Real-Time Location-Based Informational Services

Project Team

• Leanne West, Project Director
• Ethan Adler
• Jeffrey Jo
• Jeff Wilson
• Ben Medlin              

Project

Building on the success of and interest in the wireless personal captioning system, the Wireless RERC is adding indoor location tracking capabilities to the system to better suit the needs of people with sensory impairments at three targeted venues. These venues include airports, museums/aquariums, and hospitals. 

Approach

The project spans five years. The first two years will be spent gathering information from project partners to define the requirements of the system. Venue-specific prototypes will be built and tested in years 2-4. Testing will include laboratory testing, on-site testing, and user testing. Testing will also include component-specific testing, such as with speech recognition in limited-vocabulary scenarios. Modifications based on feedback will occur in years 4-5. Final prototype testing and demonstration will be held in year 5.

Collaborating Partners

Airport Partners:

• RERC on Accessible Intercity Transportation
• Delta Airlines

Museum/aquarium Partners:

• Imagination Celebration in Ft. Worth, Texas
• InSight Cinema in Santa Monica, California
• SightLine Media in Los Angeles, California

Hospital Partners:

• Atlanta VA
• Piedmont Healthcare
• Shepherd Center
• WiSPI