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Cloud Computing:A New Opportunity for People
with Disabilities
Clayton Lewis, NIDRR ConsultantColeman InstituteMarch 13, 2012
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What is cloud computing?
past
future
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Advantages
• Very low cost for services we already have• Much easier to develop and deploy new
services
•A new world of useful services, at very low cost, available everywhere to everyone
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Why Is Cloud Computing Important for People with Disabilities?
• Cloud technology can be used to make access to information and services much easier for people with disabilities.
• User profiles in the cloud can allow computers to automatically personalize themselves to meet the needs of individual users
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GPII
• Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure initiative– GPII.org– Led by Gregg Vanderheiden (U Wisconsin), with
NIDRR support• International effort to improve the user
experience for computer users with disabilities…
• … and promote the development of more and better access technology.
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How it Works
User profile in the cloud
Enhanced browser accesses user profile…
…customizes presentation of Web page to meet user’s individual needs
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How it Works
User profile in the cloud
Matchmaker program helps user identify content and applications that can be configured to meet their needs
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Application Scenarios
• Automatic setup of public computer in library or shared computer at home
• In school, children get the presentations they need… and they can access them at home, too
• Automatic setup of workplace accommodations
• More in vision video at GPII.org
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Support for Software Providers
• GPII infrastructure enhancements aim to– Simplify the development of accessible
applications– Support online delivery of tools and services• personalization for access• subscriber authentication
• New and better services will result
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GPII Status• Cloud4All– $11M European Commission project to
implement key aspects of GPII– Launched Nov 2, 2011– Additional amounts in international matches
• NIDRR committed to the development of this potential in the USA
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NIDRR’s Cloud Initiative
• Pilot implementations in partnership with other agencies– Health care, education, voting
• Development work to complement international efforts
• Cooperation on strategic research
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A Word of Caution
• cloud technology will not solve all of our problems
• there is a risk of exaggerated expectations and mistaken resource allocations– parallel: technology in the schools
• success with technology requires investment in people and their skills
• we need to grasp the opportunities of the cloud, but with a sober sense of reality!
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The Cloud Opportunity
• Use the capabilities of the cloud…• …to make it easier for people with disabilities
to access the programs and services available in the cloud, and
• …to make it easier for service developers to provide access for users with disabilities