An appraisal of a selection of products currently available to older consumers

Gardner, Lorraine; Powell, Lesley; Page, Magdalen

doi:10.1016/0003-6870(93)90158-6

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“…It has been claimed that the resultant products are not meeting the needs of elderly [8] or functionally impaired users [4] and this is reflected in poor sales figures [12].…”

Section: Design For All Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a practical inclusive design approach

Keates

Clarkson

Harrison

et al. 2000

Proceedings on the 2000 Conference on Universal Usability - CUU '00

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It is known that many products are not accessible to large sections of the population. Designers instinctively design for able-bodied users and are either unaware of the needs of users with different capabilities, or do not know how to accommodate their needs into the design cycle.This aim of this paper is to present a methodological design approach for implementing inclusive design. A summary of the principal methods for designing for users with different capabilities is given along with a description of a model, the Inclusive Design Cube, that displays how the different approaches are complementary and can provide complete population coverage. A case study of the design of an information point for use in a post office, shall be used to highlight the use of the model.

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“…It has been claimed that the resultant products are not meeting the needs of elderly [8] or functionally impaired users [4] and this is reflected in poor sales figures [12].…”

Section: Design For All Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards a practical inclusive design approach

Keates

Clarkson

Harrison

et al. 2000

Proceedings on the 2000 Conference on Universal Usability - CUU '00

130

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“…This is especially true when a new and exciting form of technology is under consideration. For example, it is known that many assistive devices developed specifically for older users are not meeting the needs of the users [10]. Rehabilitation robotics products for functionally impaired users are also failing in a similar vein [2].…”

Section: Designing For a Wider Range Of Usersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perception and haptics

Hwang

Keates

Langdon

et al. 2001

Proceedings of the 2001 Workshop on Perceptive User Interfaces

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For people with motion impairments, access to and independent control of a computer can be essential. Symptoms such as tremor and spasm, however, can make the typical keyboard and mouse arrangement for computer interaction difficult or even impossible to use. This paper describes three approaches to improving computer input effectivness for people with motion impairments. The three approaches are: (1) to increase the number of interaction channels, (2) to enhance commonly existing interaction channels, and (3) to make more effective use of all the available information in an existing input channel. Experiments in multimodal input, haptic feedback, user modelling, and cursor control are discussed in the context of the three approaches. A haptically enhanced keyboard emulator with perceptive capability is proposed, combining approaches in a way that improves computer access for motion impaired users.

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