User Support / Universal Design Flashcards
It is the process of designing products that are accessible by all users in all circumstances, taking account of human diversity in disabilities, age, and culture.
Universal Design / User Support
It is the most revolutionary element of design presently that affects us all.
Universal Design
This benefits a wide range of people with varying learning style, preferences, and abilities.
Universal Design
What are the seven universal design principle that the North Carolina State University proposed?
- Equitable Use
- Flexibility in Use
- Simple and Intuitive Use
- Perceptible Information
- Tolerance for Error
- Low Physical Effort
- Size and Space for Approach and Use
This design is useful and market able to people with diverse abilities.
Equitable Use
This design accommodates a wide range of individual preferences and abilities.
Flexibility in use
The use of this design is easy to understand, regardless of the user’s experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level.
Simple and Intuitive use
This design communicates necessary information effectively to the user, regardless of ambient conditions or the user’s sensory abilities.
Perceptible Information
This design minimizes hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended actions.
Tolerance for error
This design can be used efficiently and comfortably and with a minimum of fatigue.
Low Physical Effort
This talks about the appropriate size and space are provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use regardless of the user’s body size, posture, or mobility.
Size and Space for approach and use
The Seven universal design principle was proposed by what university and in what year?
North Carolina State University | 1990
What are the three key areas that designer considers?
- Designing for users with disabilities
- Designing for different age groups
- Designing for cultural differences
This is the rise in the use of graphical interfaces reduces the possibilities for visually impaired users
Visual Impairment
This design has little impact on the use of an interface and it is about captioning audio content making audio files easier and more efficient to index and search
Hearing Impairment
This design talks about the user with physical disabilities vary in the amount of control and movement over their hands impact in mouse control difficulty
Physical Impairment
This system tracks eye movements to control the cursor
Eye Gaze System
This provide a number of tools for communication, including synthetic speech and text-based communication and conferencing systems.
Multimedia Systems
This talks about Multimedia systems where it provide a number of tools for communication, including synthetic speech and text-based communication and conferencing systems.
Speech Impairment
These are users with cognitive disabilities such as _____ can find textual information difficult
Dyslexia
This affects a person’s ability to communicate and interact with people around them and to make sense of their environment.
Autism
What are the problems that people with Autism face?
- Social Interaction
- Communication
- Imagination
How might universal design of technology assist people with autism?
Communication and Education
This can provide social interaction in cases where lack of mobility or speech difficulties and reduce fact-to-face possibilities.
Email and Instant Messaging
