Re: New topic: Accessibility of QR codes and Accessible Wayfinding solutions

Hi Vivienne,

I have no idea :) but am really interested in what you discover from this!! Suspect their are similar cases out there.

cheers,
+pt

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> On 19 May 2014, at 07:28, "WebKeyIT" <v.conway@webkeyit.com> wrote:
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> Hi all
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> I received an interesting email today and thought it might be a good discussion point:
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> Here’s the body of the email:
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> Specifically, we are developing a digital wayfinding solution, and are looking at using google maps to supplement it, and potentially Q codes. And we would like to use these on our website as well as on the wayfinding screens at the hospital.
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> Hoping you can help answer some questions:
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> 1.         You mentioned that you would look into whether or not Q codes passed the accessibility standards – have you found anything out yet?
> 2.         We are trying to see how we can make our digital wayfinding solution in the hospital as accessible as possible but realise we don’t know some basics like, for example, how a blind or visually impaired person would normally find a wayfinding kiosk.  We can’t find any answers on google at the moment.
> a.         Is there a standard we can follow to alert a person to the location of a wayfinding kiosk i.e. a universal beeping signal that anyone with a visual impairment recognises as an information kiosk? 
> b.         Do most people with visual impairments carry mobile phone with apps that can act as screen readers (we noticed these exist) working via blue tooth, and is it sufficient to cater to this by building in something that interacts with such an app? Or do we need to approach it from the stand point that users may not have a mobile phone. I guess what is the acceptable standard in this case.
> c.         From reading through the WCAG requirements, it seems accessibility only applies to websites (including intranets and extranets) but not to apps nor digital signage – is this accurate? This is the impression that the developers are getting so if unable to come up with a viable solution with google maps on the website, they may simply not have that on the website, but offer it as an app on the digital wayfinding kiosk or solution offered.
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> While I think it would be an interesting future webinar, I’m trying to get some interim information for this new hospital being built here in WA. From what I’ve seen, they are using some really advanced technological solutions in their designs, equipment etc. and obviously want their communications to echo the same. 
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> If any of you can point me to some resources to assist, it would be much appreciated as I haven’t seen much in the accessibility sphere on this topic.
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> Regards,
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> Vivienne Conway, B.IT (Hons), MACS CT, AALIA(CS)
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