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Lightning Talk: Technological Advances for Accessibility
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##Talking Signs

  • Remote Infrared Audible Signage System (RIAS)
  • Short audio signals by infrared light to a hand-held receiver decodes the signal and delivers the voice message through the headset.
  • Navigation for landmark identification and wayfinding assistance.
  • Developed by a team of blind and sighted engineers in 1993.

##Beacons

  • San Francisco Airport, developed by http://indoo.rs/

    • Installed around the terminal for better navigation.

  • Art shows, developed by UCAN GO

    • Verbal map of a building

  • Navigation of public transportation

    • research: map user's locations dynamically and provide audio cues to direct them through stations
    • Royal London Society for Blind People (RLSB)
      • proximity-related actions
      • location can be determined via trilateration, based on pings from the nearest iBeacons, mapped on their device
      • Prototype built and tested, now looking for a trial at stations in London

  • http://atmac.org/ibeacon-accessibility-projects

  • http://atmac.org/ibeacon-accessibility-ideas

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