Blog - Tag: accessibility

Last night we were delighted to announce the winners of the 2012 Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards. A €200,000 prize fund for the best Android apps to assist those with disabilities and the elderly has been shared between four winners. At the awards ceremony in Brussels last night, a keynote speech was delivered by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship.

The competition opened in May and after a number of judging rounds the final four winners were decided by a panel consisting of representatives from Vodafone Foundation, Vodafone Group Services Limited ...

This year we’ve been delighted by the amount of competition entries, and impressed by the quality and innovation of them.

Our specialist first round Judges from AGE and EDF have now completed the first round of judging and we have our final 12 entrants that will be competing in the finals.

To view the 12 Apps that will be in the finals, please click here: http://developer.vodafone.com/smartaccess2012/saa-2012-finalist/

Thank you again to all the entrants for all their submissions and be sure to keep an eye on the site for updates and to see who the ...

In support of the Vodafone Smart Accessibility Awards, Vodafone, Mobile Monday, in conjunction with NDRC Inventorium have partnered with the NCBI Centre for Inclusive Technology and the Irish Internet Association (IIA) to run a two-day workshop 21-22 August from 12:00 - 18:00h to stimulate the generation of smartphone app ideas to submit to the competition for a share of €200k worth of prize money.

The two-day workshop will explore the challenges, problems and commercial opportunities that exist for developers and entrepreneurs when building smartphone applications that consider the needs of this significant demographic.

For more information about the Dublin ...

Hopefully you will already have heard about the Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards 2012, the competition that calls for developers across Europe to design smartphone applications which take into consideration the needs of older people and people with disabilities. In support of the competition we wanted to let you know about a series of Smart Accessibility workshops being run in conjunction with Mobile Mondays. At the first workshop, which will take place in London on 19th July, you will be able to learn about user perspective and personal experience, follow a technical session with demonstrations of tools and applications, simulate ...

The finals of the Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility awards 2011 will be held this Monday, the 5^th December in Brussels.

The competition opened in June and after the first round of Judging, the 12 finalists were announced on the 15^th October. Here are a number of great stories on the topic of Smart Accessibility.

·  Apps for blind and partially sighted users: Independent developers are adding accessibility features to Android apps with exciting results

·  Mobile accessibility: setting the standard: Setting non-regulatory standards will help developers stick to the 'design for all' principle, securing investment for the future. John Galloway ...

Are you looking to enter the Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards? Then don’t delay, entry closes on the 15th October. This leaves you just 3 days to finalise and submit your app!

PLEASE NOTE: We have noticed a bug which is resulting in uploads timing out after 2 minutes. If you are not able to complete your upload within that time, please reply to this mail, attaching your .apk file in zipped format along with the name of your app as well as company name, and we will confirm with you once your entry has been finalised. Apologies for ...

Earlier this week Vodafone hosted Smart Accessibility workshops in Belfast and Madrid. At both workshops there was a great turn out, and even better ideas and insights shared. Attendees from both the developer and accessibility communities joined together to share valuable info and there were even some great demos too.

For the Belfast workshop there were some fantastic presentations that looked at ‘an introduction to accessibility’ and advice from the industry on how to develop for this market. There was some pretty impressive technology on show that included voice recognition – and in fact how this can help in everyday life ...

At Vodafone developer we recently launched the Smart Accessibility Awards, where you have the chance to win a share of €200,000! In the lead up to the competition we’ve teamed up with Mobile Monday (http://www.mobilemonday.org.uk/) and ICT (www.ictktn.org.uk) to host four half-day  accessibility workshops, which kick off in Edinburgh on Friday 16^th September. Other locations include Manchester, London and Belfast, with some exciting European locations too including Madrid (September 28^th), the Netherlands and Germany. Further details will follow and we’ll let you know as soon as they’re ...

With just five weeks of the competition remaining, the race is on for you to submit your entry for the entry Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards and be in with a chance of winning a share of the €200,000 prize fund.

The programme is supported and co-organised by AGE Platform Europe, the European network of around 160 organisations of and for people aged 50+, and the European Disability Forum (EDF), the NGO that represents the interests of 80 million Europeans with disabilities.

Entries from across Europe will go head to head to win a share of the total prize ...