The document discusses accessibility in the mobile device industry. It defines accessibility and disability, and outlines categories of accessibility and principles. It discusses industry best practices like universal design, engagement with the disabled community, and including accessibility throughout the product development process and value chain. The document also covers disability demographics, purchasing power of those with disabilities, economics of disability, and international frameworks and standards around accessibility.
The document provides an overview of IDC's Insights research capabilities including:
- Industry-specific research covering over 200 technology markets across key verticals like energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.
- Over 100 industry analysts located globally with deep experience in their industries.
- Research includes top predictions, business strategies, best practices, technology selections, vendor assessments, and implementation methods for various industries.
- MarketScape reports evaluating vendor competitiveness in over 30 technology markets across industries.
- Spending guides forecasting IT spending for various industries worldwide.
- Primary research surveying over 300,000 technology users and decision makers annually.
This document provides an overview of IDC Insights and their capabilities. It discusses IDC's global research presence and industry expertise across various sectors such as energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. It also outlines their research programs including vertical market research, IT spending guides, primary research studies, and IDC MarketScape assessments. The summary highlights IDC Insights' focus on providing fact-based research and advisory services to help clients make effective technology decisions.
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry and industry-specific view of technology markets.
- The standard regions, industries, technologies, and company sizes that IDC's research covers.
Knowledge Intensive Business Services and InnovationIan Miles
This document discusses knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) and innovation. It defines KIBS as services that rely heavily on professional knowledge, are knowledge generators and intermediaries, and have other businesses as main clients. KIBS include professional, scientific, technical, administrative, and support services. The document presents frameworks and data showing that KIBS make up a large share of advanced economies, have experienced rapid growth, and are often particularly innovative sectors that spend significantly on internal and external R&D, knowledge, training, and design.
This document provides an overview of IDC, a subsidiary of IDG and a leading market intelligence and advisory firm. It discusses IDC's global research capabilities across industries, technologies, regions, and company sizes. It also outlines IDC's vertical market research programs that provide both cross-industry and industry-specific analysis, including technology forecasts, vendor share, and IT spending benchmarks.
This document provides an overview of IDC, a subsidiary of IDG that is a leading market intelligence and advisory firm. It discusses IDC's global analyst presence, research assets covering over 110 countries, and vertical market research programs that provide industry-specific analysis of technology markets. It also outlines IDC's coverage of hardware, software, services, and technology markets across different regions, industries, company sizes, and its vendor share forecasts.
The document provides an overview of IDC's Insights research capabilities including:
- Industry-specific research covering over 200 technology markets across key verticals like energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail.
- Over 100 industry analysts located globally with deep experience in their industries.
- Research includes top predictions, business strategies, best practices, technology selections, vendor assessments, and implementation methods for various industries.
- MarketScape reports evaluating vendor competitiveness in over 30 technology markets across industries.
- Spending guides forecasting IT spending for various industries worldwide.
- Primary research surveying over 300,000 technology users and decision makers annually.
This document provides an overview of IDC Insights and their capabilities. It discusses IDC's global research presence and industry expertise across various sectors such as energy, financial services, government, healthcare, manufacturing, and retail. It also outlines their research programs including vertical market research, IT spending guides, primary research studies, and IDC MarketScape assessments. The summary highlights IDC Insights' focus on providing fact-based research and advisory services to help clients make effective technology decisions.
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry and industry-specific view of technology markets.
- The standard regions, industries, technologies, and company sizes that IDC's research covers.
Knowledge Intensive Business Services and InnovationIan Miles
This document discusses knowledge intensive business services (KIBS) and innovation. It defines KIBS as services that rely heavily on professional knowledge, are knowledge generators and intermediaries, and have other businesses as main clients. KIBS include professional, scientific, technical, administrative, and support services. The document presents frameworks and data showing that KIBS make up a large share of advanced economies, have experienced rapid growth, and are often particularly innovative sectors that spend significantly on internal and external R&D, knowledge, training, and design.
