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- Clayton Lewis
- Coleman Institute for Cognitive Disabilities
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- Internet protocols
- WWW (HTML, Web services,…)
- Programming languages
- ….
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- Companies that are fierce competitors recognize that they benefit from cooperating
to establish common interfaces
- Web services from IBM and from Microsoft are both more useful if they
are compatible, building the market for both companies
- Consumers benefit as well
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- Single system signon allows Web users to share user profile information
with websites without having to sign in at each site
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- With single system signon, people with disabilities could specify
accommodation preferences in their user profiles
- For example, “I want simplified text if it’s available,” or “I want
multimodal presentation if it’s available.”
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- Many assistive technology applications use devices that are sometimes,
but only sometimes, online.
- Such devices are increasingly important in mainstream technology, as
well
- Efforts are beginning to define standard ways of supporting these
devices, reducing software complexity and cost
- Assistive technologists should seek ways to participate in these
developments
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- If any organization is interested in participating in AIMS, but needs technical
assistance in exploring it (for example, doing a trial conversion of
existing materials) please let me know… we’ll look at your needs and
help if we can.
- The Coleman Institute wants to support this development!
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- User interface
- TRACE Center’s EZ Access® design
offers direction on some basic controls
- Paramount need for flexibility and customizability in interfaces for
people with cognitive disabilities presents a challenge for
standardization
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- But we can do a better job of sharing design choices, so that things
that don’t have to be different won’t be different
- Community support for design sharing will reduce cost and increase value
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- But those who could use them would benefit
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- We’re establishing the Coleman Technology Forum to promote action on
standards and technology trends
- Helping Assistive Technology shape mainstream standards
- Helping Assistive Technology profit from mainstream technology
developments
- Promoting coopetition within the Assistive Technology world
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- clayton.lewis@colorado.edu
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Notes
