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Mobile Wireless Accessibility is a project designed by IBM Italy, together with Cisco and Nokia. In this paper, the authors describe involvement of CATTID (research Centre for the Applications of Television and Distance Learning Techniques) in the project, which consists in the several steps that lead at the creation of a location based service (LBS) specifically for visually impaired people. First, the authors speak about the advantages for impaired people in using mobile devices and about the state of the art of these devices. After a brief introduction of the MWA platform, the authors report on the development process of MWA Guide, explaining the features created, the technical solutions adopted and the interface designed. Finally a vision of the main problems retrieved in the first version of the application is shown, together with possible solutions to implement in future development.
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