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Enabling Technology

Enabling Technology. Gary Bishop gb@cs.unc.edu. Enabling Technology. Technology that mitigates a disability Geeks making the world a bit better. Who needs it?. 10 million blind and visually impaired in the U.S. (>50% older than 65) 552,000 profoundly deaf

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Enabling Technology

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  1. Enabling Technology Gary Bishop gb@cs.unc.edu

  2. Enabling Technology • Technology that mitigates a disability • Geeks making the world a bit better

  3. Who needs it? • 10 million blind and visually impaired in the U.S. (>50% older than 65) • 552,000 profoundly deaf • 25 million have difficulty hearing • 1.6 million wheelchair users • 800,000 switch users • 300,000 severely learning disabled • 1.75 million mildly learning disabled • 3 million stutters

  4. How does it impact you? • Your parents, grandparents, and kids • Your employees, co-workers, and students • Your friends • You: “A minority you can join at any time”

  5. Kids and computers • Q: What do many visually impaired children do while their sighted peers go to computer lab?

  6. Kids and computers • Q: What do many visually impaired children do while their sighted peers go to computer lab? • A: Nothing! But why?!

  7. Hark the Sound (of Tar Heel Voices)

  8. Braille Twister

  9. Sonic Zoom

  10. More Games • Whack-It • Pad Play • Typing Tutor • Mazes • Street Crossing • DDR

  11. Computer access • Q: How do many blind people use modern computer software?

  12. Computer access • Q: How do many blind people use modern computer software? • A: With a screen reader. But is that good enough?

  13. Screen reader problems • Where am I? • Where can I go from here? • How do I get there from here? • What's under my cursor? • What just happened?

  14. Clique • Conversation • Non-speech sounds • Multiple voices • 3D audio

  15. Stuttering • Q: What does computer technology have to do with stuttering?

  16. Stuttering • Q: What does computer technology have to do with stuttering? • A: Check out this amazing work at ECU! http://www.speecheasy.com/

  17. Accessible Maps

  18. Accessible Maps • Previous work display WHERE things are • Passively listen as map is scanned • Move a cursor, hear what is nearby • User discovers RELATIONSHIPS • Suppose we display RELATIONSHIPS? • One web-page for each place • Links to pages for nearby places

  19. How about this? Sitterson Hall: Home of the department of computer science. You are facing west on the west side of Sitterson near the bus stop on Columbia street. Links: • Carolina Inn is west across Columbia. • Turning right, Peabody hall is north on Columbia. • Phillips hall behind you to the north east across a parking lot. • Turning left, ROTC is south on Columbia.

  20. How can I help? • Ideas • Content: Art / Music / Maps • Accessible web pages • Community education • User studies

  21. Why at the University? Commercial assistive technology is expensive Low volume All the prices are high Agencies often pay ~80% don’t get AT because of $ Students are motivated by projects that matter We’re supposed to do “public service” If not the University, then who?

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