Desarrollo e implementación de una aplicación móvil georreferenciada e informativa del campus de la Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil dirigida a estudiantes y visitantes con dificultad visual o no videntes.

Abstract

This research is mainly aimed at integrating and providing mobility or displacement solutions to students with visual or non-visionary disabilities, who are currently enrolled at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil and also intends to provide tangible benefits in the field of accessibility and inclusion based on the technological resources of easier access to the general public. During the information search, interviews were conducted with specialists in the digital field, general public surveys and field tests with students of the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil with visual disabilities, being possible not only to verify the need for interaction and other requirements basic user, if not recognize the essential requirements of application functionality, such as auditory interaction and personalized vibration for each button of the mobile application. The creation of GPS markings in the different interaction points of the university campus allow access and interact with intelligent devices configured in a normal way or with the accessibility system of Android Talkback as well as its geo-positioning system. Finally, this work culminates with the implementation of a mobile application for the Android system aimed at a smartphone with the name of Geocatolica, an informative application based on the GPS location and previously marked points within the Santiago de Guayaquil Catholic University campus, which allows the displacement of students from one point to another, keeping in mind the information of the buildings and the point where they are located, which results in a better development and autonomy during their stay or mobilization on the university campus.