Accessibility Tasks







Activity 1 - Real Users

For the following pictures decide what existing or fantasy input/output devices would benefit them. Remember people have five senses sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing, so you might want to create devices for each of them – there is also the possibility of direct brain input.


Blind People - For blind people keyboard with braille letters, and the speaker when they type the keyboard, and the system which converts words to speech would be best for them.

Old People - For old people, they would need something like the monitor to display the text at larger size, a good speaker and guidance on screen.

Parents and Kids - For them, they would need modern devices like iPads, laptops, smart phones, gps to track the kids, etc.

Business man - Smart phones, laptops, headphones, touch pad, etc.

Foreign people - For foreign people, they would need keyboard that supports their language, translator devices or apps

Activity 2

1)     What do you need to know or be able to do to control a computer?

- Switch button of computer, the location of the pointer, simple feedback to user to show that their input was successful, interacting with GUI and so on.


2)    How do you want to control your computer?

-     With mouse and keyboard


Activity 3 – Mobile Accessibility

1)    Consider the activities that you use a smartphone for?

Think about ordering clothing from Amazon

- Playing games, multi-media purposes, internet, taking photos, storing files, texting, etc.

2)    Consider how the hardware or software would need to be designed to enable somebody who is blind or has a visual impairment to do each task?

- Read aloud text on webpages, voice control system like(siri and google), making text sizes larger, making a simple settings, etc.

 




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