XR Navigation�Presents:��The first digital map everyone can use.��Presenter Contact: brandon.biggs@xrnavigation.io

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Blind people use screen readers, but maps are blank

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What a sighted person can see

What a screen reader will say

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Many have problems with maps

Maps are only visual

Maps can’t be used with a keyboard

I can’t tell apart colors on the map

I can’t read the map

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Communicates spatial knowledge (viewing/editing) - WCAG 1.1.1

• Distance
• Direction
• Orientation
• Shape
• Size
• General layout

• Landmark
• Route
• Survey

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Traditional alternate text loses most spatial knowledge

• Lack most spatial information
• Lack standard
• Long
• Can’t handle thousands of features
• Can’t allow map creation
• Not dynamic

• Turn-by-turn directions
• Nearby address search lists
• Tables
• Simple alternate text descriptions

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AUDIOM

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The first map everyone can use

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How It Works for Viewers

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Users Can Easily…

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• See illustrated map
• Share maps with pins
• View feature info/videos
• Use map zoomed 200%
• Use patterns and or colors
• Change border width
• Use Interactive Alt-Text
• Use spatial audio
• Use braille display, headphones, and or keyboard

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Audiom is orientation, turn-by-turn directions are mobility

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Audiom is a map:

• Is used before navigating
• Builds confidence
• Helps build a mental model of a space
• Communicates all spatial knowledge

Turn-by-turn directions:

• Are used while navigating
• Get you from point A to point B

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Audiom + TDEI + AccessMap Integration Demo Video

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Current Clients

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Contact us about making your maps and spatial diagrams usable to everyone

Hear a map at:

https://xrnavigation.io/audiom-demo

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Contact:

Brandon.biggs@xrnavigation.io

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