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The Access Rainbow

The Access Rainbow. Leslie Regan Shade Faculty of Information University of Toronto Nunavut ICT Summit 2012 November 1, 2012. 7 GOVERNANCE. 6 LITERACY/SOCIAL FACILITATION. 5 SERVICE/ACCESS PROVISION. 4 CONTENT/SERVICES. 3 SOFTWARE TOOLS. 2 DEVICES. 1 CARRIAGE FACILITIES.

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The Access Rainbow

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  1. The Access Rainbow Leslie Regan Shade Faculty of InformationUniversity of Toronto Nunavut ICT Summit 2012 November 1, 2012

  2. 7 GOVERNANCE 6 LITERACY/SOCIAL FACILITATION 5 SERVICE/ACCESS PROVISION 4 CONTENT/SERVICES 3 SOFTWARE TOOLS 2 DEVICES 1 CARRIAGE FACILITIES Access Rainbow an architecture for information infrastructure

  3. The facilities that store, serve or carry information eg single party, digital switched, broadband, WiFi • equitable allocation (addresses, routing, bandwidth) • ubiquitous, affordable, interoperable, symmetric, standards compliant 1. CARRIAGE FACILITIES

  4. Actual devices people operate • e.g. common PC’s, keyboards, PDA’s .... • affordable, adaptable, accessible, interoperable? • easy to install assistive software? • extensible for adaptive devices (eg haptic mouse)? 2. DEVICES

  5. Programs that run the devices and connect to services egbrowsers, mailers, authoring, mounting, managing, tools 3. SOFTWARE TOOLS • • easy to learn/use, interoperable, reliable, secure • usable, accessible? • WAI Guidelines (Authoring Tool + User Agent) • designed or tested by disabled persons?

  6. The actual services people find useful eg email, WWW, newsgroups, social media 4. CONTENT/SERVICES • 'basic/essential' data bases (e.g. employment, weather, health, political, educational, events ..) for disabled + targeted databases • affordable, authentic, diverse, multilingual...

  7. Organization(s) that provides net access 5. SERVICE/ACCESS PROVISION • public information institutions (eg libraries, schools, universities, POs), community centres,... • • employers, associations • • phone/cable cos., independent ISP's

  8. 6. LITERACY/SOCIAL FACILITATION The skills people need to take full advantage of ICTs and the means to acquire these skills •education/training programs, adapted for disabilities •support for technical and 'local' experts •climate of social/technical experimentation, innovation diffusion, digital literacy, self help networks

  9. 7. GOVERNANCE The means for deciding about the development and operation of the info/comm infrastructure • public commons + private spaces + open, competitive markets (‘cyberspace’=public space?) • regulatory bodies, Access Boards, ICANN NCUC • social impact assessments • Charter of Information/Communications Rights? • publicly accountable, civically responsive,openly+inclusively debated

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