This document provides an overview of IDC, a subsidiary of IDG and a leading market intelligence and advisory firm. It discusses IDC's global research capabilities across industries, technologies, regions, and company sizes. It also outlines IDC's vertical market research programs that provide both cross-industry and industry-specific analysis, including technology forecasts, vendor share, and IT spending benchmarks.
This document provides an overview of IDC, a subsidiary of IDG that is a leading market intelligence and advisory firm. It discusses IDC's global analyst presence, research assets covering over 110 countries, and vertical market research programs that provide industry-specific analysis of technology markets. It also outlines IDC's coverage of hardware, software, services, and technology markets across different regions, industries, company sizes, and its vendor share forecasts.
This document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts
- Vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry view of technology adoption trends and spending across different industries
- Coverage of hardware, software, services, and telecommunications markets as well as analysis of vendor market shares
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry and industry-specific view of technology markets.
- The standard regions, industries, technologies, and company sizes that IDC's research covers.
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry view of technology adoption trends and spending across different industries.
- The types of industry and technology research IDC conducts including forecasts, vendor share analysis, and IT budget benchmarks across hardware, software, services, and major vertical industries.
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry and industry-specific view of technology markets.
- The standard regions, industries, technologies, and company sizes that IDC's research covers.
Megasignals: Competitiveness of Finland’s IT & Telecom Industries Today and T...Teemu Arina
The document discusses challenges and opportunities for Finland's IT and telecom industries in an increasingly globalized world. Globalization is challenging Finland's position as leader in these sectors as lower costs and tax advantages are shifting jobs abroad. However, Finland's strong education system, culture of innovation, and agile processes provide opportunities to create new jobs and growth companies through crowdsourcing, cloud computing, social media, and other emerging technologies. The key will be leveraging Finland's strengths and allocating capabilities to high value areas that can retain top talent and jobs in the country.
How can you open up your enterprise to the vast array of consumer devices available without opening it up to risk?
The recent Olympic and Paralympic Games were a perfect microcosm for a BYOD, or ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device’ strategy. The advantages of such a policy for your enterprise are clear: continuous renewal of technology, increased personal productivity and less reliance on support desk functions, to name just a few.
http://bit.ly/M9emb7
The document discusses developing a mobile security strategy and outlines some of the operational risks associated with mobility including a lack of appropriate mobile policies and procedures, increased risk of unauthorized exposure of sensitive data through mobile devices, and the proliferation of mobile devices on networks without tracking or inventory capabilities. It also covers the mobile ecosystem and risk landscape, outlining four main categories of mobility risk: operational, technology and data protection, legal and regulatory, and infrastructure and device.
HCL Learning provides IT training and works to develop skilled professionals. It has over 130 training centers across India. The recruitment process at HCL Learning seeks candidates with strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to work as part of a team. HCL Learning's placement cell helps match students with recruiting companies on campus. The process involves students indicating preferences, companies delivering presentations, and interviews being arranged between eligible students and preferred companies. Companies seek candidates with both technical skills and soft skills like leadership and communication.
Business Insights Consumer Technology Portfolio provides in-depth strategic analysis and future forecasts of converging consumer technology areas such as internet, cloud, social networks, telecoms, gaming, music and video. It offers unique insights into key trends, disruptions, and their impact on major players and business models. The reports are written by experienced industry analysts and cover emerging technologies, platforms, and companies in each market from both a business and consumer behavior perspective.
Enthu Interactive is a full-service web and content agency created by Enthu Technologies LLP in August 2012. It focuses on providing digital marketing, web design, and content services for key industries including healthcare, education, insurance, banking/finance, and retail/e-commerce. The company aims to consistently deliver high-quality and cost-effective solutions using cutting-edge technology to solve business problems and create enhanced customer experiences.
The document discusses how four forces - globalization, millennials, virtualization, and cloud computing - are changing organizations in fundamental ways and shaping the next generation of work. Key points include how companies must support global customers everywhere through virtualized platforms; how innovations are needed both inside and outside organizations to appeal to millennial employees and customers; and how the cloud, mobility, social tools and broadband are creating a new computing model and user experience.
