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，大多数智能手机和平板电脑的嵌入式应用程序在设计时并没有考虑到可访问性，特别是对于那些精细运动控制有限的人。这些人很难提供控制平板电脑所需的常用捏击和滑动手势。为了解决这个问题，该团队提出了一种独特的接口设备，可以为平板设备提供无线访问。平板电脑无线控制器与支持的平板电脑应用软件库相结合，可以为缺乏精细运动技能的个人提供有效的教育和娱乐机会。虽然目前的辅助技术市场已经提供了使用平板设备的语言、听力和视觉辅助，但市场忽视了大量难以使用触摸屏界面的人群，例如中风恢复期、创伤性脑损伤或脑瘫患者。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.