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Accessibility:
Moving Mobiles Forward
AEGIS International Conference
Sevilla, ES October 2010
Greg Fields
Senior Accessibility Product Manager
Research In Motion
Session Contents
• Trends in Mobile
• Accessibility Issues
• Mobile Accessibility
• Moving Mobile Accessibility Forward
• Questions
Trends in Mobile
Mobile Phone Adoption
Adoption by Gender
Mobile Top 10
Handsets Sold (August ’10)
• Apple iPhone
• Motorola Droid
• BlackBerry Curve
• Samsung Freeform
• Samsung Messenger
• HTC Droid Incredible
• Sanyo Incognito
• BlackBerry Bold
• HTC MyTouch Magic
• Motorola Clutch
Manufacturers (August ’10)
• Apple
• Samsung
• Motorola
• RIM
• LG
• HTC
• Nokia
• Sony
• Sanyo
• Sony Ericsson
Mobile Phone Categories
Smartphone Platforms
Developer Platform Usage
Top 10 Usage Categories
1. Games
2. Social Networking
3. Music
4. Weather
5. News & Current Events
6. Sports
7. Entertainment
8. Shopping & Retail
9. Education & Employment
10.Home & Family
Mobile Internet Usage
Areas of Future Interest
Summary
• Everyone has a mobile
• No substantial gender inequity
• Mobile are used everyday
• Sales of smartphones outpaces other
mobiles
• 96% of smartphone platforms from 4
vendors
• There’s an app for everything
Accessibility Issues
General Access Issues
• Cost
• Availability
• Interoperability
• Complexity
• Awareness
• Sales & Support
Additional Access Issues
• Internet Accessibility
• Buying/Paying for Goods and Services
• Kiosk Accessibility
• Access to Content & Information
• Mainstream Awareness
• Physical Access
Summary
• Nothing new
• Obstacles, issues and “pain points” are
now applied to mobile
Mobile Accessibility
Required Infrastructure
• Embedded Platform Access
• Programmatic Platform Access
• Developer Tools
• 3rd Party Application Ecosystem
• 3rd Party Assistive Technology Ecosystem
Infrastructure in Mobile
Apple iPhone Motorola Droid BlackBerry Curve
Samsung Freeform
Samsung Messenger
HTC Droid Incredible
Sanyo Incognito
BlackBerry Bold
HTC MyTouch Motorola Cluth
Embedded Platform Access
Y Y Y N N Y N Y Y N
Programmatic Access
Y Y Y N N Y N Y Y N
Developer Tools
Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N
Apps Ecosystem
Y Y Y PARTIAL Y Y PARTIAL Y Y PARTIAL
AT Ecosystem Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N
Browser Access
• Desktop web access solutions coming to mobile phone browsers
- WAI ARIA
- HTML 5
- Alignment with platform Accessibility API
- Accessible Web UI libraries
• Found on all 4 top smartphone platforms
• Not found on Feature Phones
Summary
• All 4 smartphone platform vendor solutions
can support mobile access
• Cost, availability of access solutions differ
by smartphone platform
• Web UI library access lacking
• Feature phone lacking access
infrastructure
Moving Mobile
Accessibility Forward
1. Feature Phone Access
• Provide Embedded Platform Access (TTS,
Accessible UI libraries, ASR, etc.)
• Provide Programmatic Access
(Accessibility API, etc.)
• Provide Sample AT (Screen Reader, RTT)
• Provide Development Guide, sample app
source, etc to maximise learning
2. Smartphone Access
• Provide Embedded Platform Access (TTS,
ASR)
• Provide Accessible Web UI libraries
(JQuery Mobile, JQuery Touch, etc.)
• Provide Sample AT (Screen Reader, RTT,
AAC, etc.)
• Provide sample app source
Relation to AEGIS
• J2ME Accessibility Efforts - TTS,
Accessible UI libraries, Accessibility API,
Screen Reader, RTT application
• Smartphone Accessibility Efforts - TTS,
Screen Reader, RTT & AAC applications
Thank You
Your time is very much appreciated. Are there
any questions?
Greg Fields
Bibliography/Resources
• AQKA & DotMobile - Mobile Internet Usage and Attitudes Study, May
2008
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers Italian Telecom Study 2006
• ITU Telecommunications Adoption, 2009
• Millenial Media, Mobile Mix Research Index, July, August 2010
• Telecoms, IP Networks and Digital Media, Research and Markets Adds
Value, Germany Report, 2009
• Cellular News, Vodafone Quarterly Sales Report, 2009
• Network World, Worldwide Mobile Phone Adoption Report, 2009