03 Workshop Aegis Phone Dialer & Contact Manager, Android version by Jon Azpiroz (VFE)
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The document describes an accessible phone dialer and contact manager application aimed at users with disabilities, including visual and cognitive impairments, as well as the elderly. Key features include various layouts, font sizes, gesture controls for navigation, and a specific mode for blind users that provides spoken feedback. The application is in advanced development, available on the Android market with over a thousand downloads and a five-star rating.
03 Workshop Aegis Phone Dialer & Contact Manager, Android version by Jon Azpiroz (VFE)
- 1. Accessible Phone Dialer & Contact Manager application AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 2. Target users • Users with disabilities: • Visual • Cognitive • People technologically illiterate • Elder people AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 3. Application Features • Calling, Editing, Group management… AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 4. Application overview. Layouts • Four different layouts AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 5. Application overview. Font sizes • Three different font sizes AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 6. Application overview. Scrollbar • Expandable alphabetical scrollbar Long click AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 7. Alternative input method. Gestures • Gestures drawn on the screen to perform actions • Layout • Font • Search • Favorites • Groups • Settings AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 8. 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 AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 9. Blind user mode. How to enable • To enable the blind user mode, the user only has to draw a B on the screen AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 10. 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 AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 11. Blind user mode. Navigating Claire 1234567895 AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels
- 12. 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 AEGIS Workshop and International Conference, Brussels