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Collaborative Framework for Implementation of Accessible Digital Solutions

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Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2021

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The paper presents an innovative framework for collaboration in the telecommunication sector that engages regulators, academia, telecommunication operators, and organizations of people with disabilities in the application of expertise, knowledge, and digital technologies to create wealth and welfare in society and increase public awareness of the communication issues of people with disabilities. The framework is one possible approach in dealing with practical implementations of digital accessibility solutions and a way to encourage all stakeholders in today’s digital world to consider certain steps that will significantly improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. Within the framework presented, several accessible digital solutions have been developed and published. The paper presents in detail the application developed to raise awareness about the importance of proper interaction with people with different types of disabilities (people with intellectual disabilities, deaf, blind, etc.).

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Accessible window into the world of information about telecom operators’ offers http://usluge.ict-aac.hr/pristupacni-web-2/o-projektu/, http://usluge.ict-aac.hr/pristupacni-web-2/.

  2. 2.

    http://www.ict-aac.hr/images/pristupacni_prototip/PristupacniMobilniPrototip_1.3.apk.

  3. 3.

    http://pristupacnost.hakom.hr/.

  4. 4.

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hr.unizg.fer.ictaac.Susretnica&hl=en&gl=US; https://apps.apple.com/hr/app/ict-aac-susretnica/id1543868054.

  5. 5.

    http://www.ict-aac.hr/index.php/hr/novosti-aplikacije/512-objavljena-nova-aplikacija-ict-aac-susretnica.

  6. 6.

    Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32016L2102.

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Unska 3, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia

    Iva Topolovac, Ivana Rašan & Željka Car

  2. The Croatian Regulatory Authority for Network Industries (HAKOM), Ulica Roberta Frangeša Mihanovića 9, 10110, Zagreb, Croatia

    Ivo Majerski

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  1. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    G. Jezic

  2. School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, The Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

    J. Chen-Burger

  3. Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Croatia

    M. Kusek

  4. Department of Business Economics and Management, Silesian University in Opava, Opava, Czech Republic

    R. Sperka

  5. KES International, Shoreham-by-sea, UK

    R. J. Howlett

  6. University of Technology Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Topolovac, I., Rašan, I., Car, Ž., Majerski, I. (2021). Collaborative Framework for Implementation of Accessible Digital Solutions. In: Jezic, G., Chen-Burger, J., Kusek, M., Sperka, R., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2021. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 241. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2994-5_5

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