Sistema Señalético Audiovisual de Lugares Estratégicos de la Ciudad de Riobamba para No Videntes Aplicado a Dispositivos Smartphone.

Abstract

The present investigation was carried out to sign a system audiovisual signalization applied to devices Smartphone to people blind people that possesses in Riobamba city, with the purpose of facilitating the localization of important places that possesses the city using a mobile device. This system was developed analyzing each one of the strategic places from Riobamba like: parks, churches public and private buildings, obtaining this way unique particulars that were better for the elaboration of the system. It was also used technical as the survey, the observation that helped to obtain information on the different types of cellular that people use with visual disability to design the mobile application and a test for you validate the system applied signalization to Smartphone. This proposal consists of a representative icon of each place in paper vinyl that is stuck to a support of galvanized steel and an electronic device that it will emit sounds for sounds so that the signalization is recognized by blind people. The mobile application was programmed by Erika Buñay and Digna Paguay, students at School Polytechnic Superior of Chimborazo from School of Systems, with the purpose of recognizing signs and pictograms. For the validation was carried out evidences by inspection with 12 blind people from Provincial Association of blind people of Chimborazo, installing the application respectively in each one of their mobile devices and the signalization. It keep on to evaluate this system applying to devices Smartphone and the use of the mobile application, obtaining 88% of effectiveness and use easiness. Concluding yes that this system helps to locate important places inside the city. You recommends this system it is executed because it is of a lot of importance for people non seers of this city.