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Which button?
— designing user interfaces for people with visual impairments | | Author(s) | John Gill |
| Corporate Author | Royal National Institute for the Blind - RNIB |
| Publisher | Royal National Institute for the Blind, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 26 pp |
| Source | RNIB, 224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA. |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Telephone ; Information technology ; Design. |
| Annotation | The buttons, switches and controls of most devices are designed to be looked at whilst operating them, which makes things difficult for people who are blind or have low vision. This makes for problems both in using equipment in the home, and with telecommunications and computer technologies. In the UK, where the government's "Information for All" initiative intends that all people will have easy access to social and healthcare information, it will not be acceptable for significant sections of the population to be excluded from using these technologies for lack of consideration of the user interface design. This publication is not a guide to all types of controls, but it attempts to indicate aspects to be considered by designers, if the controls are to be operated by people with a visual impairment. Visual examples of the effects of some common impairment conditions illustrate the problems which need to be tackled in improving the design of user interfaces, and which would make a significant difference. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001128001 B |
| Classmark | BR: UJ: UVB: 33 |
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