1. Travel and Communication Assistant
Student of VSTU Usov A.O.

2. Definitions Warded person – person with mental disabilities
Tutor – person, who is responsible for people with mental disabilities

3. For people with mental disabilities: For tutors of such people:
 Relevance
Project’s aim: increasing social mobility and adaptation of people with mental disabilities. Main functions:
For people with mental disabilities:
1. Sending messages in pictograms or text.
2. Sending quick messages
3. Call
For tutors of such people:
1. Messager’s part (messages and calls)
2. Making settings for own warded person
3. Travel assistant

4. Target users Person with easy and moderate form of mental disabilities
Their tutors

5. Base requirements Requirements of communication part
Adaptive interface for people with disabilities
Different input system for tutor: letters, pictograms
Sending messages, quick messages between tutor and his warded person
Calls between people
Requirements of travel assistant part
Checking location of person with disabilities
Creating a route with highlighted zones
Notification about  track deviations

6. Device Technical Requirements
Operation system:
Android 4.0 or later
iOS 8.0 or later
Memory size mb
Free storage space mb
Display size - 4 in or more
Display resolution – x600 or higher
GPS or GLONAS

7. Prototype

8. First meeting
Discussion about main functions and design of our application with staff of rehabilitation center «Nadezhda».
Main ideas and new information:
Using different types of pictograms
Color settings for all elements in warded person interface
Tracking last warded person’s action

9. Second meeting
Discussion about main functions and design of our application with Raf, Annemie, Jan.
Main ideas and new information:
Grouping people with mental disabilities
If tutor can’t respond to his warded person’s message – send this message to other tutors in group
Creating special pictograms for warded person
Personal settings of the interface

10. Third meeting
Discussion about main functions and technologies with Steven and Jan.
Main ideas and new information:
Settings for group of pictograms and categories
Changing standard pictograms
Special block for other device function (if it’s possible)
Input/output message type at warded person’s side
Different languages for tutor’s interface

11. Legislation requirements
Development and testing problems
Getting local position of warded person – problem with placing at Google Play/AppStore
Testing by people with mental disabilities:
a) Special agreements from parents/tutor for working with such people and using our app
b) Travel assistant’s testing: hard to create
real conditions for using it

12. Tools and Technologies
Client side:
Cross-platform engine - Unity3d
Programming language - C#
Geographic location - Google Map
Server side:
Programming language - PHP
DBMS – MySQL
Communications protocol – XMPP
Other tools and data:
Version control system – Git
Translation service – Text2Picto
Used pictograms – Sclera, Pecs

13. Project solutions

14. Project solutions

15. Last meeting and testing
Testing main functions and technologies with Jan and Simon.
Main ideas and new information:
Wide tests with other tutors and people with mental disabilities
Create special guide for using application

16. Result

17. Result

18. Result

19. Result

20. Result

21. Result

22. Future plans Analysis of last warded person’s action
Testing at rehabilitation center «Nadezhda» with different people with mental disabilities
Special device blocking