http://www.tiresias.org Knowledge and tools for researchers and designers of ICT systems, on designing accessible ICT so it will benefit the general public, such that it is also accessible by blind and partially sighted people. Katherine Carter (mailto:katherine.carter@rnib.org.uk) Copyright reserved http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/416193914/aegis.htm The AEGIS project seeks to determine whether 3rd generation access techniques will provide a more accessible, more exploitable and deeply embeddable approach in mainstream ICT (desktop, rich Internet and mobile applications).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/416193914" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/research/researchers/projects/computers/aegis.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/410263029/report_7.htm Written by Richard Hodgkinson this report covers current international activities in the development of standards, technical reports and guidelines that include accessibility requirements and recommendations for ICT products.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/410263029" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/research/standards/report_7.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/409429559/wayfinding_tech.htm Over the last thirty years, engineers have devoted considerable resources to developing electronic location-based services to help a blind person, particularly travellers, orient themselves and wayfinding systems to navigate to a destination. These have used technologies such as ultrasonics, lasers and infra-red, and more recently Satellite navigation or Global Positioning System (GPS), Dead Reckoning, wireless, Bluetooth and WiFi. This Guideline investigates the different technologies and gives advice on how to make systems accessible.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/409429559" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/research/guidelines/wayfinding_tech.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/403124404/braille_cell.htm Every major braille producing country has standards for braille character spacing and minimum height of the dots in each braille cell. This report aims to collate the different braille dimensions used in the major braille producing countries and for specific applications.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/403124404" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/401178416/index.htm Different Braille codes are used to map character sets of different languages as well as for some special uses, such as mathematics and music. These information pages give some details and images to illustrate some of the differing braille codes.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/401178416" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/research/guidelines/braille_codes/index.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/401178417/fonts.htm The choice of font can affect the legibility of text both printed and on a screen. The character shape, text format and layout can enhance or detract from the intended meaning. This Guideline offers advice and recommendations for creating legible fonts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/401178417" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/research/guidelines/fonts.htm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~3/390412704/mobiletv_2012games.htm Jim Slater, Slater Electronics, envisages the use of mobile television to view the 2012 Olympic Games. In fact, there is no shortage of commercial ideas and plans, and more potential technical methods of providing mobile television exist than anyone could reasonably hope for. Jim discusses the basics of the various ways in which television pictures and sound can be carried to your mobile phone, standards and accessibility issues that manufacturers should be considering.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Tiresias/~4/390412704" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.tiresias.org/phoneability/games/mobiletv_2012games.htm