Accessibility Monitoring for People with Disabilities

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Ishita Saraswat ◽  
Aymen Brahim ◽  
Nancy Viva Davis Halifax ◽  
Christo El Morr
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Advocacy Groups ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Android App ◽  
Accessibility Issues

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a law mandating that organizations in Ontario must comply to accessibility standards for people with disabilities. However, there is no tool to report accessibility complaints and track them. To that effect, mobile applications can be effective to make report and monitor accessibility issues as they arise in private as well as public spaces (e.g. building, sidewalks). An App would provide users with an opportunity beyond the mapping of compliance, it can provide data that addresses the gaps across legislation and embodied experiences. The objective of this paper is to share a novel method associated with the development accessibility monitoring Android App prototype called “ACCESS-ABILITY.” ACCESS-ABILITY is a first-of-its-kind app in the domain of disability informatics, it facilitates the formation of a collaborative virtual community that can be used by people with disabilities, advocacy groups, organizations and official bodies.

Accessibility Monitoring for People with Disabilities

2022 ◽  
pp. 726-735
Author(s):  
Ishita Saraswat ◽  
Aymen Brahim ◽  
Nancy Viva Davis Halifax ◽  
Christo El Morr
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Virtual Community ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Advocacy Groups ◽  
Embodied Experiences ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Android App ◽  
Accessibility Issues

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a law mandating that organizations in Ontario must comply to accessibility standards for people with disabilities. However, there is no tool to report accessibility complaints and track them. To that effect, mobile applications can be effective to make report and monitor accessibility issues as they arise in private as well as public spaces (e.g. building, sidewalks). An App would provide users with an opportunity beyond the mapping of compliance, it can provide data that addresses the gaps across legislation and embodied experiences. The objective of this paper is to share a novel method associated with the development accessibility monitoring Android App prototype called “ACCESS-ABILITY.” ACCESS-ABILITY is a first-of-its-kind app in the domain of disability informatics, it facilitates the formation of a collaborative virtual community that can be used by people with disabilities, advocacy groups, organizations and official bodies.

Eliminating Invisible Barriers: Health Web Site Accessibility

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-86
Author(s):  
Christine Rzepka
Keyword(s):  
Health Information ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Web Site ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Accessibility Issues ◽  
Accessibility Guidelines ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Simple Evaluation ◽  
The Web

One of the top reasons given for use of the internet is the ability to search for health information. However, much of the planning for web-based health information often fails to consider accessibility issues. If health care organizations and community agencies’ web sites have the latest, most wellresearched information on the health topics of the day, it is useless to those who cannot access it because of invisible technological barriers. Many flashy, high-tech sites were designed only to appeal to the needs of the mainstream population, with no consideration given to how people with disabilities must adapt their use of the web in order to access information. This article addresses issues of access specific to web site development, and will explore barriers to accessibility frequently experienced by web users with disabilities, requirements for ADA compliance, and how people with disabilities use the web. Web site accessibility guidelines, as well as simple evaluation tools, will be discussed. A thorough review of the article will enable even the least tech-savvy of health educators to enhance their skills in planning and evaluating web sites to promote access for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi) : A Reflection of Our First Year

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia M. Gal ◽  
Elizabeth Hoskin ◽  
Claire Davies ◽  
Paul Marriage ◽  
Adrian D. C. Chan
Keyword(s):  
Training Program ◽  
Real World ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Affective Learning ◽  
First Year ◽  
Interdisciplinary Training ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Accessibility Issues ◽  
Research And Education

Research and Education in Accessibility, Design, and Innovation (READi) is an interdisciplinary training program focusing on accessibility.  With the first year of the READi completed, this paper provides an overview of the design of the program and reflections from the program, as experienced by two of its trainees.  The training program appears to have increased the knowledge and skills of student trainees with regard to accessibility, while also enhancing many professional skills.  In addition, there appears to be affective learning, uplifting the thoughts, opinions, and feelings of accessibility and inclusion, that foster a culture of accessibility.  The program benefits from interdisciplinarity, collaborations with external stakeholders, engagement with real-world accessibility issues, and inclusion of people with disabilities.

