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Travel and Communication Assistant

Student of VSTU

Usov

A.O.Slide2

Definitions

Warded person

– person with mental disabilities

Tutor

– person, who is responsible for people with mental disabilitiesSlide3

 Relevance

Project’s aim:

increasing social mobility

and adaptation of people with mental disabilities.

Main functions:

For people with mental disabilities:1. Sending messages in pictograms or text.2. Sending quick messages3. Call

For tutors of such people:

1. Messager’s part (messages and calls)

2. Making settings for own warded person

3. Travel assistantSlide4

Target users

Person with easy and moderate form of mental disabilities

Their tutorsSlide5

Base requirements

Requirements of communication part

Adaptive interface for people with disabilities

Different input system for tutor: letters, pictograms

Sending messages, quick messages between tutor and his warded person

Calls between people

Requirements of travel assistant part Checking location of person with disabilitiesCreating a route with highlighted zonesNotification about  track deviationsSlide6

Device Technical Requirements

Operation system:

Android 4.0 or later

iOS 8.0 or later

Memory size

- 512

mbFree storage space - 500 mbDisplay size - 4 in or moreDisplay resolution – 800x600 or higherGPS or GLONASSlide7

PrototypeSlide8

First meeting

Discussion about main functions and design of our application with staff of rehabilitation center

«

Nadezhda

»

. Main ideas and new information:

Using different types of pictogramsColor settings for all elements in warded person interfaceTracking last warded person’s actionSlide9

Second meeting

Discussion about main functions and design of our application with

Raf

,

Annemie

, Jan. Main ideas and new information:

Grouping people with mental disabilitiesIf tutor can’t respond to his warded person’s message – send this message to other tutors in groupCreating special pictograms for warded personPersonal settings of the interfaceSlide10

Third meeting

Discussion about main functions and technologies with Steven and Jan.

Main ideas and new information:

Settings for group of pictograms and categories

Changing standard pictograms

Special block for other device function (if it’s possible)

Input/output message type at warded person’s sideDifferent languages for tutor’s interfaceSlide11

Legislation requirements

Development and testing problems

Getting local position of warded person – problem with placing at Google Play/AppStore

Testing by people with mental disabilities:

a) Special agreements from parents

/tutor for working with such people and using our appb) Travel assistant’s testing: hard to createreal conditions for using itSlide12

Tools and Technologies

Client side:

Cross

-

platform engine -

Unity3d

Programming language - C#Geographic location - Google MapServer side:Programming language - PHPDBMS – MySQLCommunications protocol – XMPPOther tools and data:Version control system – Git

Translation service –

Text2Picto

Used pictograms –

Sclera, PecsSlide13

Project solutionsSlide14

Project solutionsSlide15

Last meeting and testing

Testing main functions and technologies with Jan

and Simon

.

Main ideas and new information:

Wide tests with other tutors and people with mental disabilitiesCreate special guide for using applicationSlide16

ResultSlide17

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ResultSlide22

Future plans

Analysis of last warded person’s action

Testing at rehabilitation center

«

Nadezhda

» with different people with mental disabilities

Special device blocking