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Design Meets Disability

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Sharon Rush's talk from Big Design Conference 2012. Sharon explains how designing for disability is another design requirement.

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Disability is age related. More seniors are online, many aging baby-boomers expect technology to work for them. While disability is often associated with poverty, as people live longer, there is a prosperous group of consumers who require accommodation. It is a market that should not be ignored.Some people are born with disability.Some people get sick or have an accident .Some people develop disability as they age.“The reality is that just about everyone – women, men and children of all races and ethnicities – will experience a disability at some time during his or her lifetime.”US HHS Office on Disabilityhttp://www.hhs.gov/od/about/fact_sheets/whatisdisability.htmlFortune: “$1 trillion annual market”$200 B in discretionary spending
Accessibility as a civil rightCorporate responsibilityGovernment obligation to serve allNonprofit mission of inclusion
the Italian Pellegrino Turri in 1808 for his blind friend Countess Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzono (as established by Michael Adler in his excellent 1973 book The Writing Machine); unfortunately, we do not know what the machine looked like, but we do have specimens of letters written by the Countess on it. Numerous inventors in Europe and the U.S. worked on typewriters in the 19th century, but successful commercial production began only with the "writing ball" of Danish pastor Malling Hansen (1870). This well-engineered device looked rather like a pincushion. Nietzsche's mother and sister once gave him one for Christmas. He hated it.
Based on the latest developments in neuro-technology, Emotiv has developed a revolutionary new personal interface for human computer interaction. The Emotiv EPOC is a high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset. It uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expressions and connects wirelessly to most PCs. Headset Features: Limited edition design 14 saline sensors offer optimal positioning for accurate spatial resolution Gyroscope generates optimal positional information for cursor and camera controls Hi-performance wireless gives users total range of motion Dongle is USB compatible and requires no custom drivers Lithium Battery provides 12 hours of continuous useThe limited edition EPOC is released in the US in limited quantities, and early users will have access to the Emotiv App Store and the very first games and programs developed exclusively for this one-of-a-kind neuro-technology platform. Developers are currently utilizing Emotiv EPOC technology in a variety of new and exciting ways. Artistic and creative expression - Use your thoughts, feeling, and emotion to dynamically create color, music, and art. Life changing applications for disabled patients, such as controlling an electric wheelchair, mind-keyboard, or playing a hands-free game.Games & Virtual Worlds - Experience the fantasy of controlling and influencing the virtual environment with your mind. Play games developed specifically for the EPOC, or use the EmoKey to connect to current PC games and experience them in a completely new way.Market Research & Advertising - get true insight about how people respond and feel about material presented to them. Get real-time feedback on user enjoyment and engagement. Included Free with the Emotiv EPOC: EmoKeyEmoKey links the Emotiv technology to your applications by easily converting detected events into any combination of keystrokes. EmoKey is a nonintrusive, lightweight, background process that runs behind your existing applications or games. EmoKey lets you create profiles that define how detections are mapped to keystroke combinations. Your profiles can then be saved and shared so you can use profiles that your friends have created for your favorite games and software. EmoKey profiles can be as simple as linking the Expressiv smile detection to characters such as ":)", so that chat applications instantly know when you smile. Or they can be as complex as linking a "lift" command to a sequence of keystrokes that trigger a levitation spell in a game. When combined, the Emotiv EPOC neuroheadset and Emokey make your inputs more simple, personal, natural, and direct. There's no need for keystroke combinations, simply smile or focus on a command and your applications respond. Use EmoKey to interact with your digital applications like instant messaging and virtual environments, or experience your current PC games in a completely new way. Based on the latest developments in neuro-technology, Emotiv has developed a revolutionary new personal interface for human computer interaction. The Emotiv EPOC is a high resolution, neuro-signal acquisition and processing wireless neuroheadset. It uses a set of sensors to tune into electric signals produced by the brain to detect player thoughts, feelings and expressions and connects wirelessly to most PCs. Headset Features: Limited edition design 14 saline sensors offer optimal positioning for accurate spatial resolution Gyroscope generates optimal positional information for cursor and camera controls Hi-performance wireless gives users total range of motion Dongle is USB compatible and requires no custom drivers Lithium Battery provides 12 hours of continuous useThe limited edition EPOC is released in the US in limited quantities, and early users will have access to the Emotiv App Store and the very first games and programs developed exclusively for this one-of-a-kind neuro-technology platform. Developers are currently utilizing Emotiv EPOC technology in a variety of new and exciting ways. Artistic and creative expression - Use your thoughts, feeling, and emotion to dynamically create color, music, and art. Life changing applications for disabled patients, such as controlling an electric wheelchair, mind-keyboard, or playing a hands-free game.Games & Virtual Worlds - Experience the fantasy of controlling and influencing the virtual environment with your mind. Play games developed specifically for the EPOC, or use the EmoKey to connect to current PC games and experience them in a completely new way.Market Research & Advertising - get true insight about how people respond and feel about material presented to them. Get real-time feedback on user enjoyment and engagement. Included Free with the Emotiv EPOC: EmoKeyEmoKey links the Emotiv technology to your applications by easily converting detected events into any combination of keystrokes. EmoKey is a nonintrusive, lightweight, background process that runs behind your existing applications or games. EmoKey lets you create profiles that define how detections are mapped to keystroke combinations. Your profiles can then be saved and shared so you can use profiles that your friends have created for your favorite games and software. EmoKey profiles can be as simple as linking the Expressiv smile detection to characters such as ":)", so that chat applications instantly know when you smile. Or they can be as complex as linking a "lift" command to a sequence of keystrokes that trigger a levitation spell in a game. When combined, the Emotiv EPOC neuroheadset and Emokey make your inputs more simple, personal, natural, and direct. There's no need for keystroke combinations, simply smile or focus on a command and your applications respond. Use EmoKey to interact with your digital applications like instant messaging and virtual environments, or experience your current PC games in a completely new way.

