Creating A Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (Cloud4all & Gpii)

Gregg Vanderheiden Jutta Treviranus Jose Angel Martinez Evangelos Bekiaris Maria Gemou AEGIS Conference Brussels 2011

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The Problem(s)

Internet will no longer be optional yet many can not access or use it 1.Access solutions dont exist for everyone 2.Current solutions wont work for all of the new technologies emerging

3.Access solutions are too complex

4.Access solutions are hard to find & find out about 5.Many cant afford the high cost of access solutions they need

In addition people need access to all the computers they encounter, at work, home, community, etc. Not just one that is set up for them somewhere.

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In order to address these problems we need to

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Make it easier for people to find out that things EXIST that could help them - and to find out exactly what would help them. Make it possible to make everything they approach change into a form they can use. Any device. Anywhere. Anytime. Make it possible to get Assistance on Demand anywhere, anytime. Make it simpler and less expensive -- for libraries, public access points, companies, schools, and individuals. Make it cost less to for companies to Develop, Build, Market, Support new assistive technologies and services.

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What would a Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure Look Like

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What if we had Auto-Personalization

Interfaces that automatically change into a form that users can understand and use
Built in features combined with Network based and Downloadable AT

Content that automatically comes, or is changed into, a form that people can understand and use

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Each person can set things up so that things are the way they want them to be -- automatically
For a person with low vision everything they walk up to could automatically have large print For blind users everything you approach could talk For users who are deaf captions could appear anytime there was voice For people with physical disabilities interfaces could have large buttons and require no fine motions For people with cognitive disabilities, or people who dont know or like tech interfaces could change to simpler interfaces
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Not just classic disabilities

Digital literacy
For those not familiar with newer technologies could have interface present themselves that are base on what they already know for the non-technical world Anyone who has trouble reading something for any reason could use anything by just pointing to the text they want and have it read to them and learn to read in the process If content is not presented in ones native language it could automatically convert to their language (or both languages if they want to learn the other)

Literacy

Language

Cultural
Have it presented in a form the person understands and is comfortable with.

Or any combinations of the above at the users preference and choice.

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Components of GPII and the CLOUD4all Project Focus

Will something help me? What?

User Awareness
Users find out something exists for them.

Eval Wizard
Users can find out which types of things help them

Pref & Perm Profile/Server

Users cam store need &preference info for later use

GPII Marketplace
Find all existing solutions, at once commercial & free

Shopping Aide
Users can use profile to find just what helps them

Getting access automatically, anywhere, on any device

Run-Time Fitter
Prefs, permissions and context used to determine best fit

Anywhere Delivery
Any access features needed for fit are delivered anywhere

Run-time Tailor
Built-in + any delivered AT are auto-adjusted

Auto Caption Description +

Automatically finds captions/descriptions etc. for user

Assistance On Demand
User can call up any assistance any-where

Tools to make it easier, lower-cost to create & market new solutions

Development Tools/Environ
Developers have a rich development environment for AT

Parts Store
Free & commercial parts to speed dev and lower costs

Rich Expertise Resource

Experts, consumers, testers etc to help new developers

AOD Service Infrastructure

Infrastructure to make it easy to provide AOD service

GPII Marketplace
Developers can quickly, efficiently market worldwide

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Components of GPII and the CLOUD4all Project Focus

Will something help me? What?

User Awareness
Users find out something exists for them.

Eval Wizard
Users can find out which types of things help them

Pref & Perm Profile/Server

Users cam store need &preference info for later use

GPII Marketplace
Find all existing solutions, at once commercial & free

Shopping Aide
Users can use profile to find just what helps them

Getting help automatically anywhere on any device

Run-Time Fitter
Prefs, permissions and context used to determine best fit

Anywhere Delivery
Any access features needed for fit delivered anywhere

Run-time Tailor
Built-in + any delivered are auto-adjusted

Auto Caption Description +

Automatically finds captions/descriptions etc. for user

Assistance On Demand
User can call up any assistance any-where

Tools to make it easier, lower-cost to create & market new solutions

Development Tools/Environ
Developers have a rich development environment for AT

Parts Store
Free & commercial parts to speed dev and lower costs

Rich Expertise Resource

Infrastructure to make it easy to provide AOD service

AOD Service Infrastructure

Infrastructure to make it easy to provide AOD service

GPII Marketplace
Developers can quickly, efficiently market worldwide

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Auto Personalization of GPII and CLOUD4All

Personal Preference Capture

Pref Storage

Xlate

ICT Data

Fitter

Anywhere Anywhere Solution Delivery Delivery

Tailor

WWW

User ID

ICT

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Elements can be in the Cloud or in your Pocket

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In Closing With the CLOUD4All and GPII

We have an unprecedented opportunity to change accessibility in very fundamental ways make it cost less to develop and deploy and reach more people (we currently get to 15% or so) and serve disabilities and aging groups we don't now

We also have a chance to build access that will work with the new technologies that are coming (that won't work with many of our current access strategies)
Finally, we have the opportunity to build something that can be replicated locally in other countries countries that don't have good access technologies or infrastructure allowing them to provide their own full range of access solutions by working with GPII and AT vendors to localize solutions from the GPII (public and commercial) and making them available in their countries via the GPII.
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Thank You

The contents of this presentation were developed in part with funding from the European Commission under FP7 Grant # 289016 and from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, U.S. Department of Education, grant number H133E090001. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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