The document discusses technological breakthroughs and their impact. It covers topics like cloud computing, consumerization, the new digital citizen and employee, and how organizations and workplaces are changing. The rise of cloud services, social media, mobility, and always-on connectivity are shifting how people work and relate to their employers. For businesses, this means moving from defensive to offensive IT strategies focused on speed, sharing, and intelligence. For governments, it means enabling e-transformation through initiatives like e-health, e-government, and open data to better serve and engage with citizens.
Cyber International's mission is to provide trusted, supportive and quality software development services to clients and view their partnership as a strategic driver for clients' success. When they take on a project, they take stewardship of the project with the client as the director to ensure the product meets the client's business objectives, which is their vision of success.
Lotusphere Id601 - Understanding the marketplace advantages for IBM Lotus sol...Ed Brill
The document discusses IBM Lotus collaboration software solutions and their advantages over competitors. It highlights IBM's leadership position across key collaboration categories like enterprise email, portals, and business process management. The document also summarizes IBM's product strategy, roadmap, and focus on open standards and integration. It addresses questions customers may have around migration costs when evaluating switching from existing solutions.
Infosys provides customer service to utilities companies through various solutions and services. They help modernize Customer Information Systems, improve customer experience through unified communications, and enable business transformation initiatives. Infosys uses a Customer Experience Maturity Model to assess organizations' customer insight, culture, and experience design capabilities across five stages of maturity. Their solutions aim to increase customer satisfaction and engagement while lowering costs for utilities companies.
Best Practices for Providing Accessibility in the Mobile Device Industry (rev...Derek Mitchell, MBA
This document discusses accessibility in the mobile device industry. It defines accessibility and discusses how to measure the accessibility of products and services. It also covers types of disabilities, demographics of people with disabilities, and their significant purchasing power. The document proposes guidelines for companies to improve accessibility, including auditing initiatives, embedding accessibility in company culture, engaging the disabled community, including accessibility in business processes, and focusing on universal design. It provides examples of best practices from companies like Apple, AT&T, Orange, and others. The goal is to remove barriers and create an inclusive society through accessible technology.
Utilizing external information: the impact of managerial IT skills, communica...Gunnar Oskarsson
The impact of information technology, capabilities, and innovation culture on innovativeness.
A presentation of Dr. Gunnar Oskarsson and Dr. Eirikur Hilmarsson held on the 19TH INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE in Manchester, England, in June 2012
Ovum provides research and advisory services to help clients make informed business technology decisions. They take a collaborative intelligence approach, drawing on expertise across vertical industries and horizontal technologies. This enables them to provide insight into how technology can enable and disrupt business models in different industry sectors. The document outlines Ovum's coverage of various vertical industries and horizontal technologies, and describes how their services address the entire IT value chain from strategy to selection to management.
This document provides an overview of Acquity Group and their perspective on social enterprises. It discusses key drivers and objectives of social enterprises, including context, innovation, knowledge sharing, communication, teaming, and globalization. It also presents case studies of how large companies like Walmart are using social intranets to address business needs like becoming more global and sustaining culture. The briefing emphasizes that social enterprise success requires a holistic strategy addressing people, process, platform, and culture with leadership support.
We are a medical animation studio and mobile app developer of visually-driven interactive learning and marketing for the medical industry, completing over 2,000 projects over our 18 years experience.
This document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts
- Vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry view of technology adoption trends and spending across different industries
- Coverage of hardware, software, services, and telecommunications markets as well as analysis of vendor market shares
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry and industry-specific view of technology markets.
- The standard regions, industries, technologies, and company sizes that IDC's research covers.
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry view of technology adoption trends and spending across different industries.
- The types of industry and technology research IDC conducts including forecasts, vendor share analysis, and IT budget benchmarks across hardware, software, services, and major vertical industries.
The document provides an overview of IDC Insights, including:
- IDC's global research capabilities covering over 110 countries and 1,000+ analysts located around the world.
