Objective ICT-2011.5.5 ICT for smart and personalised inclusion
ICT tools, infrastructures and devices for mainstream accessibility in daily life
The objective is to support seamlessly accessible solutions and services for persons with disabilities, in various and changing settings (e.g. home, workplace, public transport, shops, education or medical centres, other public spaces, both indoors and outdoors). The research projects should focus on one or more of: 1) Virtual reality and simulation approaches for developers to design daily life environments and explore potential user interactions building on previous work on 'virtual user'; and prototypes for ambient intelligence multimedia infrastructure (supported by networked sensors, terminals, etc) interacting with users' interoperable and portable IT devices; 2) Personalisable softwarebased assistive solutions supported through online/cloud-based platforms. This research should address generic and open solutions responsive to user physical, cognitive and mental capacities, preferences, and the ICT already available to the user.