3a6 guadalinfo a great scale attempt

An integration projectGuadalinfo Accesible

• Andalucía is, by population, the biggest region in Spain

with more than 8 million people

• There are around 700 villages and towns with lessthan 20,000 people

• People with disabilities in Andalucia account for 8,62%of the population

• The regional public policy is to remove the digitaldivide for disabled people living in Andalucia

Motivation

AN INTEGRATION PROJECTGuadalinfo Accesible

Number of telecentres


755 centres

64 in deprived urban areas

510 in areas with less than 5,000 inhabitants

181 in towns with population between 5,000

and 20,000

The biggest European network of telecentres

• To improve the accessibility in the Guadalinfo

centres

• To promote the ICT use among disabled people

• To increase awareness among population with

regard to disabled people

• To foster the innovation of new technologies for e-

inclusion

Objectives


• Total amount to be invested: 4.310.360 €

1. Supply of AT devices

2. Development of supporting software and improvements to existing one

3. Adaptation of contents

Main actions and investment


• Supply of AT devices

• Mice

• Keyboards

• Screens

• Switches

• Other elements under demand

Hardware (I)


• The hardware has been divided into three groups

• Basic, delivered to all centres: keyboards, mice, touch screen

• Extended, to centres located in towns with more than 5,000 people (249 centres): switches and more specialized mice and devices

• Devices for very specific use, delivered to certain centres and available under demand: Braille displays, big size screens,

Hardware (II)


Hardware (III)


• Improvement of accessibility and functionality in different GNOME apps:

•ORCA (screen reader)

•EVINCE (PDF file viewer)

•OCRFeeder

•Caribou (virtual keyboard with text prediction)

•EVIACAM (mouse by head movements)

•Speech recognition for Spanish

•Dots

•Other

Software (I)


• Adaptation to GNOME of the Sc@ut tool for communication with autistic people

• A cognitive training tool that allows experts to remotely track users progress and to add new exercises

• The t-Orienta tool to help the staff at the centres to configure the PC for disabled people

Software (II)


• The staff has been individually trained on

accessibility

• Hand-outs and posters

• Awareness campaign

• Call centre to solve problems and ask questions that could appear and arise

Side actions


• Contents about accessibility

• Adapted courses and contents for disabled people

• Made in a simple language

• Special training for people receiving free AT devices for home use funded by Junta de Andalucía

Learning materials


Companies involved


Thank you!


Education

3a6 guadalinfo a great scale attempt