- IDC's vertical market research programs that provide a cross-industry and industry-specific view of technology markets.
- The standard regions, industries, technologies, and company sizes that IDC's research covers.
Megasignals: Competitiveness of Finland’s IT & Telecom Industries Today and T...Teemu Arina
The document discusses challenges and opportunities for Finland's IT and telecom industries in an increasingly globalized world. Globalization is challenging Finland's position as leader in these sectors as lower costs and tax advantages are shifting jobs abroad. However, Finland's strong education system, culture of innovation, and agile processes provide opportunities to create new jobs and growth companies through crowdsourcing, cloud computing, social media, and other emerging technologies. The key will be leveraging Finland's strengths and allocating capabilities to high value areas that can retain top talent and jobs in the country.
How can you open up your enterprise to the vast array of consumer devices available without opening it up to risk?
The recent Olympic and Paralympic Games were a perfect microcosm for a BYOD, or ‘Bring-Your-Own-Device’ strategy. The advantages of such a policy for your enterprise are clear: continuous renewal of technology, increased personal productivity and less reliance on support desk functions, to name just a few.
http://bit.ly/M9emb7
The document discusses developing a mobile security strategy and outlines some of the operational risks associated with mobility including a lack of appropriate mobile policies and procedures, increased risk of unauthorized exposure of sensitive data through mobile devices, and the proliferation of mobile devices on networks without tracking or inventory capabilities. It also covers the mobile ecosystem and risk landscape, outlining four main categories of mobility risk: operational, technology and data protection, legal and regulatory, and infrastructure and device.
HCL Learning provides IT training and works to develop skilled professionals. It has over 130 training centers across India. The recruitment process at HCL Learning seeks candidates with strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to work as part of a team. HCL Learning's placement cell helps match students with recruiting companies on campus. The process involves students indicating preferences, companies delivering presentations, and interviews being arranged between eligible students and preferred companies. Companies seek candidates with both technical skills and soft skills like leadership and communication.
Business Insights Consumer Technology Portfolio provides in-depth strategic analysis and future forecasts of converging consumer technology areas such as internet, cloud, social networks, telecoms, gaming, music and video. It offers unique insights into key trends, disruptions, and their impact on major players and business models. The reports are written by experienced industry analysts and cover emerging technologies, platforms, and companies in each market from both a business and consumer behavior perspective.
Enthu Interactive is a full-service web and content agency created by Enthu Technologies LLP in August 2012. It focuses on providing digital marketing, web design, and content services for key industries including healthcare, education, insurance, banking/finance, and retail/e-commerce. The company aims to consistently deliver high-quality and cost-effective solutions using cutting-edge technology to solve business problems and create enhanced customer experiences.
The document discusses how four forces - globalization, millennials, virtualization, and cloud computing - are changing organizations in fundamental ways and shaping the next generation of work. Key points include how companies must support global customers everywhere through virtualized platforms; how innovations are needed both inside and outside organizations to appeal to millennial employees and customers; and how the cloud, mobility, social tools and broadband are creating a new computing model and user experience.
The document discusses technological breakthroughs and their impact. It covers topics like cloud computing, consumerization, the new digital citizen and employee, and how organizations and workplaces are changing. The rise of cloud services, social media, mobility, and always-on connectivity are shifting how people work and relate to their employers. For businesses, this means moving from defensive to offensive IT strategies focused on speed, sharing, and intelligence. For governments, it means enabling e-transformation through initiatives like e-health, e-government, and open data to better serve and engage with citizens.
Cyber International's mission is to provide trusted, supportive and quality software development services to clients and view their partnership as a strategic driver for clients' success. When they take on a project, they take stewardship of the project with the client as the director to ensure the product meets the client's business objectives, which is their vision of success.
Lotusphere Id601 - Understanding the marketplace advantages for IBM Lotus sol...Ed Brill
The document discusses IBM Lotus collaboration software solutions and their advantages over competitors. It highlights IBM's leadership position across key collaboration categories like enterprise email, portals, and business process management. The document also summarizes IBM's product strategy, roadmap, and focus on open standards and integration. It addresses questions customers may have around migration costs when evaluating switching from existing solutions.