Design Meets Disability Presentation Transcript

Design Meets Disability
Big (D)esign 2011
Sharron Rush
July 15
Good design is accessible design
~ Dr. John Slatin
Knowbility
- 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
- Based in Austin Texas
- Advocacy, training, and consulting for accessible technology since 1998
Accessible
People with disabilities
…can acquire the same information
…participate in the same activities
…be active producers
Why advocate for inclusive design?
Legal Technical
Market
Humanitarian Visionary
Legal Mandates
International – UN Declaration on Rights of People with Disabilities
Global requirements based on WCAG2
US Federal standards, Section 508
Other national laws
State and local laws
Demographic Forces
Number of people with disabilities is growing
55 million Americans / 1 billion worldwide
Fortune: “$1 trillion annual market” in US
$200 billion in discretionary spending
- More as population ages
Improved technical performance
- Harmonize with global standards
- Internationalization
- Demonstrated ROI
How to advocate?
Depends on where you and company are…
Develop policy with practices that support it
Assess legal risks in your industry
Form interest group
Hold information/demo sessions
Include people with disabilities
Participate in AIR (or start one)
Be honest
Steps to IT Accessibility
Convene wide group of stakeholders
Make commitment - adopt explicit policy
Provide support, including training and internal resources
Develop implementation plan
Test, verify, repair – and use feedback loops
Integrate into purchasing process
Include people with disabilities
Maintain timetable to evaluate and revise
Because we can!
Typewriter
The Italian romantic
PelligrinoTurri
Blind Countess that he loved Carolina Fantoni da Fivizzono
Telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Mother and wife were deaf
Punch Card
Non-text method for capturing data
An IBM founder
Herman Hollerith was learning disabled
Design meets disability today
Braingate research uses brain waves as UI control
Watch the subject control computer screen and prosthetic arm
LifeHand Project allows brain control of robotic arm
PierpaoloPetruzziello's amputated arm was connected to a robotic limb, allowing him to feel sensations and control the arm with his thoughts.
Mainstream Uses
Tan Le, cofounder
Emotivneuro tech interface
Universal design
Allows access by widest array of UI
Designing to standards allows innovation
www.w3.org/WAI
A few examples…
Austin Independent School District
Ticket Sales
Southern California Edison
Financial Services
University of California
Surprise! …the accessible iPhone
Apple accessibility came late, but is changing the paradigm of disability and tech
Screenshot of Knowbility AccessWorks signup page
Let’s Talk
Image of phone made of tin cans
Please stay in touch…
www.Knowbility.org
srush@knowbility.org
512 305-0310
Twitter: @knowbility
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/knowbility
Thank you!

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