scholarly journals The Essential Work of Crip Resistance: Demanding Dignity in Spain's Pandemic Austerity

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Essential Work ◽  
Advocacy Groups

This article considers crip resistance to the politics of austerity with which Spain's government has reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly a decade after the 15-M anti-austerity movement and its occupations. Given the intensification of austerity politics and their effects on people with disabilities, I examine three instances of crip resistance and their virtual, local, and global settings. Beyond McRuer's expansive view of crip resistance as comprised of tactics that center disability against global austerity, my analysis establishes its groundwork in the current demands by Spanish disability advocacy groups and on Javier Romañach's modelo de diversidad funcional, the prevalent model of disability among Spanish disability activists that centers the concept of dignity. Throughout this analysis, I demonstrate how crip tactics that emerge in a crisis can help make sense of a continuing emergency as they challenge the existing conditions of cultural austerity and contribute to the concept of dignity as an organizing principle.

scholarly journals Reverse engineering approach for improving the quality of mobile applications

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eman K. Elsayed ◽  
Kamal A. ElDahshan ◽  
Enas E. El-Sharawy ◽  
Naglaa E. Ghannam
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Android App ◽  
Android Applications ◽  
Programming Quality

Background: Portable applications (Android applications) are becoming increasingly complicated by mind-boggling programming frameworks. Applications must be produced rapidly and advance persistently in order to fit new client requirements and execution settings. However, catering to these imperatives may bring about poor outline decisions on design choices, known as anti-patterns, which may possibly corrupt programming quality and execution. Thus, the automatic detection of anti-patterns is a vital process that facilitates both maintenance and evolution tasks. Additionally, it guides developers to refactor their applications and consequently enhance their quality. Methods: We propose a reverse-engineering approach to analyze Android applications and detect the anti-patterns from mobile apps. We validate the effectiveness of our approach on a set of popular mobile apps such as YouTube, Whats App, Play Store and Twitter. The result of our approach produced an Android app with fewer anti-patterns, leading the way for perfect long-time apps and ensuring that these applications are purely valid. Results: The proposed method is a general detection method. It detected a set of semantic and structural design anti-patterns which have appeared 1262 times in mobile apps. The results showed that there was a correlation between the anti-patterns detected by an ontology editor and OntoUML editor. The results also showed that using ontology increases the detection percentage approximately 11.3%, guarantees consistency and decreases accuracy of anti-patterns in the new ontology.

scholarly journals The paradox of "remote working" in Covid-19 pandemic times: disability, inclusion, and accessibility in Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valéria Aydos ◽  
Daniela Navarini ◽  
Bernardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Labor Practices ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Work Routines ◽  
Accessibility Issues ◽  
The Times

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries have adopted social isolation as a strategy to fight and limit the spread of the global crisis of Covid-19, which has impacted organization processes and employee's relationships with one another. Several issues such as the lack of accessibility and adaptations on work routines, that were already present in people with disabilities' life in the work environment are now highlighted, bringing to light theoretical debates and practical discussions about the experience of using technological accommodations as possible strategies for promoting accessibility and inclusion. Based on narratives of people with different corporalities in this contemporary shifting reality, in this article, we aim to reflect on how accessibility issues are being managed in labor practices in Brazil. More precisely, we seek to understand the role and effects of this new use of technology on social inclusion and exclusion of people with disabilities in the times and spaces where they work remotely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Mobile-Assisted Pronunciation Training: The Google Play Pronunciation and Phonetics Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
Fitria Meisarah
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
App Store ◽  
Suprasegmental Features ◽  
English Pronunciation ◽  
Android App ◽  
The University ◽  
Google Play

