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Recommendations for the Development of Information and Communication Services for Increasing Mobility of Visually Impaired Persons

To activate the blind and visually impaired person (user) in the transport system, it is necessary to ensure access to all amenities that surround the person himself or herself. Mobility and accessibility are the essential conditions for the introduction of blind and visually impaired people to everyday life. According to statistical data there are currently 792, 875 people living in the city of Zagreb, while there are 91, 261 disabled persons which is 13.2% out of the total number of citizens. There are 1, 985 visually impaired persons in the area of the city of Zagreb and the data refer to all forms of visual impairments. In designing ICT solutions and services for safe movement of persons with reduced and difficult mobility in the traffic network of the city of Zagreb the current situation needs to be analysed. The analysis will encompass the users’ satisfaction parameters (assessment of the availability of the current technology and parameters that affect the perception of safety), and the analysis of technical and technological characteristics of the applicable user equipment and available applicative solutions taking into consideration the diversity of the user platforms MTU (Android, Windows and iOS). In this research recommendations will be given for the development and design of new services based on the most represented terminal devices and technologies. The presence of the devices is based on the previously performed analysis in the target group of users. As the basis of the decision-making process new services use the generalised presentation of the user knowledge base, with the aim of raising the level of the quality of living of the persons with impaired vision in the city of Zagreb. The research is done as part of the project “Information and Communication Services for the Movement along the Traffic Network by the Persons of Reduced and Difficult Mobility”. The research results will enable the defining and modelling of the user knowledge base and the education of the users about the implementation of new solutions and services. The mentioned results are at the same time based on the synergic action of the field of technology of traffic and transport, as well as the field of education and rehabilitation sciences.

traffic network; communication system traffic control; assistive technology; adaptive technology

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