These are the slides from this presentation: FSCONS 2011 - From the track: Universal Design — Aiming for Accessibility Presentation by Mats Lundälv The AEGIS project applies a comprehensive and holistic framework approach to providing generalised access to mainstream ICT. It focusses on contributing to infrastructures and open standards to support developers in delivering accessible solutions. The ambitions cover rich Internet applications and mobile devices, in addition to the desktop, as well as a wide range of impairing conditions. This session will outline where AEGIS currently stands when entering the final fourth year of the project period. The Open Accessibility Framework (OAF) will be presented, as well as the range of components and sample applications that are being developed, most of them free and open source. Short demos will be given of the local Swedish developments in the area of multi-modal language support – helping to communicate, read and write with the help of the Concept Coding Framework (CCF) and graphic symbol representatio

1. … about the AEGIS project
current status and ahead ...
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2. AEGIS-projektet
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What AEGIS is:
◊ Short about the background
◊ Project aims
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Where we stand today:
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Exemples of achievements
◊ What's in the pipe until the closure Sept 2012
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Perspectives ahead
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Resources - links
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3. ÆGIS:
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4. Some background:
• ICT is coming into all aspects of modern life
– Partly and for some this may be perceived as
progress
– In parts and for others it may be a pain
• For many of us – including those of us who
will live long enough to be elderly – some
choices concerning accessibility will greatly
influence whether this ICT invasion of our lives
will be a curse or a blessing.
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5. e-Inclusion
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) play an essential role
in supporting daily life in today's digital society. They are used at work, to
stay in touch with family, to deal with public services as well as to take
part in culture, entertainment, leisure and political dialogues.
e-Inclusion aims to achieve that "no one is left behind" in enjoying
the benefits of ICT. e-Inclusion means both inclusive ICT and the use of
ICT to achieve wider inclusion objectives. It focuses on participation of all
individuals and communities in all aspects of the information society.
e-Inclusion policy, therefore, aims at reducing gaps in ICT usage and
promoting the use of ICT to overcome exclusion, and improve economic
performance, employment opportunities, quality of life, social participation
and cohesion.
European e-inclusion policy
e-inclusion features prominently in the Digital Agenda for Europe adopted
by the European Commission in May 2010.
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/einclusion/
http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/digital-agenda/
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6. •The challenge:
(freely after Gregg Vanderheiden RtF - GPII)
• To keep up with the accelerating general ICT
development – which we all are increasingly
depending on for our daily lifes
• How to offer reasonable access for all who
encounter obstacles due to disability, reading and
writing difficulties, aging etc.
– i.e. for many more than we've done so far (10-20x+)
– wider range of abilities/disabilities and needs to be
covered than traditionally
… and to manage this within available budgets !
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7. ÆGIS aims to contribute by:
• Develop building blocks for accessibility
• Building on previous achievements and concurrent
efforts for access to desktop environment – now also
for Internet services mobile devices and services
• Researching how to build a foundation – an OAF –
“Open Accessibility Framework” – facilitating for
mainstream developers to bring out products that
work better for people with disabilities
• Contributing to a free/open infrastructure for a11y
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8. ... development & use ...
Development and execution of software – on the desktop, the Internet, the mobile
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9. ”open” and ”free” – what does it mean
in this context?
• That tools – both for developers and users are
free to access and share widely and freely,
build in from the start, and be available for
more users
• That the knowledge about how to make ICT
more accessibility can be spread freely – open
and free standards, software and resources
• That the floor for access can be raised – and
also reach to where resources are scarce
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10. Exemples of what's been and is done
- in general :
User Centered Development:
• AEGIS “personas” (currently around 16 )
– Cognition
– Hearing
– Vision
– Mobility
– Communication
– Developers
www.aegis-project.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=53
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11. Exemples of what's been and is done
- the desktop environment (1):
• Contributions to basic accessibility in Unix/GNU-Linux
• Accessibility in Open/LibreOffice (cross-platform)
• A few complementary things for Windows
– Nothing specifically for Mac OS X
• e.g:
– Magnification in Gnome 3.x – GnomeShell Magnifier
– Alternative input/control (Dasher, Caribou, OpenGazer, SAW)
– DAISY-books and Braille in/by Open/LibreOffice
– Graphic symbol support in Open/LibreOffice Writer
– etc
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12. Exemples of what's been and is done
- the desktop environment (2) :
Symbol support in OpenOffice/LibreOffice Writer
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13. Exemples of what's been and is done
- Rich Internet Applications :
Toolkits for building accessible web services ...
• Jqueery, Fluid Infusion, MooTools
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14. Exemples of what's been and is done
- for mobile devices (1) :
Framework for accessibility (Java)
...
… sample AT software:
• Accessible Contact Manager
– for Android
– For Java
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15. Exemples of what's been and is done
- for mobile devices (2) :
… more sample software:
• Tecla Access - for Android
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16. Exemples of what's been and is done
- for mobile devices (3) :
… more sample software:
• Dasher - for Android och iPhone
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17. Exemples of what's been and is done
- for mobile devices (4) :
… more sample software:
• AAC with CCF Symbol support - Android
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18. Future Perspectives
• Development will continue until e.o.p. Sept. 2012
– For a last pilot tests mid spring 2012
– Final adjustments and wider dessimination
– Shows – demos during late spring 2012
• Work will be continued and followed up after the project:
– … continued contributions for open standards
– … follow-up projects in different areas
– … hopefully spreading over into a range of activities
for free software, in research, companies and other
entities in the private and public sectors.
–
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19. ÆGIS related links
- AEGIS Accessibility Personas
- http://www.accessiblemootoolsdemo.iao.fraunhofer.de/Mootools_Widgets/
- http://access.aol.com/aegis/
- www.fluidproject.org/products/infusion/
- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/theofanis1999
- www.droiddraw.org
www.aegis-project.eu - Dasher for Android (and iPhone and Windows ...)
- www.oaeg.eu https://market.android.com/details?id=dasher.android
- Accessible Contact Manager
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.aegis_project.android.ContactManager
www.raisingthefloor.net - Tecla Access
http://gpii.org https://market.android.com/details?id=ca.idi.tekla&hl=sv
- eSpeak - Android: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.marvin.espeak&hl=sv
http://projects.gnome.org/accessibility - http://odt2daisy.sourceforge.net/
- http://odt2braille.sourceforge.net/
www.oatsoft.org - http://sourceforge.net/p/accessodf/
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Magnification
- http://live.gnome.org/Caribou
www.dart-gbg.org
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