Desarrollo de aplicación móvil para manejo de agenda personal de personas con discapacidad visual total.

Abstract

In the following develop of a mobile application for people with total visual disabilities, which will work as a personal agenda, allowing to add contacts, list scheduled events, schedule custom reminders and notify events to the contacts. The project was developed using Scrum framework, which allowed for better planning of the tasks within the application development. In addition, by using Scrum, it was possible to be prepare for changes or new requirements that arose during the development of the mobile application. The project was divided into a total of 6 Sprints of approximately 2 weeks each one. The mobile application was developed using Kotlin as the main programming language, and an integration with Firebase RealTime Database was made for the storage of an integrated usability survey within the application. For the development of the accessibility and usability test, we had the support of the PROCODIS foundation and its members, people with visual disabilities who have experience using mobile devices. These people gave us a very positive response about the application and were happy with the behavior and use of the of it. In addition, accessibility test was carried out using Google’s own tool for Android devices, throughout the development of the application.