Comparative Analysis of Mobile Phone Application Solutions Accessibility for informing Visually Impaired Persons in Traffic Environment

Visually impaired persons are constantly faced with various problems while creating movement routes using application solutions on their mobile terminal devices. These problems are: nonadaptable mobile phones, application solution and available content. Application solutions depend on different operating systems, their characteristics and performances of mobile terminal devices. In this research, the accessibility of mobile terminal devices and applications for informing visually impaired persons in traffic environment were analyzed. Analysis was conducted on the basis of available scientific and technical literature in order to identify the most common operating systems and their characteristics for providing accurate information to the end user. In addition to the characteristics of the operating system, hardware components of mobile terminal devices such as an accelerometer, gyroscope, GPS, etc. have great importance in informing the users of the transport network. Accessibility of available application solutions and hardware devices important for making accurate and accessible information were analyzed according to the recommendation of universal design. Using comparative analysis, the selection of the optimal operating system and application were made to provide accurate information about the movement and direction of the user (personal digital assistant).

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