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Accessibility

Accessibility. Computing @ CMU Ranny Zhao Dahiana Jimenez Adrian Lopez. Accessibility definition. Describes the degree to which a product is accessible by as many people as possible.

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Accessibility

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  1. Accessibility Computing @ CMU Ranny Zhao Dahiana Jimenez Adrian Lopez

  2. Accessibility definition • Describes the degree to which a product is accessible by as many people as possible. • Often used to focus on people with disabilities and their right of access to entities - usually through use of assistive technology. • Accessibility is not to be confused with usability • the extent to which a product/device can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness in a specified context of use.

  3. Assistive technology (at) • Includes adaptive devices for people with disabilities. • The Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 • AT promotes greater independence by enabling people to perform tasks that they were formerly unable to accomplish.

  4. Benefits • Conduct business • Interact with family and friends • Manage health • Independence • 54 million people nationwide rely on AT daily to improve their quality of life • Children/schools • Elderly • Athletes

  5. Earlier Evolutions • Visionary • Braille • 1821 by Louis Braille • Glasses • Contacts • Immobility • Canes • Manual Wheelchairs • Elevators • Escalators • 1800s

  6. Positive Aspects • Illness or disability • Vision problems • Simple • change font size and color for better visibility • alternative keyboards • scanner and reading software • Limited dexterity • voice recognition • hands free • Alternative input devices • Cognitive problems • Electronic reminders • Personal Digital Assistants (SMS) • Programmable keys

  7. Positive Aspects • Now • Electronic Wheelchairs • Public busses accessibility • Through electronic ramps • Drivers with Wheelchair Dependency • Independent access to personal car • Enclosed carrier attached to car • Economic Benefit

  8. Criticisms • Criticisms • Accessibility • Integration into typical operating systems • Voice control/read out loud (Microsoft) • Affordability • Improvement of technology • Cheaper prices • Loans of equipment/ technology • Government assistance

  9. Our Opinion • Technology is often created without regard to people with disabilities. • Similar Interests as nondisabled • Growth of Assistive Technology • Think Broader

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