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Project Type/Research Category: Field Initiated Projects (FIPs).
Funding Priority: Technology for Access and Function.
For more information on NIDRR's funding priorities, read about NIDRR's Core Areas of Research at http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/core-area.html.
Accessible Location Information Delivered via GPS Cell Phone for People with Visual Impairments.
This project has completed its research activities and is now closed. Check REHABDATA data for documents.
Sendero Group, LLC.
429 F Street, Suite 4.
Davis, CA 95616.
E-mail: mikemay@senderogroup.com.
URL(s): http://www.wayfinding.org.
Principal Investigator: Michael May.
Public Contact Phone: 530/757-6800.
Fax: 530/757-6830.
Project Number: H133G060035.
Start Date: November 1, 2006.
Length: 36 months.
NIDRR Officer: Thomas Corfman.
NIDRR Funding: FY 06 $149,435; FY 07 $149,801; FY 08 $149,172.
Abstract:
This project develops an accessible GPS cell phone, which provides critical information about businesses, addresses, distances, and routes, thereby greatly augmenting the personal mobility of a traveler who is blind or visually impaired. Specific activities include integrating the existing accessible GPS innovations with "smart" cell phone technology. The marriage of GPS and cell phones exists in the general market but it is screen-based with a graphical interface rendering it completely inaccessible for blind and visually impaired individuals. Developing an interface to meet the needs of the nation's blind and visually impaired travelers, i.e. translating the visual information into spoken text, is a central focus of this project. A consortium of three organizations with investigators from research centers and industry collaborate on this project. The consortium systematically evaluates project activities. Dissemination via various avenues includes conferences, webcasts/online discussions, end user lists, various media outlets, and presentations. The end result of this project is to provide a commercially available talking GPS cell phone.
Descriptors: Blindness, Visual impairments, Assistive technology.
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