1. An integration project
Guadalinfo Accesible

2. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Motivation
• Andalucía is, by population, the biggest region in Spain
with more than 8 million people
• There are around 700 villages and towns with less
than 20,000 people
• People with disabilities in Andalucia account for 8,62%
of the population
• The regional public policy is to remove the digital
divide for disabled people living in Andalucia

3. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Number of telecentres
755 centres
64 in deprived urban areas
510 in areas with less than
5,000 inhabitants
181 in towns with
population between 5,000
and 20,000
The biggest European network of telecentres

4. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Objectives
• To improve the accessibility in the Guadalinfo
centres
• To promote the ICT use among disabled people
• To increase awareness among population with
regard to disabled people
• To foster the innovation of new technologies for e-
inclusion

5. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Main actions and investment
• Total amount to be invested: 4.310.360 €
1. Supply of AT devices
2. Development of supporting software and
improvements to existing one
3. Adaptation of contents

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Hardware (I)
• Supply of AT devices
• Mice
• Keyboards
• Screens
• Switches
• Other elements under demand

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Guadalinfo Accesible
Hardware (II)
• The hardware has been divided into three groups
• Basic, delivered to all centres: keyboards, mice,
touch screen
• Extended, to centres located in towns with more
than 5,000 people (249 centres): switches and
more specialized mice and devices
• Devices for very specific use, delivered to certain
centres and available under demand: Braille
displays, big size screens,

8. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Hardware (III)

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Guadalinfo Accesible
Software (I)
• Improvement of accessibility and functionality in different
GNOME apps:
•ORCA (screen reader)
•EVINCE (PDF file viewer)
•OCRFeeder
•Caribou (virtual keyboard with text prediction)
•EVIACAM (mouse by head movements)
•Speech recognition for Spanish
•Dots
•Other

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Guadalinfo Accesible
Software (II)
• Adaptation to GNOME of the Sc@ut tool for communication
with autistic people
• A cognitive training tool that allows experts to remotely track
users progress and to add new exercises
• The t-Orienta tool to help the staff at the centres to configure
the PC for disabled people

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Side actions
• The staff has been individually trained on
accessibility
• Hand-outs and posters
• Awareness campaign
• Call centre to solve problems and ask questions that
could appear and arise

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Learning materials
• Contents about accessibility
• Adapted courses and contents for disabled people
• Made in a simple language
• Special training for people receiving free AT devices
for home use funded by Junta de Andalucía

13. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Companies involved

14. AN INTEGRATION PROJECT
Guadalinfo Accesible
Thank you!