1st Building block webinar Integration of Alternative Input Modalities into Educational Apps Go2Meeting, Date 12.12.2017

Description and Goals In this first webinar: “Integration of Alternative Input Modalities into Educational Apps” we are proud to present the integration of AsTeRICS input device components into LIFEtool’s educational games for people with special needs. The LIFEtool applications EURO and FlashWords have been enhanced with AsTeRICS components so the end users can now interact with them through head movements or an additional acceleration sensor. The two applications will be provided as P4A editions for free in the Unified Listing. This webinar targets at developers and implementers who are interested in alternative input components for their own solutions and developments. The webinar presenters will be Stefan Schürz and Alfred Doppler from LIFEtool, as well as, Martin Deinhofer part of the AsTeRICS project team, from the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien. On the 12th of December at 3:30 PM (CET), we will start our P4A webinar series for developers. Within these sessions developers can learn how to implement a P4A building block in their AT solutions. We will also showcase real P4A implementations.

Presenters Stefan Schürz Researcher at LIFEtool. He has been working in several national and international R&D projects concerning people with disabilities and elderly. He acquired great experience in usability studies in order to understand real end-users’ reactions and has profound expertise in the user-centred design process. Furthermore, he is responsible for conducting usability tests and evaluations in the development process of human machine interfaces. Alfred Doppler Software developer at LIFEtool for more than 18 years now. During this time we developed more than 25 programs for the PC, 9 Apps for the iPad and 3 Apps for Android. My field of work is during the whole process of creating software: from creating user stories and story boards to writing code, from adapting graphics for our needs to cutting audio files and music, from testing and packaging the software to bringing it into the actual store. Martin Deinhofer Since September 2013 he is working as researcher and lecturer at the Institute of Embedded Systems in the field of Assistive Technologies. He is/was involved in the following research projects AsTeRICS Academy (092013-092016) and Prosperity4All (022014-022018). He is one of the main contributors to the AsTeRICS framework (Assistive Technology Rapid Integration and Construction Set).

Introduction to P4all developers’ space Agenda Welcome Introduction to P4all developers’ space Introduction LIFEtool and Developments Presentation and Q&A AsTeRICS – Demos, Model creation, Packaging Integration of P4A components Sum up