Mobile Smart Accessibility Workshop - Programme - 3pm Friday 16th Sep
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Geoff Ballinger
Sep 14, 2011, 5:20:53 AM9/14/11
to MoMoEdinburgh
It has taken a while to pull together but I think the result has been
worth waiting for! It will be a fascinating afternoon for anybody who
is seeking inspiration to widen the audience for their apps, or to
address a new market.
Please do remember to reserve your free place at http://momoedisep11.eventbrite.com/
if you want to come along. The event starts with registration at
3-3.30pm and rounds off with networking drinks 6.30-7.30pm.
The event will be led by Helen Keegan (@technokitten, http://technokitten.com
and http://mobilemonday.org.uk) of Mobile Monday London.
The presenters will be:
* Jonathan Anderson of Vodafone will tell us about their Smart
Accessibility Awards (http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2011/).
* Ian Osborne of ICT KTN (http://www.intellectuk.org/our-staff/4514,
@ianfosborne) will speak briefly about what ICT KTN is and how they
can support businesses interested in this area.
* Kate Ho of Interface3 (http://www.interface3.com/, @kateho) with
some thoughts on how multi-user multi-touch interfaces can be used to
help people with particular challenges.
* Dr Nava Tintarev (http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ntintare/) on the How
was School Today Project (http://
howwasschooltoday.computing.dundee.ac.uk/). Nava will describe the
functionality of a (partially mobile-based) system which helps
children who have severe cognitive impairments and have trouble
speaking, talk about their day at school. She will also highlight
some of the challenges of developing this sort of system, and share
her experiences of deployment in a special needs school.
* Gary McFarlane (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-mcfarlane/
34/6a2/630) of Access4All (http://www.access4allapps.com/) on the
business case for accessibility. Assist Mi, their first app which
launches next month, is the first mobile LBS services to offer
comprehensive access to disability-related information and services
for people on the move helping you find disabled parking spots and
virtual booking capability. You can also request and book assistance
and services from a wide range of places including restaurants, cafes,
hotels, cinemas and more.
* Alison Smith of Pesky People (http://www.peskypeople.co.uk/,
@peskypeople, @alisonvsmith) will tell us about her personal
experience with disability and digital and share with us the
background, research and insight that went into building Go Genie
http://www.peskypeople.co.uk/go-genie/.
* Anthony Ashbrook of Mobile Acuity (http://www.mobileacuity.com/,
@anthonyashbrook) will show a brief demo of their "What Can Is That?"
prototype - helping visually impaired people to shop and cook
independently.
* Matthew Aylett of Cereproc (http://www.cereproc.com/) will show off
some of their mobile voice generation technology, and talk about some
of the work they have done in recreating the voices of people who have
lost them due to illness - in particular Roger Ebert.
I look forward to seeing folks there!
Geoff.
worth waiting for! It will be a fascinating afternoon for anybody who
is seeking inspiration to widen the audience for their apps, or to
address a new market.
Please do remember to reserve your free place at http://momoedisep11.eventbrite.com/
if you want to come along. The event starts with registration at
3-3.30pm and rounds off with networking drinks 6.30-7.30pm.
The event will be led by Helen Keegan (@technokitten, http://technokitten.com
and http://mobilemonday.org.uk) of Mobile Monday London.
The presenters will be:
* Jonathan Anderson of Vodafone will tell us about their Smart
Accessibility Awards (http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2011/).
* Ian Osborne of ICT KTN (http://www.intellectuk.org/our-staff/4514,
@ianfosborne) will speak briefly about what ICT KTN is and how they
can support businesses interested in this area.
* Kate Ho of Interface3 (http://www.interface3.com/, @kateho) with
some thoughts on how multi-user multi-touch interfaces can be used to
help people with particular challenges.
* Dr Nava Tintarev (http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~ntintare/) on the How
was School Today Project (http://
howwasschooltoday.computing.dundee.ac.uk/). Nava will describe the
functionality of a (partially mobile-based) system which helps
children who have severe cognitive impairments and have trouble
speaking, talk about their day at school. She will also highlight
some of the challenges of developing this sort of system, and share
her experiences of deployment in a special needs school.
* Gary McFarlane (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gary-mcfarlane/
34/6a2/630) of Access4All (http://www.access4allapps.com/) on the
business case for accessibility. Assist Mi, their first app which
launches next month, is the first mobile LBS services to offer
comprehensive access to disability-related information and services
for people on the move helping you find disabled parking spots and
virtual booking capability. You can also request and book assistance
and services from a wide range of places including restaurants, cafes,
hotels, cinemas and more.
* Alison Smith of Pesky People (http://www.peskypeople.co.uk/,
@peskypeople, @alisonvsmith) will tell us about her personal
experience with disability and digital and share with us the
background, research and insight that went into building Go Genie
http://www.peskypeople.co.uk/go-genie/.
* Anthony Ashbrook of Mobile Acuity (http://www.mobileacuity.com/,
@anthonyashbrook) will show a brief demo of their "What Can Is That?"
prototype - helping visually impaired people to shop and cook
independently.
* Matthew Aylett of Cereproc (http://www.cereproc.com/) will show off
some of their mobile voice generation technology, and talk about some
of the work they have done in recreating the voices of people who have
lost them due to illness - in particular Roger Ebert.
I look forward to seeing folks there!
Geoff.
Geoff Ballinger
Sep 14, 2011, 10:32:12 AM9/14/11
to MoMoEdinburgh
Helen Keegan has written a post in the MoMoLo blog setting the scene
for Friday's workshop:
http://www.mobilemonday.org.uk/2011/09/accessibility-workshop-in.html
G.
PS. Please do sign up ASAP at http://momoedisep11.eventbrite.com/ if
you want to come so I can ensure there will be enough refreshments for
the networking at the end.
On Sep 14, 10:20 am, Geoff Ballinger <ge...@geoffballinger.co.uk>
wrote:
> background, research and insight that went into building Go Geniehttp://www.peskypeople.co.uk/go-genie/.
for Friday's workshop:
http://www.mobilemonday.org.uk/2011/09/accessibility-workshop-in.html
G.
PS. Please do sign up ASAP at http://momoedisep11.eventbrite.com/ if
you want to come so I can ensure there will be enough refreshments for
the networking at the end.
On Sep 14, 10:20 am, Geoff Ballinger <ge...@geoffballinger.co.uk>
wrote:
> It has taken a while to pull together but I think the result has been
> worth waiting for! It will be a fascinating afternoon for anybody who
> is seeking inspiration to widen the audience for their apps, or to
> address a new market.
>
> Please do remember to reserve your free place athttp://momoedisep11.eventbrite.com/
> worth waiting for! It will be a fascinating afternoon for anybody who
> is seeking inspiration to widen the audience for their apps, or to
> address a new market.
>
> if you want to come along. The event starts with registration at
> 3-3.30pm and rounds off with networking drinks 6.30-7.30pm.
>
> The event will be led by Helen Keegan (@technokitten,http://technokitten.com
> andhttp://mobilemonday.org.uk) of Mobile Monday London.
> 3-3.30pm and rounds off with networking drinks 6.30-7.30pm.
>
> The event will be led by Helen Keegan (@technokitten,http://technokitten.com
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