The following is a version of the research paper on this project designed for public dissemination. Raising the Floor, IBM, OCAD, WGBH, and Inclusive Technologies participated in this research. The purpose for this work is to perform research on what preferences must be acquired in an accessibility needs discover tool as well as how best to capture those requirements. This is excellent research and it will be used as the basis for a new Discovery Tool prototype that will be used in the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure, a global on ramp to IT. Of particular importance is this is the first time cognitive accessibility requirements have been gathered all in one spot. If were aware of these needs in the past I think we would have done better in addressing cognitive impairment issues in the work we do. An interesting statistic from the research was that when digital Math was employed (MathM,), with user directed navigation that is then highlighted and spoken, that math cognition went up across the board by all students by 10-15%. That is huge. There is also a big push in education to make use of digital math in learning material. This is also one of the reasons why ePub3, which includes MathML support, is so important for accessibility. Michael Cooper has been kind enough to post these documents on the W3C sites so that they don't fill your mailbox. The files are a bit large. http://www.w3.org/2013/07/PGA%20Report_Profile%20Creation%20Support%20for%20Cloud%20Based%20Accessibility.doc http://www.w3.org/2013/07/PGA%20Report_Profile%20Creation%20Support%20for%20Cloud%20Based%20Accessibility.pdf Best Regards, Rich Schwerdtfeger
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