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3rd Generation of AT’s compared to the 1st and 2nd Gen.
Ubiquity and portability of AT’s
Improvements in user-interaction
Main trending topicsR&D
INDEX
Main trending topics1st, 2nd, 3rd Generation
Supporting developers in making accesible applications
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Developers are capable of creating any sort
of application, interaction and user
interface.
Creating accessible applications, and
accessible user interactions. “from scratch”
requires a lot of work.
If the stock user interface components are
accessible applications built with them are
likely accessible
New paradigm in accessibility
Main trending topicsUbiquity and portability of Assistive Technologies
Cloud computing
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2nd generation conceptAdaptation of individual
products and services for a person
3rd generation concept Automatic-personalisation of any mainstream
product or service a user encounters, using cloud technologies to activate and augment any natural (built-in) accessibility the product or service has
based on a profile of the user’s needs
Creation of an user profile that automatically matches mainstream products and services with necessary features and configures them according to users preferences and context of use, anywhere on any device (PC, mobile, smart phone,,…), configuring the content and user interface including the accessibility of the product if needed (run without AT installation or with download and AT installation).
Main trending topicsUbiquity and portability of Assistive Technologies
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Available as on a portable storage device“Accessibility Portable Applications
in the pocket”
Range of free assistive technoologies and other applications that will run from a portable storage device without requiring an installation onto a harddrive.
Examples of what is available:• Firefox Accessibility Extension - Make Firefox
more accessible• On-Screen Keyboard Portable - Easily access an
on-screen keyboard• Virtual Magnifying Glass Portable - A full-featured
screen magnifier• DSpeech is a free screenreader that runs from a
USB drive
Computers can both sense, and react based on their environment. Devices may have information about the circumstances under which they are able to operate and based on rules, or an intelligent stimulus, react accordinglyi.e.:mobile phone
Context awareness
Main trending topicsUbiquity and portability of Assistive Technologies
Human factors related contextinformation on the user, user’s social environment and the user’s tasks
Context related to physical environmentLocation, infrastructure and physical conditions.
Software that can convert spoken words into written text has been available since the early 1980s, Still can’t match the recognition levels of human being
Brain computer interface
Direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device. BCIs are often aimed at assisting, augmenting, or repairing human cognitive or sensory-motor functions.
Voice interaction: next user interface?
Main trending topicsImprovements in user-interaction
Live direct or an indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9IKPvsjVo&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIGH5WGMnbs
Possibilities of Aumented Reality in a mobile phone
Main trending topicsR&D
Thanks for your attention!
Estíbaliz Ochoa [email protected]
Fundación Vodafone EspañaMadrid, Spain
Main trending topicsR&D