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1 MobileAccessibility Richard Ladner University of Washington 1

2 What We ll Do Tonight Disabilities Technology Trends MobileAccessibility Project Other Mobile Projects 2

3 Basic Data 650 million people world-wide are disabled 16% of US population to ages 15 to 64 is disabled. 10% of the workforce is disabled 5% of the STEM* workforce is disabled 1% of PhDs in STEM are disabled *STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics 3

4 Demographics US Population Number (in thousands) Percent Number Percent 0 With a disability Difficulty seeing Difficulty hearing Difficulty with speech Difficulty walking/using stairs Learning disability 0 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation,

5 Disabilities Vision Blind Low-Vision Color Blind Hearing Deaf Hard of Hearing Speech Ability to speak Stuttering Mobility Ability to walk Ability to use hands/arms Cognition Dyslexia Short-term memory loss Dementia Multiple Deaf-blindness 5

6 Models of Disability Medical Model Disabled people are patients who need treatment and/or cure. Education Model Disabled youth need special education. Rehabilitation Model Disabled people need assistive technology and training for employment and everyday life. Legal Model Disabled people are citizens who have rights and responsibilities like other citizens. Access to public buildings, voting, television, telephone, and education are some of those rights. Social Model Disabled people are part of the diversity of life, not necessarily in need of treatment and cure. They do need access when possible. 6

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8 What We ll Do Today Disabilities Technology Trends MobileAccessibility Project Other Mobile Projects 8

9 Personal Texting by Deaf People TTY used by deaf people in their homes circa 1970 Modern TTY with built-in acoustic modem SMS texting 9

10 Optical Character Recognition for Blind People Kurzweil Machine Circa 1976 KNFB Reader Mobile 10

11 Speech Recognition for Hands Free Access Mobile Speech Recognition 11

12 Built-in Accessibility Windows 7 Magnifier iphone VoiceOver 12

13 Trend Accessibility Solutions Mobile Mainstream Solutions 13

14 New Trend Standard Programmable Platforms Multi-function Accessibility Solutions on Standard Platforms Laptops, notebooks, phones, are programmable!! 14

15 What We ll Do Today Disabilities Technology Trends MobileAccessibility Project Other Mobile Projects 15

16 MobileAccessibility Bridge to the world for blind, low-vision and deaf-blind people 16

17 Platform Sensors Video camera Microphone GPS Compass Accelerometer Human input Keyboard Touch screen Speech Output Speech Audio Visual Vibration 17

18 Alternative Platforms iphone Windows phone 18

19 Blind Portraits Chandrika Jayant Portrait Vibrate and Speak Find Faces 19

20 Talking Barcode Reader Chandrika Jayant 20

21 Tactile Graphics Josh Scotland, Chandrika Jayant Y = X /21/10 21

22 Appliance Reader Chandrika Jayant, Tom Guo It is 2:35 AM, at 29.8 Celsius, and 73% humidity. 22

23 GoBraille Shiri Azenkot Google Maps Refreshable Braille Display, WiFi Enabled OneBusAway GoBraille Repository 23

24 Capstone Projects From

25 Capstone Projects From 2011 The Phone Wand - Navigating routes using orientation and vibration feedback. Pic2Speech - Custom augmented speech. Street Sign Reader - Reading street signs so you don't have to. WhosHere - Finding out which friends are around you. SwipeSounds - The sound of gestures. Sound Detector - Detecting recognizable sound patterns to alert the user. 25

26 What We ll Do Today Disabilities Technology Trends MobileAccessibility Project Other Mobile Projects 26

27 Ideal Group 27

28 Project Possibility 28

29 Braille Notetakers BrailleNote Braille Sense 29

30 Braillenote with GPS 30

31 DeafBlind Communicator 31

32 VizWiz Bigham, Jayant, (UIST 2010) Take a picture and send it to humans with a recorded question. Pembrook Pointe What does this street sign say? 9/21/10 32

cell phone data network Challenges: Limited network

33 MobileASL Eve Riskin, Jake Wobbrock, ASL communication using video cell phones over current U.S. cell phone data network Challenges: Limited network bandwidth Limited processing power on cell phones Limited battery life Video 33

34 Research User Centered Design Lab studies Control as much as possible Field studies Instrument to log data Experience sampling Diaries Surveys 34

New Approaches to Accessibility. Richard Ladner University of Washington

New Approaches to Accessibility Richard Ladner University of Washington 1 What We ll Do Today Disabilities Technology Trends MobileAccessibility Project Other Mobile Projects 2 Basic Data 650 million people