A Case Study of Barrier-free Exhibition Content and Services in the Pandemic Era -Focusing on the Exhibition Asian Drifting Records

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1777-1790
Author(s):  
Jaeyeon Ahn
Keyword(s):  
Barrier Free

scholarly journals RAILWAY SYSTEM ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS: CASE STUDY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Transport ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Matuška
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Wheelchair Users ◽  
Accessibility Evaluation ◽  
Train Services ◽  
Weak Points ◽  
Railway System ◽  
Barrier Free

This paper deals with accessibility of rail transportation as a system. Presented methods bring ways of rail infrastructure and train accessibility evaluation. Applied two-stage model enables evaluation of departure halls accessibility. The level of train accessibility is defined by coefficients of time and direction non-uniformity. While opportunities for barrier-free travelling are relatively balanced in monitored regions, coefficients show a time imbalance in the results. Opportunity to travel barrier-free (according to the non-uniformity coefficients) shows that there are fluctuations at weekends and on weekdays. These are not of crucial importance. However, the train services are barrier-free particularly for travelling on long distances, whilst suburban and regional ones are still mostly inaccessible for wheelchairs, which is not very favourable. Since 2010 the accessibility level has improved in this area in the Czech Republic. Comparison with neighbouring countries showed strong and weak points of guaranteed barrier-free services in each country.

Assistive Technology and the Barrier-free City: A Case Study from Germany

Urban Studies ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Neumann ◽  
Christoph Uhlenkueken
Keyword(s):  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Barrier Free

scholarly journals Enabling engagement: an exploration of accessibility planning from Berlin to Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacky Hao-Kit Li
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Free Spaces ◽  
Planning Policies ◽  
Barrier Free

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a landmark piece of legislation that removes both physical and social barriers faced by people with disabilities. This Act will make Ontario fully accessible to people with disabilities by 2025 through the development of accessibility standards, all while changing the perceptions of accessibility and people with disabilities. This research paper will explore accessibility planning in Toronto. Given that planners work in communicative roles, there is little direction in AODA that discuss engagement activities. Planners must utilize a mix of high- and low-tech methods when engaging with vulnerable communities, especially with people with disabilities. A case study of methods and planning policies in Berlin, Germany is presented to illustrate strong efforts in designing barrier-free spaces. Examples from Berlin will be then compared to Toronto’s efforts in addressing issues of accessibility and engagement with people with disabilities.

Construction of a Bi-Modal Database for a Barrier-Free Teaching System

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-78
Author(s):  
Jiling Tang ◽  
Ping Feng ◽  
Zhanlei Li
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Speech Recognition ◽  
Education System ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Deaf Students ◽  
Teaching System ◽  
Speech Recognition Technology ◽  
Barrier Free

This article analyzes the application of Chinese speech recognition technology in a non-barrier education system, and studies the construction of bi-modal database for a barrier-free teaching system. Barrier-free teaching is a term used to define systems that are designed to assist deaf students, while bi-modal approaches use both audio and video to assist learning. Based on a case study of a curriculum named “Foundations of Photoshop,” the article creates a corpus to make acquisition of experimental data and annotation of corpora. Meanwhile, the authors analyze and design the organization of data and build an essential dictionary and grammar network in the recognition system.

scholarly journals Enabling engagement: an exploration of accessibility planning from Berlin to Toronto

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacky Hao-Kit Li
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
Free Spaces ◽  
Planning Policies ◽  
Barrier Free

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) is a landmark piece of legislation that removes both physical and social barriers faced by people with disabilities. This Act will make Ontario fully accessible to people with disabilities by 2025 through the development of accessibility standards, all while changing the perceptions of accessibility and people with disabilities. This research paper will explore accessibility planning in Toronto. Given that planners work in communicative roles, there is little direction in AODA that discuss engagement activities. Planners must utilize a mix of high- and low-tech methods when engaging with vulnerable communities, especially with people with disabilities. A case study of methods and planning policies in Berlin, Germany is presented to illustrate strong efforts in designing barrier-free spaces. Examples from Berlin will be then compared to Toronto’s efforts in addressing issues of accessibility and engagement with people with disabilities.

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