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You should be aware of usability issues in a range of devices including PCs, digital cameras, cell phones, games consoles, MP3 players and other commonly used digital devices. If you understand [[usability]], you should be able to identify usability problems.
Where '''[[usability]]''' is concerned with normal use, '''accessibility''' is concerned with how people with disabilities interact with a system. Common cases of disability are hearing loss, diminished sight, poor sensory ability, etc...
 
Examples of how we might improve accessibility include touch screen, voice recognition, text-to-speech, and Braille keyboard.


== Do I understand this? ==
== Do I understand this? ==


Consider the following digital devices and identify 5 usability problems for each device.
# Please list and describe at least 5 accessibility features on your mac os x computer.  
 
# Please list and describe at least 5 accessibility features on another operating system, such as Linux or Windows.
# your cellphone (or a cellphone)
# the TV in your house
# your school computer
 
Please keep in mind there probably isn't a perfect answer. The '''purpose''' of this activity is to get you to think about usability problems. 
 


== Standards ==
== Standards ==

Latest revision as of 11:23, 25 January 2023

System Fundamentals[1]

Where usability is concerned with normal use, accessibility is concerned with how people with disabilities interact with a system. Common cases of disability are hearing loss, diminished sight, poor sensory ability, etc...

Examples of how we might improve accessibility include touch screen, voice recognition, text-to-speech, and Braille keyboard.

Do I understand this?[edit]

  1. Please list and describe at least 5 accessibility features on your mac os x computer.
  2. Please list and describe at least 5 accessibility features on another operating system, such as Linux or Windows.

Standards[edit]

  • Identify methods that can be used to improve the accessibility of a system.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ http://www.flaticon.com/

Give a sequence of brief answers with no explanation.

Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern or process.

Provide an answer from a number of possibilities. Recognize and state briefly a distinguishing fact or feature.

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