For a long time, when we thought about accessibility, the first thing to come to mind was the Screen Reader on a computer. With the proliferation of voice based products, (Google Home, Amazon echo, Siri and Cortana), warable technology, beacons, and even smart phones, that is starting to change. In this presentation, Adem Cifcioglu look at all things accessibility beyond the traditional screen. Presented at The Web Meetup (Melbourne) - May 2018

1. Digital Accessibility –
Beyond the Screen
Adem Cifcioglu ademcifci
Director Accessible Technologies
creating an inclusive digital world
intopia.digital

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Where have we
come from?

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Digital Accessibility
was primarily about
screens
“…making it possible for
everyone, especially
persons with disabilities, to
use computer hardware
and software…”
Picture: Refreshable braille display

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Assistive
Technology
Mouth stick: a stick that is placed in the mouth.
Someone with no use of the hands could use a
mouth stick to type and perhaps to manipulate a
trackball mouse.
Head wands: Similar to mouth stick, except
the stick is strapped to the head. A person
moves the head to make the head wand type
characters, navigate through web documents,
etc.
Sip & Puff Switch able to interpret the user's
breath actions as on/off signals, and can be
used for a variety of purposes, from
controlling a wheelchair to navigating a
computer.
Source: https://webaim.org/articles/motor/assistive

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Assistive
Technology
Refreshable Braille Displays: electronic devices
used to read text that a computer sends to the
monitor and produce Braille output on the Braille
display. Refreshable Braille displays read one line of
text at a time.
Screen Reader: Converts text into synthesized
speech and outputs to speakers. Screen
readers allow the use of computers without
vision.
Source: https://webaim.org/articles/visual/blind

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Where are we
now?

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Digital Accessibility
is about inclusion,
participation and
empowerment
The power is in your
pocket, on your wrist, or
part of your clothing….

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Smart Phone
as an assistive technology
The iPhone –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whioDJ8doYA

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Smart Watch
as an assistive technology
Dot Watch
https://dotincorp.com

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Smart Clothing
as an assistive technology
The Sound Shirt
https://sound-shirt.jimdo.com/

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Where are we
going?

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Digital Accessibility
is mainstream,
things just work.
AI, Voice, Personalization
Apple Home Pod Amazon Echo
Harman Kardon
with
Microsoft Cortana
Google Home

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Artificial
Intelligence (AI)
What would it mean if we
could:
• Automate image recognition
• Automate facial recognition
• Automate lip-reading
recognition
• Automate text
summarization
• Automate translations /
transcriptions in real time

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Assistive
Technology
Seeing AI
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/seeing-ai/

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Meet Otter.
It should be transcribing this
presentation for me. If it
works, I’ll send it to Rick to
use as captions for the video

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Voice
Can give people independence:
• Allowing people to control their
environments
• Turn lights on and off
• Play music
• Open / Close doors
• ‘Read’ Audiobooks
• Set Alarms / Schedule
Appointments
• Hear news headlines
• Make a shopping list
• Play Games
• Check account balances
• Search for and listen to recipes
• Check sports scores, flight times,
bill due dates, transport
timetables
• Book an Uber

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Meet Richard.
and his fried Echo…
Amazon Echo helps residents with disabilities at Inglis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1lg8d7dDQo

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Personalisation
What if we could store our
personalised accessibility
settings on the cloud
• Preferred language
• Large Text
• Screen reader
• Contrast
• Captions / subtitles
and the followed us
whenever we logged in

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GPII
personalised accessibility,
anywhere, anytime on any
device.
The Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure
https://gpii.net

20. 6pm - 17th May 2018
Deloitte Digital
Level 6, 550 Bourke Street
Melbourne
a11ybytes.org
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21. Let’s continue the conversation
Adem Cifcioglu
Director of Accessible Technologies
@ademcifci
@intopiadigital
creating an inclusive digital world
intopia.digital