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A Pilot Deployment of an Online Tool for Large-Scale Virtual Auditing of Urban Accessibility

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ASSETS '17: Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Pages 305 - 306

https://doi.org/10.1145/3132525.3134775

Published: 19 October 2017 Publication History

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We present Project Sidewalk, a new online tool that allows anyone-from motivated citizens to government workers-to remotely label accessibility problems by virtually walking through city streets. Basic game design principles such as interactive onboarding, mission-based tasks, and stats dashboards are used to train, engage, and sustain users. We describe the current Project Sidewalk system, present results of a pilot public deployment with 581 users, and discuss open questions and future work.

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ASSETS '17: Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2017

450 pages

ISBN:9781450349260

DOI:10.1145/3132525

General Chair:
Amy Hurst
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
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University of Washington, USA
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Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft Research, USA

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