OATTS (Open Access Tool Tray System)

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• • Widgets
    • Each widget provides different accessibility function or service
    • Widget either independently provides accessibility services or acts as a gateway
    • People can create new widgets
    • Proprietary and open source widgets allowed
  • Widget examples
    • caption tools  
      • Caption tool (scheduled and on demand) that display in a resizable,  positionable, always stay on top, window.
      • CCCC (Controlable Crowd Caption Correction) Tool  (see below)
      • low cost caption tool  (allows use of speech recognition and rapid correction to create captions)
    • sign language on demand tool  (similar to caption tool)
    • hand raising tool - to ensure that people using captions (which are by nature delayed) or who are slower have the opportunity to participate on level playing field.  Also facilitates participation by less gregarious participants - and those who want to quickly contribute but not speak. 
• Technology
  • Implemented in JavaScript and PHP and MySQL.  It runs as a ChromeApp (or a Chrome Extension).  
  • Compatible with  Windows, Linux, Mac.  
• ToDo:  
  • Mount system on GPII server
    • This will then become an infrastructure service of GPII under Prosperity4All
    • It will also server as a model for other similar tools -- as well as a model for GPII compatibility for this type of tool
  • Put all preferences into GPII compatible form
  • Incorporate some of the GPII  UI Access features into OATTS tools
• Screenshots
  • Screenshot of the tray of all the widgets. Individual widgets can be selected and moved in section below.
    
  • Screenshot showing widgets moved into the personal tray
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  • Screenshot showing the CCCC widget in the OATTS tray
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  • Screenshot showing the OATTS settings
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