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© 2010 Trace Center - University of Wisconsin -Madison

Creating A Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure (Cloud4all & Gpii)

Gregg Vanderheiden

Jutta Treviranus

Jose Angel Martinez

Evangelos Bekiaris

Maria Gemou

AEGIS Conference

Brussels 2011


The Problem(s)

Internet will no longer be optional – yet many can not access or use it

1.Access solutions don’t exist for everyone

2.Current solutions won’t 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 can’t 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.


In order to address these problems we need to

1. Make it easier for people to find out that things EXIST that could help

them - and to find out exactly what would help them.

2. Make it possible to make everything they approach change into a form

they can use. Any device. Anywhere. Anytime.

3. Make it possible to get Assistance on Demand anywhere, anytime.

4. Make it simpler and less expensive -- for libraries, public access

points, companies, schools, and individuals.

5. 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


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 don’t 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

Literacy

• 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

Language

• If content is not presented in one’s native language – it could automatically

convert to their language (or both languages if they want to learn the other)

Cultural

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

Or any combinations of the above

– at the user’s preference and choice.

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Components of GPII

and the CLOUD4all Project Focus

Will something

help me?

What?

Getting access

automatically,

anywhere, on any

device

Tools to make it

easier, lower-cost

to create & market

new solutions

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User

Awareness

Eval

Wizard

Shopping

Aide

Pref & Perm

Profile/Server

GPII

Marketplace

Run-Time

Fitter

Anywhere

Delivery

Auto Caption

Description +

Assistance

On Demand

Development

Tools/Environ

GPII

Marketplace

AOD Service

Infrastructure

Parts

Store

Users find out

something exists

for them.

Users can find out

which types of

things help them

Users cam store

need &preference

info for later use

Find all existing

solutions, at once

commercial & free

Users can use

profile to find just

what helps them

Prefs, permissions

and context used to

determine best fit

Any access features

needed for fit are

delivered anywhere

Automatically finds

captions/descriptions

etc. for user

User can call up

any assistance

any-where

Developers have a

rich development

environment for AT

Free & commercial

parts to speed dev

and lower costs

Infrastructure to

make it easy to

provide AOD service

Developers can

quickly, efficiently

market worldwide

Rich Expertise

Resource

Experts, consumers,

testers etc to help

new developers

Run-time

Tailor

Built-in + any

delivered AT are

auto-adjusted


Components of GPII

and the CLOUD4all Project Focus

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User

Awareness

Eval

Wizard

Shopping

Aide

Pref & Perm

Profile/Server

GPII

Marketplace

Run-Time

Fitter

Run-time

Tailor

Auto Caption

Description +

Assistance

On Demand

Development

Tools/Environ

GPII

Marketplace

AOD Service

Infrastructure

Users find out

something exists

for them.

Users can find out

which types of

things help them

Users cam store

need &preference

info for later use

Find all existing

solutions, at once

commercial & free

Users can use

profile to find just

what helps them

Prefs, permissions

and context used to

determine best fit

Built-in + any

delivered are

auto-adjusted

Automatically finds

captions/descriptions

etc. for user

User can call up

any assistance

any-where

Developers have a

rich development

environment for AT

Infrastructure to

make it easy to

provide AOD service

Developers can

quickly, efficiently

market worldwide

Will something

help me?

What?

Getting help

automatically

anywhere on any

device

Tools to make it

easier, lower-cost

to create & market

new solutions

Parts

Store

Free & commercial

parts to speed dev

and lower costs

Anywhere

Delivery

Any access features

needed for fit

delivered anywhere

Rich Expertise

Resource

Infrastructure to

make it easy to

provide AOD service


Auto Personalization of GPII and CLOUD4All

Tailor

ICTUser ID

PrefStorage

Xlate

Fitter

ICT Data

Anywhere

Delivery

WWW

Personal Preference

Capture

Anywhere

Solution

Delivery

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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

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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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