Mobile Accessibility

Project Possibibility Applications

Audio Guardian
Barcode Reader
Color Reader
Mobile Currency Reader

Eyes Free

http://code.google.com/p/eyes-free/

Loadstone GPS (Symbian Nokia)

production

Tagin!

beta/experimental

WiFi-based point-of-interest (POI) service that allows users to tag outdoor and indoor locations
- Android port will coming soon

- depends on Firefox

Via Dux

development

OSM based, accessible mapping and wayfinding project for Java based mobile phones

Serial Keys

development

A collaborative project between the Wireless RERC and AAC RERC that provides an interface for AAC devices to communicate with Java based mobile phones

Nokia Braille Reader

beta

Nokia Braille Reader gives SMS for the blind and visually impaired. It captures received SMS messages and brings them to the foreground for reading using Braille and tactile feedback.

mEADL

development

mEADL is the mobile component of OpenEADL, a collection of open source and open hardware applications that may be used to extend the functionality of powered-wheelchairs and Electronic Aids for Daily Living (EADL).

Python for Mobile Devices

- support for iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile/CE, Maemo, Symbian, Palm, etc...

software for mobile devices, PDA's, cell phones, handheld computers and for developers.

Phone Gap

- support for iPhone, Android, Blackberry

PhoneGap is an open source development tool for building fast, easy mobile apps with JavaScript.

Mobile FSS

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- API

- support for iPhone look
- Android skin coming soon

Mobile FSS is the mobile-friendly version of FSS. It takes advantage of core FSS philosophies like modular class names and files, it recycles many FSS class names to help take your existing content and make it mobile-friendly, and it's easy to use - just like regular FSS.

Android

http://www.android.com/

TTS & Eyes Free

- there may be a screen reader in works
- trend is for major manufactureres to build their own UI on Android

Next Generation Symbian/Nokia Phones

http://developer.symbian.org/

Maemo

http://maemo.org/

OpenMoko

http://www.openmoko.com/

Eee PC (notebook)

Guido Corona

Text to Speech Engines for Mobile Devices

Critical for audio interfaces on mobile devices

Greg Fields

TTS engine for mobile phones

This is required to provide solutions for print disabled users, at lower costs, that is open to community improvement, to minimize the gaps between persons with disabilities and the information society.

Rich Schwerdtfeger

A browser extension to enable Access For All preferences to be delivered through the browser

With HTML 5 we will have the ability to provide accessibility preferences through local storage. This would be a big win for inclusive, adaptible technologies like those developed by the Fluid Project. A plugin-in that allowed the user to configure their accessiblity preferences and convey them to web applications through local storage would, when combined with device capabilities, would truly make your mobile as well as your desktop advice a personalized solution that could adapt to the environment.

Greg Fields

PECS-based AAC application for mobile phones

Basic, general, open means of enabling communication impaired persons to communicate with the rest of the world on the most ubiquitous platform - mobile phones.

Greg Fields

Application for mobile phones that enables persons with speech impairments to used their mobile as their 'speech assistant'

Simple communication AT that connects to the TTS to enable persons with speech impairments to communicate face-to-face with the people with whom they come into contact, thereby increase independence and freedom of mobility.

Greg Fields

Screen reader for mobile phones

Basic access tech for print disabled users

Rich Schwerdtfeger

HTML 5

Industry is focusing on HTML 5 as a way to deliver rich content to multiple platforms and in particular mobile devices.
HTML 5 has a number of features, such as standard controls, that reduce the amount of script that need to be downloaded to the client. Also, elements like <canvas> allow web application providers to deliver drawings to a broad range of browsers. From an accessibility perspective we have a huge opportunity to integrate rich accessibility, like WAI-ARIA, into the host language. Another opportunity is for us to address personalization. Elements like the <video> and <canvas> will require alternative content for different users. We have the opportunity to include Access For All self-describing resource meta data to those elements to do things like allow the browser: swap a table out for a 2D chart rendered with <canvas> or video closed captioned to indicate an alternative video resource that is closed captioned in the language desired by the hearing impaired user. HTML 5 also provides local data storage. We could develop open source plug-ins that could feed local storage with Access For All user preferences and delivery context meta data that allows the browser to work with content to adapt it to the environment and user needs as they work throughout the day. HTML 5 is a tremendous opportunity for the accessibility community take hold of their future and deliver an inclusive framework to meet the needs of all users.