Aiding Vulnerable People
An Idea!
City of York Council has 11 Sheltered Housing Schemes.
Imagine if some of those residents could be digitally included instead of digitally excluded!
Welcome to Alex!
Alex is an computer operating system, that is specifically designed to be as simple as possible for a user and therefore getting those vulnerable communities more digitally involved.
What is Alex?
http://www.welcometoalex.com/page/whatisalex/index.cfm
User Feedback and Case Studies
http://www.welcometoalex.com/page/userfeedback1.cfm
Media Comments
http://www.welcometoalex.com/page/moremedia.cfm
Imagine if an older person could email easily? Could Skype relatives?, Could view pictures of their grand children at a click of a button?, Coul learn more from the radio programmes they have listened too? Could pay/buy online and spend less money?
Something to think about
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Comment by Heather Niven on February 1, 2012 at 10:53
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Sounds brill Jonathan! This is just the sort of thing we need to think about for Challenge 2 - which opens today for 3 weeks! Thanks for your input :O)
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