Amóvil is an initiative led by the ONCE Foundation and developed by ILUNION Technology and Accessibility that aims to help people with special needs identify accessible mobile devices that are compatible with available assistive technologies and that suit their preferences and needs. It is an interactive website that also offers information on mobile applications that comply with Universal Accessibility and Design for All requirements. In addition, Amóvil offers news and general information on accessibility to ICTs and promotes the active participation of experts, users, manufacturers as well as telephone/wireless service providers in the project.
The Amovil project is the result of the master thesis titled “An Experimental Study for the Identification and Comparison of Accessible and User Friendly Mobile Technology” promoted by ONCE Foundation and co-financed by Plan Avanza. It was presented at Universidad Nacional a Distancia (UNED) by Lourdes González Perea and Soledad Clemente Izquierdo, both ILUNION Technology and Accessibility's employees, the company which has taken charge of the project’s development.
The project’s specific objectives are:
A set of collaboration guidelines has been established, which are already available for review.
As a part of the Amóvil project, Fundacion ONCE has made available to all users the Accessible and User Friendly Mobile Technology Design White Paper that aims to provide a set of guidelines to develop accessible mobile devices that are also easy to use.
The White Paper is already available for downloading from Amóvil’s blog site.