Development of a Tool for Auditing Accessibility of Public Infrastructure and Points of Interest in Urban Areas

计算机工程与设计 Pub Date : 2022-09-23 DOI:10.1109/SEEDA-CECNSM57760.2022.9932916

Yiannis Tsampoulatidis, C. Achillas, D. Aidonis, A. Mourouzis, Kyriakos Koritsoglou

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Lately, the term accessibility attracts more attention globally in policy, but also in scientific and business terms. This is mainly triggered by two key reasons. The first one is its importance for the social performance of communities. Public are becoming more sensitive in social issues lately, and accessibility is considered a cornerstone towards this direction. Moreover, accessibility becomes essential towards sustainable development, due to its business importance. Efficiently handling accessibility issues and accommodating the special needs of people with disabilities may provide a robust business environment and substantial exploit market opportunities. To that end, the need for accessibility, especially in urban environments, is vital and ICT can play a key role towards enhancing accessibility. There are several tools and applications already available to serve this goal. This work presents a novel tool, namely the Seek & Go application, which is a holistic aid application for disabled people with features of a GPS navigation system, especially designed for pedestrians with mobility problems and special accessibility requirements. The paper briefly discusses the key technical aspects, while also presents user experience insights and description of the models and document schemas that have been selected for its development.

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开发一种工具，用于审计城市地区公共基础设施和景点的可达性

近年来，可及性一词在政策、科学和商业领域受到越来越多的关注。这主要是由两个关键原因引发的。第一个是它对社区社会绩效的重要性。最近，公众对社会问题变得越来越敏感，无障碍被认为是朝着这个方向发展的基石。此外，由于其商业重要性，无障碍对可持续发展至关重要。有效地处理无障碍问题和照顾残疾人的特殊需要可以提供一个健全的商业环境和大量的开发市场机会。为此目的，无障碍的需要，特别是在城市环境中，是至关重要的，信通技术可以在加强无障碍方面发挥关键作用。已经有一些工具和应用程序可以实现这一目标。这项工作提出了一种新颖的工具，即Seek & Go应用程序，它是一种具有GPS导航系统功能的残疾人整体辅助应用程序，专为行动不便和有特殊无障碍要求的行人设计。本文简要地讨论了关键的技术方面，同时还介绍了用户体验的见解以及为其开发选择的模型和文档模式的描述。

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