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GILBERT'S GUIDE
UI/UX Accessibility App Design
The goal of this app is to make the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) a comfortable space for people on the Autism spectrum to enjoy the museum. The app will included pre-planning, mapped routes, virtual live guided tours, interactive elements for engagement, and communication tools.
According to the CDC, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain. People with ASD often have problems with social communication and interaction, and restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests.
Information Architecture
Low-Fidelity Wireframes
People on the autism spectrum tend to like low-saturated, low-contrasting colors and have a preference to primary colors. There is no full white or black used on the app. Along with the primary font, Montserrat and Arial, there is also an option in the display settings to use either a serif font or a slab-serif font.
Style Guide
The target audience and user’s of this app would pertain to people who identify themselves as being on the Autism spectrum who have an interest in art, museums, or new experiences. The target audience does not have a specific age group as autism is a spectrum and is not measurable by a certain age group.
Onboarding
Login and Sign Up
Landing page, maps, and display settings
The main feature of this app is the guided tours from Gilbert. You can create your own tour, or choose between pre-built tours. To create your own tour there is a brief questionnaire to complete then you will be shown your schedule and you can make edits as you please. Once your schedule is added you can view your mapped route and once inside the museum you are able to view your live route.
Creating tour and live map
A common sensory disturbance for people on the spectrum is sound. Once you are in the live map you can tap on the volume button in the upper right corner, which will prompt the user to plug in or connect headphones which will then play pink noise. Pink noise is similar to white noise but is typically used by people on the spectrum as it is seen as a more universally comforting sound. Because Gilbert is with you on your tour he will also get his own pair of headphones to listen along.
Live map and sound
The interactive badge feature that could help with engagement during a persons tour. Once you are close to a badge Gilbert will alert the user that a badge is near. Once the QR code is found it will work like any other Qr code and you will be able to view the badges you have collected in your Account. Of course Gilbert will also have a badge. Gilbert also gives tips and comments as you move throughout the museum.
Live map and badges
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