Infosys provides customer service to utilities companies through various solutions and services. They help modernize Customer Information Systems, improve customer experience through unified communications, and enable business transformation initiatives. Infosys uses a Customer Experience Maturity Model to assess organizations' customer insight, culture, and experience design capabilities across five stages of maturity. Their solutions aim to increase customer satisfaction and engagement while lowering costs for utilities companies.
Best Practices for Providing Accessibility in the Mobile Device Industry (rev...Derek Mitchell, MBA
This document discusses accessibility in the mobile device industry. It defines accessibility and discusses how to measure the accessibility of products and services. It also covers types of disabilities, demographics of people with disabilities, and their significant purchasing power. The document proposes guidelines for companies to improve accessibility, including auditing initiatives, embedding accessibility in company culture, engaging the disabled community, including accessibility in business processes, and focusing on universal design. It provides examples of best practices from companies like Apple, AT&T, Orange, and others. The goal is to remove barriers and create an inclusive society through accessible technology.
Utilizing external information: the impact of managerial IT skills, communica...Gunnar Oskarsson
The impact of information technology, capabilities, and innovation culture on innovativeness.
A presentation of Dr. Gunnar Oskarsson and Dr. Eirikur Hilmarsson held on the 19TH INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE in Manchester, England, in June 2012
Ovum provides research and advisory services to help clients make informed business technology decisions. They take a collaborative intelligence approach, drawing on expertise across vertical industries and horizontal technologies. This enables them to provide insight into how technology can enable and disrupt business models in different industry sectors. The document outlines Ovum's coverage of various vertical industries and horizontal technologies, and describes how their services address the entire IT value chain from strategy to selection to management.
This document provides an overview of Acquity Group and their perspective on social enterprises. It discusses key drivers and objectives of social enterprises, including context, innovation, knowledge sharing, communication, teaming, and globalization. It also presents case studies of how large companies like Walmart are using social intranets to address business needs like becoming more global and sustaining culture. The briefing emphasizes that social enterprise success requires a holistic strategy addressing people, process, platform, and culture with leadership support.
We are a medical animation studio and mobile app developer of visually-driven interactive learning and marketing for the medical industry, completing over 2,000 projects over our 18 years experience.
NORONESC is an IT consultancy firm founded in 1997 located in Portugal that specializes in implementing and integrating Oracle technology solutions. It is an Oracle Certified Partner that works with clients to support their strategic decisions and implement Oracle products like E-Business Suite. NORONESC provides Oracle consulting expertise and ensures customers are successful in achieving their business goals through maximizing the return on their Oracle investments. The company focuses on delivering innovative Oracle-based solutions across various phases of projects from planning to optimization.
This document outlines a presentation for the Symposium/ITxpo 2011 conference in Barcelona. It discusses the conference theme of reimagining IT and the CIO role. It provides an overview of the conference agenda and formats, including keynote speakers and sessions. It also discusses the conference audience demographics and Gartner's targeted marketing strategy. Finally, it outlines ways sponsors can support their marketing efforts through co-branded emails and other promotional opportunities with Gartner.
This document provides information about Deloitte and their technology integration internship. It summarizes that Deloitte is one of the Big Four professional services firms, founded in 1845 in London. As of 2011, it has over 182,000 employees operating in over 150 countries. The internship focuses on technology integration services including business intelligence, IFRS implementation support, IT advisory, and management information systems with the goal of providing the intern learning opportunities in client management, industry knowledge, and technical skills.
Human-computer interaction (HCI) is a field concerned with designing effective user interfaces and systems. It involves understanding how users interact with computers and digital technologies. HCI considers factors related to users, tasks, environments, and systems. The goal of HCI is to create interfaces that allow humans to efficiently and effectively use computer systems. As technology has advanced, HCI has evolved from physical inputs like keyboards to include touchscreens, voice recognition, and other natural interfaces. HCI also draws from other disciplines to inform the design of user-centered systems.
