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Access-Ability
— making technology more useable by people with disabilities | | Author(s) | John Gill |
| Corporate Author | Royal National Institute of the Blind - RNIB |
| Publisher | RNIB, London, 2004 |
| Pages | 36 pp |
| Source | RNIB, 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE. email: john.gill@rnib.org.uk Detailed guidelines on web at: www.tiresias.org/guidelines |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Information technology ; Design ; Accessibility ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Even those without disability experience difficulties with technology in everyday life. People with disabilities, such as low vision or poor manual dexterity, have long had to deal with devices that have not been designed with their needs in mind, and there is concern that this could lead to greater social exclusion. This publication gives an overview of guidelines that are available on the Internet to help designers, engineers and technicians to solve problems of making technology more accessible and easier to use for everyone. The concept of "Inclusive design" is introduced: "the design of mainstream products and services that are accessible to, and usable by as many people as reasonably possible, in a wide variety of situations and to the greatest extent possible without the need for special adaptation or specialised design". The publication covers the range of technologies encountered in the application areas of transport, financial transactions, public access terminals, telecommunications, computing, television, smart housing, and e-Government. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040609002 B |
| Classmark | BN: UVB: 33: 5CA: 583 |
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