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AEGIS: developer tools, assistive technologies under an open source software license

AEGIS: developer tools, assistive technologies under an open source software license. Christophe Strobbe Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium. Introduction. EU demographic shift: 2000: 15.7% over 64 2010: 17.6% over 64 (2007 estimate) 2020: 20.7% over 64 (2007 estimate)

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AEGIS: developer tools, assistive technologies under an open source software license

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  1. AEGIS: developer tools, assistive technologies under an open source software license Christophe Strobbe Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium

  2. Introduction • EU demographic shift: • 2000: 15.7% over 64 • 2010: 17.6% over 64 (2007 estimate) • 2020: 20.7% over 64 (2007 estimate) • EU-25 employment rates of older workers • 40% in 2004 • 59% in 2025 (2007 estimate) 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  3. i2010 EU policy framework for information society and media • Aims • to create a Single European Information Space, which promotes an open and competitive internal market for information society and media services, • to strengthen investment and innovation in ICT research, • to support inclusion, better public services and quality of life through the use of ICT 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  4. AEGIS • ± 20 partners • Coordinator: CERTH-HIT (Greece) • Companies: Sun/Oracle, AOL, RIM, Vodafone, … • Research: Fraunhofer, Univ Poli Madrid, Univ of Cambridge, Czech Tech Uni, Univ of Toronto, K.U.Leuven • Others: ACE (cf. oatsoft),… • September 2008 – February 2012 (42 months) 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  5. AEGIS: Areas • Desktop • Rich Internet Applications • Mobile applications • User-centered design 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  6. Third Generation Accessibility • First generation • 1960s – 1980s • Expensive, bolt-on solutions • Limited and slow • E.g. Optacon, talking calculator, simple screenreaders 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  7. Second Generation Accessibility • Second generation • Late 1980s – today • Works with graphical user interfaces • Text to speech, speech recognition • Often relies on reverse engineering the OS, replacing the video driver, chaining the keyboard driver 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  8. Third Generation Accessibility 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  9. Third Generation Accessibility • “Engineered accessibility” • All the information needed by AT is provided through a single programming interface=Accessibility API • Introduced to desktop Java by Sun • Later: GNOME, Apple Accessibility APIs, MS UI Automation, IAccessible2 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  10. Open Source • Most software produced in AEGIS will be open source • => Eliminate license costs as argument against accessibility • Contributions to mainstream applications that are available as open source 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  11. Open Accessibility Framework • Address the whole “accessibility chain”: design, development, deployment • Accessibility in basic building blocks of software applications • Developers use building blocks with basic accessibility; checking tools in IDEs • Application exposes accessibility mechanisms to the native accessibility API on the user’s platform, and thus to AT. 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  12. User-Centred Design • AEGIS development supported by user-centred design • Downloads: • Use caseshttp://www.aegis-project.eu/ > Results> Deliverables • 15 Personas (Creative Commons License)http://www.aegis-project.eu/ > Results > Personas 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  13. Desktop Developments • Screen magnifier for GNOME (ATRC, University of Toronto) • OpenDocument Text to DAISY (Vincent Spiewak & K.U.Leuven) • OpenDocument Text to Braille (K.U.Leuven) • Graphic symbol support in OpenOffice.org for persons with cognitive impairments 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  14. Desktop Developments • Opengazer: eye-tracking application that works with cheap cameras (webcams) (Univ of Cambridge)In conjunction with Dasher, opengazer allows you to write with your eyes 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  15. RIA Developments • WAI ARIA implementation in one or more JavaScript UI libraries • Accessibility in JavaFX UI components • WAI ARIA in open-source browser (overtaken by events) • Open developer tool for creating accessible RIAs 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  16. Mobile Platform Developments • Accessible phone dialer and contact manager • Accessible messengering • Open-source text-to-speech engine for mobile phones • Alternative text entry for users with motor impairments – Dasher • Captions and audio descriptions for video 12 April 2010, Paris, France

  17. Contact • http://www.aegis-project.eu/ • Newsletter • Conference & User Forum in Sevilla, October 2010 12 April 2010, Paris, France

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