Slides accompany a FREE AbilityNet webinar hosted in July 2021.
The webinar featured global business leaders, including Accenture, the Business Disability Forum and software company Intuit. Our head of Digital Inclusion, Robin Christopherson, MBE, focussed on Inclusive Design.
Secure a budget for digital accessibilityAbilityNet
As a digital professional, you know that investing in digital accessibility can increase your reach, reputation and deliver a Return on Investment. However, other internal stakeholders might need convincing. Our FREE slide deck on The Business Case for Accessibility is free to download and customise for your organisation.
Even if the Internet appears ubiquitous, the number of objects or devices connected to the internet is still greatly inferior to those that are not connected. The coming revolution will result from the need of replacing disconnected objects with connected ones, and making these objects ever more intelligent, and aware of their surroundings (using sensors). The resulting network promises to create disruptive business models.
We call this new step: The Internet of Things
In 2008 the number of devices connected to the Internet exceeded the number of people on Earth, and we foresee 50 billions Connected Things in 2020.
Consumerization of IT: when productivity trumps controlAIIM International
The document discusses the consumerization of IT and how consumer technologies and approaches are influencing enterprise IT strategies. It notes that many employees now use personal devices for work and cloud services are increasingly used for mission critical systems. While consumer approaches can provide benefits like cost savings and flexibility, they may compromise governance and information security. The document advocates for hybrid strategies that utilize consumer technologies where appropriate while still employing enterprise-grade solutions for tasks requiring governance like electronic content management.
A Content Manifesto (Gnostyx CIDM IDEAS Conference 2020)Joe Gollner
Touching on Digital Transformation, the economics of content, and the history of the content industry, this presentation concludes with a Content Manifesto - seven declarations that define how we, as an industry, should be talking about our work. At one and the same time, this talk is both traditional and radical. If the content manifesto is genuinely adopted then the implementations are massive as are the opportunities.
The document discusses HCL Technologies' Engineering and R&D Services division developing its plan for 2012 for its "Engineering Out Of The Box" business concept to transform how it creates productized solutions and engages customers. The productized solutions relied heavily on IT platform-based solutions and services. The EVP of Global Sales, Engineering and Research Services at HCL Technologies and the EOOTB team must consider the potential user experiences that could result from EOOTB in conjunction with customers.
Unlocking Your Organization\'s Warranty Management PotentialImranMasood
The document discusses unlocking an organization's warranty management potential. It describes a warranty management capability maturity model developed by IDC Manufacturing Insights with five stages from ad-hoc to optimized. The model evaluates how organizations manage warranty processes, governance, measurement, and technology use. The document outlines focus areas and value creation opportunities at different maturity levels, including improving claims processing efficiency and establishing reverse logistics systems at lower levels and implementing analytics and quality improvement at higher levels.
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Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
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Best Practices for Providing Accessibility in the Mobile Device Industry
1. enable United Nations
International Day of Persons
with Disabilities
December 3, 2012
Removing barriers to create an inclusive and
accessible society for all
2. Best Practices for Providing Accessibility
in the Mobile Device Industry
Derek Mitchell
Graduate Thesis Project
4. What is accessibility?
Categories Accessibility Principles
① Fully accessible ① Perceive it
② Partially accessible ② Understand it
③ Completely inaccessible ③ Operate it
Accessibility is a measure of the extent to which a product or
service can be used by a person with a disability as effectively
as it can be used by a person without that disability.
5. What is a disability?
Medical Model Social Model
VS.
Traditional model links New model links disability
disability to medical to level of interaction with
condition limiting activity environment
6. What is a disability?
The Market Model
Recognizes the disabled as a large consumer, labor
and voting segment. Examines personal identity of
the disabled and promotes economic empowerment.
13. A Flagship Advocacy Initiative of the United
Nations Global Alliance of ICT and Development
14. lobal
Initiative
For
Inclusive
Information
ommunication
echnologies
15.
