design for all goes mobile(over theair11)

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John Wyer - Developer Community Manager, Vodafone Group

developer.vodafone.com

@vodafonedev #vsa2011

https://developer.vodafone.com/

Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards 2011• What is it?

– A contest to find the best Android 2.2+ application to enhance the lives of users who are ageing and/or disabled.

– http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2011

• When is it? – Competition entry closes October 15th 2011

– Competition finals November 15th 2011

• Who runs it?– Vodafone Foundation, Vodafone Group Developer Marketing, Vodafone

Public Policy

– European Disability Forum (EDF) and AGE Platform (AGE) supporting content creation and relationship with finalists and winners

• The total prize fund of €200k– 1 winners per category (4)– Social participation– Independent living– Mobility– Wellbeing

http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2011

Selection Process

• First Jury Round in progress– Filtering of all entries by Vodafone, EDF, AGE

– Agree on 3 finalists per category to go to the final based on following criteria:– Effectiveness: does it help to overcome everyday obstacles?– Availability: how many people can it help across which markets– Ease of use, delivery and installation– Multi-functionality: does it help to support multiple disabilities?

• Final Jury Round– Jury comprising of Vodafone Group, Foundation, EDF, AGE

and media partner

– 10 min pitches + 5 min Q&A from each finalist

– Winner chosen live at event 4

All entries reviewed

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• Two rounds, 1 winner across 4 categories

Resources to help you!• Competition Website -

http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2011 – Information about entry criteria and selection process

– Legal terms & conditions

– Technical guidance

– Information re designing for accessibility

– Videos from users

– Contact us about the competition on – [email protected]

• Guidelines– Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0

Best practices for mobile web design and development

– WCAG 2.0Technology agnostic guidelines from W3C

– BS8878Web accessibility: Code of practice

– Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities Who is affected and what challenges they face

– Designing for accessibilityBy and for Android developers

– Android accessibilityfrom the Google Eyes Free project

– http://www.iheni.com/mobile-accessibility-guidelines/

http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2011

mailto:[email protected]?subject=Question%20about%20Vodafone%20Smart%20Access%202011

http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/

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Thank you and good luck!

developer.vodafone.com

@vodafonedev

#vsa2011

Design for All goes Mobile

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Over The Air: 30th September 2011

My name’s Denise…


Hello!

• Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosed in 2003

• Neurological condition – unpredictable, variable & different in each case

• Symptoms: fatigue, weakness, numbness, visual disturbance, poor balance & vertigo

• Use wide range of assistive technology to make day-to-day tasks more manageable

My main symptom is extreme fatigue…


Zzzzz

Sometimes my eyes go a bit funny…


Visual impair-ment

• Eyesight can vary throughout the day,

as well as from day to day

• Can be affected by fatigue, heat,

quality of light, exercise and illness

• Can include: visual disturbance,

blurred vision, double vision, colour

distortion and poor peripheral vision


Missing

pieces

Visual disturbance…

Blurred vision…


Snellen

chart


Double

Trouble

Double vision…


Colour distortion…

Visible spectrum


Poor peripheral vision…

Side vision

Sometimes it feels like I’m wearing Mickey Mouse gloves…


Poor dexterity

And sometimes I’m in a wibbly wobbly world of my own…


Jelly Babies

Sometimes my hearing seems muffled…


Poor hearing

And sometimes I suffer from vertigo…


Not fear of height

s

But what is AssistiveTechnology?


AT

• Assistive Technology (AT) is any product or service designed to enable independence for disabled & older people(Source: user group consultation at the King’s Fund in 2001)

• Term useful for those in know, but unfortunately not everyone understands what it means

• Technology doesn’t have to be complex

Plastic not so fantastic…


Maggie Winchcombe OBE, FCOT


“When I was looking back over old OT journals from the 1970s, I was shocked to see adverts for products that haven’t changed in nearly 40 years”• One of UK’s leading occupational therapists (OTs), qualified in 1973

• Fellow of College of OT (2006) & awarded OBE (2007)

OT


Ikea

The battle of the bland…• Ugly, clinical looking assistive equipment = DEPRESSING

• Grateful helped to keep independence

• Frustrated as home looked more like hospital

• Surely this CAN’T be the way it has to be…

• Looked for alternative mainstream products that did same/similar job

• Aware people can benefit from learning & support of others with similar experiences

Enabled by Design’s ethos


Time to recognise people for being just that, people

and

move away from ill-informed stereotypes applied to ageing & disability

Our ethos:

• Believe world is made up of people with range of abilities, each person having own personal strengths & qualities

• Passionate about harnessing strengths to empower people to live as independently as possible

Stereo-types

Design for All (DfA)


Design for All (DfA):Design philosophy targeting use of products, services & systems by as many people as possible without need for adaptation.

Design for All is design for human diversity, social inclusion & equality.

Closely related to Inclusive Design & Universal Design

Result: Products & services suitable for general public including older people & people with disabilities

Important note: One design can never truly be accessible to all, so important to know audience & needs

Accessibility for the Masses


Mainstreaming accessibility:

• Remove stigma attached to independent living products

• Make people's lives bit easier & more manageable

Mainstreaming

accessibility


“Usability rules the web”

– Jakob Nielsen

(IT expert, writer and advisor on software and web design)

Design for All goes Mobile


Mobile tech • Mobile tech no longer the

reserve of rich/business people

• Accessibility needs to reflect this

• Needn’t mean different/niche

• Design for All key to this

• Principles relevant to mobile phones, user interfaces, support services, apps…

• Usability and good communication important too

Usability – The Golden Rules


• Simply presented information

• Content reduced to essentials

• Manageable logical structure

• Intuitive usability

• Uniform appearance, consistently designed

• Good design and appealing graphics

• Quick delivery of informationTaken from ‘The Little Know It All – Common sense for designers’ – Die Gestalten Verlag ISBN: 978-3-89955-167-9

The Little

Know-It-All

My Golden Rule - Communication


• Talk to your audience – as wide a cross section as possible

• Listen to them

• Feedback is indispensible

• Do this throughout the process from start to end

• But don’t let that be the end, carry on communicating!

• Accessibility standards and guidelines alone are not enough

Commun-ication


Questions?

Thank you for listening!

Where to find us:


Website: http://enabledbydesign.org/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/enabledbydesign

Twitter: @enabledby

or

Email: [email protected]