Background:  Several obstacles to pronunciation have been proposed and urged students to practice pronunciation deliberately. Regardless of these problematic, mobile applications can be a great assistant in pronunciation training. However, considering that Google Play is the most prominent android app store with 227,970 instructional devices, it is challenging to find and select pronunciation and phonetics applications. Students should be conscious of their needs by recognizing the proper mobile application for pronunciation learning. This study explores the pronunciation applications utilized by students for pronunciation learning in and out of the classroom. Methodology: This study administered the data with paper reports and interviews accompanying students. This study involved 41 students who were taking a pronunciation and phonetics course at the University of Kutai Kartanegara Tenggarong. Findings: Nine such applications, as reviewed in this study, are divided into two categories: English pronunciation special purpose (EPSP) application and English dictionary assisted pronunciation (EDAP) application. Noteworthy findings were not all of the applications fulfill the content and design approaches such the suprasegmental features, audio playback, and video camera recorder. Conclusion: This study endeavors to have a critical look at four applications recommended after concerning the term of Mobile Assisted Pronunciation Training (MAPT). They are AV Phonetic, English Phonetic Pronunciation, Listening Practice, English Pronunciation developed by Kepham, and U-Dictionary to assist pronunciation learning in and out of the classroom. Keywords: Pronunciation and phonetics; mobile application; MAPT

scholarly journals COVID-19 AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: MOBILE APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD IN SMARTPHONES

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nelson Miguel Galindo Neto ◽  
Guilherme Guarino de Moura Sá ◽  
Luciana Uchôa Barbosa ◽  
Juliana de Castro Nunes Pereira ◽  
Amanda Haissa Barros Henriques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Digital Technology ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Patient Monitoring ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Exact Test ◽  
Virtual Stores

ABSTRACT Objective: to describe Covid-19 mobile applications available for download on smartphones. Method: a cross-sectional study with 52 mobile applications on Covid-19, obtained from virtual stores for smartphones with Android and iOS operating systems. Fisher's exact test and Cramér's V were used. Results: of the applications, 45 (86.6%) were developed in 2020, 51 (98.1%) were free, and 49 (94.2%) did not have accessibility for people with disabilities. It was observed that, in 23 countries, 17 (32.7%) applications in English and 14 (26.9%) in Portuguese were created, with a choice of 11 languages, relating to nine subthemes on Covid-19, the majority on “case monitoring” and “symptoms, prevention, and care”, with 17 (32.7%) each. There was an association between the target audience and the subtheme of “symptoms, prevention, and care”, and between patient monitoring and professional training. Conclusion: Covid-19 mobile applications were available in countries on five continents, in the main languages of communication and free of charge; however, with limited accessibility for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Mobile Applications Accessibility: An Evaluation of the Local Portuguese Press

Informatics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Tatiana Santos Gonçalves ◽  
Begoña Ivars-Nicolás ◽  
Francisco Julián Martínez-Cano
Keyword(s):  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Local Information ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
Local Journalism ◽  
Accessibility Issues

The local press has always played a central role in the Portuguese society. Recently, new innovative technological projects to develop mobile applications and focus on local journalism in Portugal have emerged. These initiatives allow the development of better and more appealing services for local users. However, due to the important social role of the local press, this also brings along some responsibilities. Our main research goal is to study the accessibility issues in local journalism in Portugal. To this end, we first describe the current situation of local journalism in Portugal and some accessibility issues raised by the appearance of mobile applications. We then develop a simple checklist that allows the assessment of whether these applications have prevented social exclusion and facilitated the access of local information to a wide range of users, including disabled citizens. This tool provides the regional news publisher with information to improve its democratization of access to local information in Portugal. Using the cognitive walkthrough method, we illustrate the proposed framework by presenting case studies of five mobile applications in Portuguese local and regional press. This study concludes that despite the great potential that mobile applications showcase, several accessibility issues have not been properly addressed.

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