Accessible interactive community displays in public placesMarc Pous

marc.pous@tmtfactory.comWWW2009 - Madrid

What is an Interactive Community Display (ICD)?

Intelligent street furniture?

Interactive Community Displays?

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Interactive Community Displays?

• Multimedia information point offering interactive services in public areas.

• Not only ads but also interaction and hyperlocal information.

TMT Factory’s case studies

Smartpoint

Smartpoint

• Interaction designed over 3-button control.

• Interoperability using Bluetooth.

• Text-to-speech and braille on the buttons.

Clip Channel

Clip Channel

• Touchscreens with an iPhone-interface design

• Interoperability with the hotel TVs

• Not accessible.

SOPAT project

• First Web prototype using touchscreens in public spaces.

• Mashup:– Google Maps– YouTube– Flickr

SOPAT project

• Interoperable using mobile browsers.

• RFID identification.

• Not accessible but multilingual.

INREDIS platform

• Evolution of SOPAT’s design.

• Mashup:– Google Maps– Avatars– YouTube– Flickr– Twitter– Facebook profiles

INREDIS platform

• Accessibility:– Blind: voice navigation– Deaf: Spanish sign language

navigation– Emotion– WCAG 1.0 compliant– Touchscreens

• Interoperable using mobile browser.

• Available in June 2009

TMT Factory’s future approaches and research

Ubiquitous and context-aware systems

Personalized recommendations in real time

Interoperable devices and protocols

Conclusions

Would users interact with ICDs in public spaces such as streets, bus shelters or

airports?

Barcelona ICD’s statistics (2008)

Which kind of devices should interact with ICDs?

Mobile phones, netbooks, etc.

What protocols should interoperate with ICDs’

services?

Identification, UCH, Web services, semantics, agents, etc.

How could we resolve the privacy and ethics issues

related with showing “personal” information in

public spaces?

Depending on the context:e.g. access to private content via mobile.

Should accessible technologies be embedded

in every ICD?

Mobile: user configuration, privacy, noisy street, etc.ICD: bigger interface (e.g. sign language avatar)

Thanks!

http://research.tmtfactory.com

References• TMT Factory

– http://research.tmtfactory.com – http://www.tmtfactory.com

• PICTURES– http://www.kirainet.com– http://www.janchipchase.com/

• VIDEOS– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYdI7XUDz4 [Smartpoint]– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWVhCJVqcq [Clip Channel]– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnmn1sISw [SOPAT project]

• LINKS– http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/schedule/detail/1747 – http://www.inredis.es