CCNY PRISM Lecture Series on          
Computer Vision, Robotics and Human-Computer Interaction 

TITLE:  Accessible Wayfinding for Disabled Travelers

http://www.clickandgomaps.com/

Location: NAC 8/207 (CS Conference Room), The City College of New York

Time:  12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Date: March 17th (Tuesday), 2015

ABSTRACT:
ClickAndGo (C&G) is a patented cloud-based wayfinding and navigation technology for blind pedestrians. We specialize in delivering accessible customized route directions, virtual tours, intersection descriptions, low vision maps, and other data. We also provide wayfinding services to other user groups. For example, we deliver a specialized database of routes for wheelchair travelers.

C&G's service is deliverable in multiple languages, and is customized for both indoor and outdoor venues. Our newest features include an iPhone App, through which we now deliver real-time location support using iBeacons. We have also launched a new feature delivering simultaneous low vision maps alongside our narrative directions.

All C&G data is made available through every possible delivery mechanism: interactive voice response technology (IVR) via any telephone or cell phone, auditory output via any standard computer screen-reader, direct text or MP3 download from the web, or via large print or Braille. And most recently, C&G is available via iPhone App.

Unique to ClickAndGo is the user option for "pre-journey exploration and learning" of any venue. Travelers can become familiar with a walking route, virtual tour, or intersection description with our service before leaving their home. No other blindness wayfinding service on the market today that offers this feature.
A full range of examples of our wayfinding service will be demonstrated in the presentation.


BIO:
Joe Cioffi, M.Ed. (ClickAndGo Wayfinding Maps Founder & CEO) has worked as a consultant in deafblindness education for 30+ years, with expertise in Orientation and Mobility techniques for the deafblind and blind. He has published various articles and book chapters on Usher syndrome and Orientation and Mobility, and has taught and lectured extensively in the United States and abroad.

His experience includes supervising the O & M department at the Helen Keller National Center in the 90's, directing the first Masters level program for O & M instructors in Thailand in 1995, and providing numerous deafblind workshops and trainings nationally and internationally. He also founded the company InTouch Graphics, and has been a leading designer of tactile maps for the past 20+ years.

The PRISM lecture series is supported by NSF grants (CNS-0424539 and CNS-0551598) and the funding from the Grove School of Engineering (GSoE). This talk is also supported by an NSF GARDE Grant for Assistive Technology Senior Design Course Development.