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Mobile Media Devices
Jayme JohnsonHigh Tech Center Training Unit for the California Community Colleges
Presentation online at:http://www.htctu.net/publications/conferences/main.htm
Dear Colleagues...
•OCR letter to administrators of higher ed institutions (http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100629.html)
Adoption of Mobile Devices•95% of college-age students own cell phone
•Almost 75% have iPod or MP3 player
•Ebook readers slow growth - (<5%)
•Tablets account for approx 3%•Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project
(pewinternet.org)
Device Limitations & Capabilities
Device Classifications
•Dedicated reading machines
•“Smart” phones
•Tablets
•Netbooks & Laptops
Variability
•Beware of multiplicity - many differences between devices, even within a classification
•Data acquisition issues: on-demand vs. tethered
•Differences between devices, OS versions, & service providers
•3rd Party Applications
Mobile Devices as Accessories
• media
• web browsing
• calendar
• communications
• camera
• navigation
• games
• organization
•Mobile devices become VERY personal
•Integration with many facets of student life:
Audio Video Print
Android MP3, MP4WAV, Ogg
MP4 (h.264),WebM
Text, PDF, ePub, HTML, MS Office
iOS MP3, MP4,WAV, AAC
MP4 (h.264), M4V, MOV
Text, PDF, ePub, HTML, MS Office
Amazon Kindle
MP3 - Mobi, AZW
Plextalk Pocket
MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg
-Text, HTML, DOC, DAISY
Victor Reader Stream
MP3, WMA, WAV, Ogg
-Text, HTML, BRF, DAISY
Devices & Technical Capabilities
VideoBraille Output
Visual Enhanceme
nts
TTS Content
TTS Interfac
e
Speech Recogniti
on
AndroidSubtitles(requires SRT
file)- Zoom Yes Depends Yes
iOSCaptions
, Subtitles
Yes(requires display)
Zoom, Contrast, Large Text
Yes Yes App
Amazon Kindle
- - Large Text Depends - -
Plextalk Pocket
- - - Yes Yes -
Victor Reader Stream
- - - Yes Yes -
Accessibility and AT Capabilities
Accessibility Concerns
•Inherent accessibility challenges
•Hardware limitations
•Buttons, peripherals, data transfer
•Software limitations
•OS issues
•App issues
Print-based File Types
DAISY NIMAS ePubMS
OfficeBookshar
eLearning Ally
Audible
Android Not Yet - App App - - App
iOS App - App App App App App
Amazon Kindle
- - - - - - Yes
Plextalk Pocket
Yes Yes - Yes Yes Yes Yes
Victor Reader Stream
Yes YesApp
(SoftPak)
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Apps for Students in Higher Education
Android & iOS: There’s an app for that...
•Competing platforms
•Similar capabilities
•Communities of users (fanboys & zealots)
•Bleeding edge of innovation
Educational Uses
•Note taking
•text entry vs. audio recording
•Reading
•mainstream media vs. specialized formats
•Studying
-3+ stars and greater than 60% positive reviews for current version
-No major bugs or crash issues in reviews or testing of current version
-Compatibility with common desktop applications
-Ongoing update cycle
App Evaluation Criteria
Sound Paper-synchronizes text with audio recording
Evernote-Cloud-based notetaking allows access to notes from different platforms
Auditorium Notes-records audio while entering text information, but not synchronized
Notetaking - iOS
Extensive Notes - Notepad-Supports audio recordings, media attachments, and TTS
Evernote-Cloud-based notetaking allows access to notes from different platforms
Catch Notes-Capture text, audio, images, and synch with web.
Notetaking - Android
•iBooks
-ePub and PDF reader
-Supports VoiceOver interactions
•Stanza
-ePub and PDF reader
•ReaddleDocs
-PDF, MS Office, and iWorks reader
Reading - iOS
•Aldiko Book Reader
-ePub and PDF reader
•FBreaderJ
-ePub and PDF reader
-online library support
•Moon+ Reader
-Supports txt, html, epub, umb, zip, opds
-Full visual control of color, line spacing, font size, orientation, and more
Reading - Android
•InDAISY
-Full-text/Full-audio DAISY player
-Supports DAISY 2.02 & 3 formats
•VOD (Voice of DAISY)
-Full-text/Full-audio DAISY 2.02 player
•RFB&D Player
-RFB&D Audio-only DAISY books
DAISY Players - iOS
Idea Mapping - iOS
iThoughts HD-Mind Manager/Inspiration-style interface-Import & Export support for many desktop applications(e.g., MindManager, Freemind, MindGenius)
Idea Mapping - Android
Thinking Space-Mind Manager/Inspiration-style interface-Import & Export support for many desktop applications(e.g., MindManager, Freemind, xMind)
Flash Cards
AnkiMobile-Expensive, but desktop application is free-Supports variety of media formats
Study Cards-Text-based flash card interface
Flash Cards - Android
AnkiDroid-Free-Compatible with Anki 1.2.5-Many free decks available
Any Memo Free-Supports many media formats (audio & image)-TTS support-Import & Export between Mnemosyne, Supermemo, CSV, QA txt, and more
Institutional Concerns &
Considerations
A word of caution...•Understand the difference between
acknowledging the existence of mobile devices vs. actively designing and supporting any mobile technology.
•Discrimination via technology? There’s an app for that- but only on the Palm Pixi...
Focus
•What are you trying to accomplish?
•What are you able to support?
•What are the expectations of your:
•students
•faculty & staff
•administrators
-Develop a check-in process...and then follow it
-Specify a procedure that resets the device back to original factory settings removing personal information
-Choose whether to support students if they override device settings
Equipment Loans
Alternate Media Workflows
-Text/HTML
-ePub
-Text-based PDF
-DAISY (with appropriate app)
-MP3
-ePubCalibre E-book Converter, OCR applications
-DAISYSave As DAISY add-in, DAISY Pipeline, online tools
-MP3TextAloud, Ghostreader, AT applications
Alternate Media Tools
Conclusions
In order to map out the intersection of maximum
benefit and minimal cognitive demands, the needs of the
individual must be considered in relation to the capabilities of the
technology.
Integration between mobile apps and desktop & laptop
applications offers great promise, but beware of the
dangers of riding the bleeding edge of technology.
Questions?
Special thanks to Sean Keegan of
Stanford University for helping create this presentation!
Jayme JohnsonWeb Accessibility InstructorHigh Tech Center Training Unit for theCalifornia Community Colleges
jjohnson@htctu.net
http://www.htctu.net