19, 2018

  The Japanese standard for voice commands JIS X 9305-1 was published on November 20, 2018.

• May 16, 2016

  The updated version of Wide-Range Auditory Orientation Training System WR-AOTS™ Ver. 2.10 was released.