16. Disability Demographics
ONE BILLION LIVE WITH LIFE ALTERING DISABILITIES
1 in 5 have a disability
19 percent of the 2.2 million increase
population since 2005
56.7 million persons with
disabilities in the U.S.
17. Disability Demographics
ONE BILLION LIVE WITH LIFE ALTERING DISABILITIES
1 in 5 have a disability
① Vision
2.2 million increase
since 2005 ② Hearing
③ Mobility
19 percent of the
population ④ Speech
⑤ Cognitive
56.7 million persons with
disabilities in the U.S.
18. The Mission
① Raise awareness
② Facilitate the
sharing of solutions
and good practices
③ Foster
harmonization and
standardization
④ Support policy
makers
22. Adopted:
First human
Accessibility
UN General
rights treaty
Assembly information and communications technologies
of 21st
2006
century
Signed:
Most
154 opening
signatories
in UN
Ratified: history
124
23. FCC Telecommunications Act
Signed into law in 1996
Established rules to make electronics accessible to
the disabled
Section 255
Covers all hardware and software telephone
network equipment including wireless
phones and other mobile devices
24. 21st Century Communications
and Video Accessibility Act
Signed into law in 2012
Updated federal law regarding mobile devices
Communications Access Video Programming
Advanced communications Video accessibility
required to be accessible requirements expanded to
mobile devices web devices with screens 13
browsers required to be inches or smaller
accessible
26. Thesis Approach
Company Analysis
Analyzed four technology,
telecommunications & tech-related
companies
Identified commonalities in providing
accessible products and services
Objective
Develop standard guidelines using identified
commonalities as a basis
28. Accessibility Innovation &
Sustainability
User-centered approach
Universal Design
Integration of accessibility into product
development
The Human Factors Group
AT&T Advisory Panel on Aging & Access
Citizenship & Sustainability Expert Team
Disability recruitment practices
29. Universal Design
Universal Design Culture
Universal design principles
Product development concepts
Hearty Plaza
• Model of universal design
• Mobile phone usage classes for disabled
• Sign language staff
Barrier-free stores-217 locations
Raku-Raku phone
• 15 million units sold
• Used by 80% of visually-impaired in Japan
31. Design for All
Accessibility Vision
Integration of accessibility into product concepts
Creation of an adapted range of products for disabled
Specialized distribution channels with training program
Web accessibility
Information, communication and partnerships
Design for All Strategy
Founded on input from disabled community
Orange Accessibility Department Group
• R&D Accessibility project- integrating input into developing new
device interaction and interfaces
Distribution
• Accessibility trained staff- 6,000 salespeople
• 231 autonomy shops
• Dedicated customer service center
• Specialty catalog
33. Research of technology and telecommunications companies
producing mobile technology or providing service and support
revealed a recurring pattern.
PIE .S.
. .
The companies with the best industry practices effectively
performed the same three tasks which are vital factors in
providing accessible solutions to disabled consumers.
Those factors are P.I.E.S.
