Presenters
Presenters: Jenna L. Gorlewicz PhD*, Dan Gardner1, Hari Palani2, Nicholas Giudice PhD3, Danielle Guzman-Orth PhD4, Amy Keith PhD5
*,5St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
1ViewPlus Technologies
2 ROUX Institute, Northeastern University, Portland, Maine.
3UNAR Labs, Portland, Maine
4Measured Methods Consulting
Abstract
Inclusio is pioneering a global shift towards inclusive content creation and consumption by transcending barriers and fostering collaboration across diverse stakeholders. We are building a community-driven, web-based software platform that includes: accessible authoring and generation of content supported by AI, multiple input and output mediums for consuming content, and a marketplace for finding inclusive content. In this presentation, we share our latest advancements in interoperability across embossed tactile graphics, multimodal touchscreen display of graphics, and a combination of the two on the IVEO platform. We have also developed an emerging, open, interoperable metadata format (called the JIM Specification) created to ease the discovery, acquisition, evaluation, and creation of accessible graphical information. This format will provide a means to include raw data in a complex image or data visualization, to detail the parameters of assistive technology behaviors such as audio-tactile, haptics, sonification, and braille, to include localization and internationalization, and to tie each piece of the metadata to its graphical representation elements. We will share insights on the interoperable content from individuals with blindness and low vision. As an NSF-funded convergent partnership, Inclusio is supported by collaborations that stretch across the accessibility ecosystem and are driven by the blind and low vision community.