1. 17 November 2009 The Accessible Technology Ecosystem and Why it is Critical José Ángel Martínez Usero Director of International Projects
2. Transforming the Assistive Technology Ecosystem Assistive Technologies as solutions for everyone, every time and everywhere Every day we can have the same needs as a person with disabilities
16. Non-structured market caused by different delivery systems, methods of financing, availability of products , the existing assessment methodologies and methods fordefining user needs and expectations (user profile).
17. An enormous amount of information on AT is available but does not reach the end-users.
18. Additional costs are required to develop solutions for attending to the different national markets (different systems, policy and language).
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20. Transforming the Assistive Technology Ecosystem Technological trends PresentInstallation of ATs from different vendors (niche) in mainstream technologies (PCs, ATMs, etc.) Present Integration of ATs in OS or browsers (built-in / embedded accessibility) Short-term Usage of the same API for facilitating interaction of ATs with a specific system. Accessibility API independent of platform updates. Medium-term Interoperability of ATs in different systems by a Universal Accessibility API. (Specific examples of accessibility APIs: Microsoft's UIA, Java Accessibility API, GNOME accessibility API, IAccessible2, W3C's WAI-ARIA, , Macintosh Accessibility Framework.) Long-term Ubiquitous access to software ATs as a service. Cloud of ATs
25. Delivery is a key constraint. Cloud computing an ubiquitous ATs for software ATs as a service.
26. More open market. Combination of Open and Proprietary source solutions to foster the participation of the public. Fastest progress.
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29. Development of an accessible web 2.0 portal and a community to enrich contents and raise awareness.
30. Increase the diffusion of products and contributing to reduce distribution costs of manufacturers.
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34. Transforming the Assistive Technology Ecosystem An example of mash-up in the field of AT is the combination of two existing ATs with a web translation service.
35. Transforming the Assistive Technology Ecosystem Thank you for your attention<jose angel martinez usero>jamartinez@technosite.es www.technosite.es