35. Proposed Accessibility
Guidelines
① Internal or external audit of accessibility initiatives
36. Executive
Leadership
Product
R&D Development Strategy Marketing Operations Accounting
Management Management Management Management
Supply Customer
Chain IT Service
Distribution HR
Employees Employees Employees Employees Employees
37. Executive
Leadership
Product
R&D Development Strategy Marketing Operations Accounting
Management Management Management Management
Supply Customer
Chain IT Service
Distribution HR
Employees Employees Employees Employees Employees
38. Proposed Accessibility
Guidelines
① Internal or external audit of accessibility initiatives
② Embed accessibility in company culture
39. Executive
Leadership
Product
R&D Development Strategy Marketing Operations Accounting
Management Management Management Management
Supply Customer
Chain IT Service
Distribution HR
Employees Employees Employees Employees Employees
40. Executive
Leadership
Product
R&D Development Strategy Marketing Operations Accounting
Management Management Management Management
Supply Customer
Chain IT Service
Distribution HR
Employees Employees Employees Employees Employees
41. Proposed Accessibility
Guidelines
① Internal or external audit of accessibility initiatives
② Embed accessibility in company culture
③ Engaging disabled community
44. Proposed Accessibility
Guidelines
① Internal or external audit of accessibility initiatives
② Embed accessibility in company culture
③ Engaging disabled community
④ Include accessibility throughout company value chain
48. Proposed Accessibility
Guidelines
① Internal or external audit of accessibility initiatives
② Embed accessibility in company culture
③ Engaging disabled community
④ Include accessibility throughout company value chain
⑤ Focus on universal design
52. Universal Design
UD Principles Accessibility Principles
Equitable use Utility
Flexibility in use Usability
Simple and Intuitive Accessibility
Perceptible Information
VS. Desirability
Tolerance for Error Affordability
Low Physical Effort Viability
Size and Space for Use Compatibility
53. Universal Design UD Principles
• Principle one Equitable use
useful and marketable to people with diverse abilities
• Principle two Flexibility in use
accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities
• Principle three Simple and Intuitive
easy to understand, regardless of the user’s experience, knowledge, language skills, or
current concentration level
• Principle four Perceptible Information
communicates necessary information effectively to the user, regardless of ambient
conditions or the user’s sensory abilities
• Principle five Tolerance for Error
minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended
actions
• Principle six Low Physical Effort
can be used efficiently and comfortably and with a minimum of fatigue
• Principle seven Size and Space for Use
Appropriate size and space is provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use
regardless of user’s body size, posture, or mobility
54. Universal Design
Orange Market Research
More than 48% of European population over 50 years of age declare
their needs are not being met by mobile device manufactures and
service providers
60% of the general population could benefit from accessible technology
Goal of Universal Design
Creating fully accessible technology for persons with disabilities and
aging adults in order to create a more accessible world.
56. Purchasing Power
Estimated Disabled Population Income
Disability Disability 50 and Over 50 and Over
Disability Disability
Disposable Discretionary Discretionary Actual Global
Income Categories
Income Income Income Spending
Severe:
$1,577
Based on Non-severe:
$2,402
average Communicative
monthly $2,838
Physical:
income: $1,998
$1,961 Mental:
$1,619
$1.3T $247B $175B ------ $150B $400B $4.1T
Source: US Census Bureau; The Global Economics of Disability
57. Purchasing Power
1 billion persons with disabilities globally-size of Chinese market
Global buying power
• U.S. $175 billion in discretionary spending
• 4 times more than tween (8-14) demographic
• U.S. disposable income: $247 billion
• Europe: $500 billion
• U.K. $128 billion
• Canada $30 billion
Disability & Ethnicity
Disabled Black Americans: 19.8%
Disabled Hispanics: 13.8%
Disabled Whites: 19%
Disabled Asian/Pacific islanders: 11.5%
58. Purchasing Power
Return on Disability Index
Created by Rich Donovan-former Merrill Lynch employee with cerebral palsy
Surveyed Fortune 500 companies
• 25% have observable activity related to the disabled population
• 6% actively creating value for the disabled population
• Tracks shares of 100 firms that deal best with disabled population
• The 100 firms outperformed broader stock market
Accessibility is Profitability
20% of consumer base for average business
Following passing of ADA hotel revenue increased by 12%
37% of disabled consumers choose businesses based on disability-aware service
66% return to businesses that give good service
58% state that friends & family chose business based on disability accommodations
59. Purchasing Power
Aging adults (50 and over)
Americans 50 and older are 25% of population
Control 50% of nation's buying power
Controls 75% of assets
Represents $150 billion annual in discretionary income
Spent nearly $400 billion in 2003
60. D igital O pportunity I ndex
Source: International Index measures
Telecommunication Union Infrastructure technology penetration
and digital infrastructure
Indicators: Opportunity
Utilization
61. Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities
Source: UN Enable
Signed Convention & Ratified Convention &
155 Signed Convention 90 Protocol
126 Ratified Convention 76 Protocol
62. Thank you
Contact info.
Derek Mitchell
dlmitchell3001@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/dereklmitchell