I-Corps: TabAccess: A Wireless Controller for Tablet Accessibility

无障碍关注的是残疾人与周围世界互动的程度。不幸的是，智能手机和平板电脑的大多数嵌入式应用程序在设计时都没有考虑到可访问性，特别是对于那些电机控制有限的应用程序。这些人很难提供平板电脑控制所需的常见握手和滑动手势。作为对这一问题的解决方案，该团队提出了一种独特的接口设备，可以提供对平板设备的无线访问。平板电脑无障碍无线控制器与支持的平板电脑应用软件库相结合，能够为缺乏精细运动技能的个人提供有效的教育和娱乐机会。尽管当前的辅助技术市场使用平板设备提供了语音、听力和视觉辅助，但市场忽略了大量使用触摸屏界面有困难的人群，如中风、创伤性脑损伤或脑瘫康复者。该团队的替代界面可以为基于平板电脑的应用程序的开发提供无限的潜力，这些应用程序可以帮助这些人的日常生活。此外，通过开源软件开发工具包，该团队鼓励开源社区使用该平台贡献新的应用程序，以增加用户访问。

Accessibility focuses on the degree to which people with disabilities can interact with the world around them. Unfortunately, most embedded applications for smartphones and tablets are not designed with accessibility in mind, especially for those with limited fine motor control. Such individuals have difficulty in providing the common pinch and swipe gestures required for tablet control. As a solution to this issue, the team proposes a unique interface device that provides wireless access to tablet devices. The Wireless Controller for Tablet Accessibility coupled with a supporting tablet app software library, enables the delivery of effective education and entertainment opportunities for individuals lacking fine motor skills.Although the current assistive technology market has provided speech, hearing, and visual aids using tablet devices, the market has overlooked the large populace that has difficulty using the touchscreen interface, such as persons recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injuries, or living with cerebral palsy. The team's alternative interface can provide unlimited potential for the development of tablet-based Apps that could assist such individuals in their daily lives. In addition, by open-sourcing the software development kit, the team encourages the open-source community to contribute new applications using the platform to increase user access.