03 Workshop Aegis Phone Dialer & Contact Manager, Android version by Jon Azpiroz (VFE)
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AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
Accessible Phone Dialer & Contact
Manager application
AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
Target users
• Users with disabilities: • Visual • Cognitive
• People technologically illiterate
• Elder people
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Application Features
• Calling, Editing, Group management…
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Application overview. Layouts
• Four different layouts
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Application overview. Font sizes
• Three different font sizes
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Application overview. Scrollbar
• Expandable alphabetical scrollbar
Long click
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Alternative input method. Gestures
• Gestures drawn on the screen to perform actions
• Layout
• Font
• Search
• Favorites
• Groups
• Settings
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Blind user mode. Why?
• Android phones without a trackball are not usable by blind users
• Blind user mode uses the accessible components developed in another activity from the AEGIS project
• It is a gesture-based interface with
complete spoken feedback
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Blind user mode. How to enable
• To enable the blind user mode, the user only has to draw a B on the screen
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Blind user mode. How to use
• To move between contacts:
• Downwards: left-to-right gesture
• Upwards: right-to-left gesture
• To accept the selection:
• Tick gesture
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Blind user mode. Navigating
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Conclusions
• The application is in an advanced stage of development
• It provides solutions for users with
visual or cognitive disabilities
• It is available on the Android Market
• It has over one thousand downloads and it is rated with five stars