Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative. Thomas Barmüller Director EMEA, Mobile & Wireless Forum

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1 Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative Thomas Barmüller Director EMEA, Mobile & Wireless Forum Workshop on Accessibility of Products and Services Crown Plaza Hotel, rue Gineste 3, 1210 Brussels 2/3 February 2017

2 Why GARI is Needed help consumers to find a device with the accessibility features that work best for them

3 GARI Key Points Global Accessibility Reporting Initiative Centralised source of accessibility information All world regions mobile phone models 300+ accessibility related apps 110 accessibility features 17 languages Consumer guide & producer reporting tool

4 GARI new homepage with 5 section: accessible mobile phones, tablets, apps, SmartTVs, Wearables

5 GARI Website Find accessible Phones and tablets

6 Results: 127 Region: Europe List of GARI search results

7 Feature list of Sony Experia M2

8 Example of device comparison of three different phone models

9 GARI Covers All Dimensions of Mobile Accessibility Hardware: 2-way-camera High quality loudspeakers Software: Screen reader Captioning 3 rd party apps: Sign language dictionary Crowed sourced help (e.g. Be My Eyes)

10 Examples: GARI in Use Find more examples at

11 GARI Reporting Tool

12 GARI Website Traffic

13 Pie chart 'Search option Pie chart search option choosen SEARCH OPTION CHOOSEN choosen' The pie chart shows the percentage of chosen search options, namely: Best-device-for (based on a pre-selected list of features): 47 %; Phone/Tablet Lookup: 39 %; and, Advanced search: 14 %.

14 "BEST DEVICE FOR" CATEGORY SEARCHES Pie chart 'Best-device-for category searches' The following percentage of searches in the COGNITION 'Best device for' FEATURES category was performed 16% using the preselected feature set of HEARING/SPEECH MOBILITY/DEXTE FEATURES Hearing/Speech RITY FEATURES 34%, 34% 24% Vision 26%, Mobility/Dexterity 24%, and VISION FEATURES Cognition 16%. 26%

15 Pie chart TOP 10 'Top FEATURES features SEARCHEDsearched FOR for' 1. Hearing Aid T-Coil FRONT FACING Coupling: 18 % CAMERA HEARING AID T-COIL VIBRATING ALERT 2. Hearing Aid or "HAC" Setting: COUPLING 16 % 9% 8% 18% 3. RINGER to 6., VOLUME each at 10 %: Adjustable Vibrating ADJUSTABLE Alerts, 9% Improved Call Quality, Internet SETTING VOLUME Capability, CONTROL Adjustable Maximum Volume 16% 10% Control ADJUSTABLE VIBRATING 7. Ringer INTERNET CAPABILITY Volume Adjustable: 9 % ALERTS 10% IMPROVED CALL 10% QUALITY 8. Vibrating Alert: 9 % 10% 9. Front Facing Camera: 8 % ADJUSTABLE MAXIMUM HEARING AID OR "HAC"

16 PLATFORM SEARCHED Pie chart 'Platform searched' The pie chart on this slide shows the percentage of Platforms IOSsearched for, 36% namely: Android 48 %; ANDROID ios: 3648% %; Windows Phone: 8 %; Windows: 7 %; and, Blackberry: 1 %. WINDOWS PHONE 8% WINDOWS 7% BLACKBERRY 1%

17 More Information Michael Milligan Secretary General Thomas Barmueller Director EMEA Accessibility

18 About MWF International association of companies with an interest in mobile and wireless communications including the evolution to 5G and the Internet of Things, focusing on: MWF Members: Alcatel Mobile Phones, Apple, Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, Samsung, Sony (+ companies participating in one or more of MMF s initiatives); more info:

19 Thank you. Thomas Barmueller +43 (664) Bergbosstraat Merelbeke, Belgium Since December 2006: MMF s/mwf s Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa and responsible for the co-ordination of the association s activities in the region : Forum Mobilkommunikation (Austrian mobile operators organisation, Managing Director) : Member of the Austrian Parliament, focused on infrastructure issues, telecommunication and environment He graduated as Master of Laws at the University of Graz, Austria.