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Investigating touchscreen accessibility for people with visual impairments
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Touchscreen computing devices such as the iPhone are becoming more common. However this technology is largely inaccessible to people with visual impairments. We present the results of a requirements capture study that illustrates the problems with touchscreen accessibility, and the choices visually impaired people make when choosing assistive technology. We investigate ways of overcoming touchscreen accessibility problems by comparing a raised paper overlay touchscreen based MP3 player, with a touchscreen gesture based player. Twelve blindfolded participants, and one visually impaired person, were able to operate both players, though there were problems with short impact related operations in the gesture player. From our results we provide guidelines for future designers, to help them exploit the potential of touchscreen technology for visually impaired people.
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Metadata
- Authors
- McGookin, D., Brewster, S., & Jiang, W.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2008-10-20
- Pages
- 298-307
- OpenAlex
- W2133382749
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 14
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- FWCI
- 10.94
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (publishedVersion)
- ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (GR/S86150/01)
- Sixth Framework Programme (IST-35183)
- Seventh Framework Programme (ICT-224675)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Keywords
- visual impairment, assistive technology, touchscreen gestures, blindfolded participants, MP3 players, requirements capture
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