Drew Williams 1, Nadiyah Johnson 1, Ola Claire Bangole 1, Md. Kamrul Hasan 1, Dennis Tomashek 2, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed 1 and Roger O. Smith 2 1 Marquette University, 2 University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

 Introduction  Motivation  Previous Work  Proposed Approach ◦ Survey Questions ◦ Sensor-Based Measurements  Methods  Conclusions

 Building accessibility guidelines ◦ Created in 1990 as part of the Creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  Improve the accessibility of building  Measurement Requests  Feature Request  Guideline difficulties ◦ Difficult to understand ◦ Time consuming  Toolkits ◦ Outline measurements for accessibility  Complex  Expensive and require training

 Why develop a novel accessibility tool? ◦ To Save people:  Money  No expensive equipment to purchase  Time  Easy to understand instructions  No training required  Future users will use app to query building accessibility

 Smartphone-based mobile application ◦ Determines the accessibility ratings of building features  Restaurants  Outdoors event  Schools,etc ◦ Targeted Users  Consumer  Building accessors  Building Owners

 Survey Questions ◦ Corresponds to a building feature ◦ Linked with a Guideline  Is there a ramp?  Does the bathroom have a handicap stall?  Scoring ◦ The answers provided by the users are tallied and the building element(accessibility ranking) is scored. ◦ Pre-existing guidelines

 Mini-tools ◦ Mobile app meters that access the users environment  AccessSound  AccessLight  AccessSlope  AccessRuler  Questions ◦ Is the lighting in the room appropriate for reading?

 User Friendly ◦ Conforms to users workflow  Survey can be completed in any order  Use mini-tools to assist with questions  Help tutorials- guide users

 Survey Questions ◦ Topics correspond to building elements  Follows the original ratings system framework  Branching Frame work  Expedite the measurement workflow  User can choose questions in any order  Accommodates a pre-existing workflow

 Use of smartphone sensors ◦ Measure immediate environment ◦ Gives users the option to use the tools  This conforms to the expertise and workflow the user.

 For users that experience difficulty  Surveys ◦ Guides users through surveys  General help tutorials are offered.

 Developed using iOS  Opening the application ◦ Locates buildings near to the user using the devices GPS and Google Maps API ◦ Prompts user to select a building ◦ User is presented with surveys

 User friendly  Saves Money  Saves Time  Eases accessibility rating oricess

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