Preferences for Global Access

What is Preferences for Global Access?

The goal of the Preferences for Global Access project (PGA) is the design and development of web software to assist users with disabilities in creating online user profiles that specify their needs and preferences for how online information and services should be presented to them.

The project is a U S Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research contract for "Profile Creation Support for Cloud-Based Accessibility." It is a collaboration between the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC), IBM's Accessibility Software Division, Raising the Floor International, Inclusive Technologies, and WGBH National Center for Accessible Media

This project builds upon the work of Preferences for Global Access Year 1 (2013) and Preferences for Global Access Year 2 (2014-2015).

What is this team working on?

First Discovery Prototype links

http://first-discovery.mybluemix.net/demos/prefsServerIntegration/index.html?preview=electron
http://first-discovery.mybluemix.net/demos/prefsServerIntegration/index.html?preview=search

First Discovery Tool Documentation

http://pga03.github.io/docs-first-discovery/index-tutorials.html

Explore tool demo (in Draft)

http://prefint.mybluemix.net/demos/explorationToolPrefsServerIntegration/login.html

http://prefint.mybluemix.net/demos/explorationToolPrefsServerIntegration/

The PGA team uses a mailing list for group communication. To keep up to date on progress and to contribute, please join the global preferences mailing list.

Teams may also communicate via email for messages relevant to their working group. Working group lists and contact information can be found here:

PGA Task 0003 Team Roles and Contact Information

General meeting description

Team leads to meet weekly for a project status report. We will discuss upcoming deliverables, set priorities for remaining tasks, and resolve blockers. Meeting agenda will be sent the proceeding Friday.

All project participants are welcome to attend.

Meeting notes

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wbO7H614h9ZyXAmW_tMemiUU1Ph5AcYzStEFZ6UJOBM/edit#