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Towards Accessible Self-service Kiosks through Intelligent User Interfaces
(Springer Verlag, 2010-02-26)
Public self-service kiosks provide key services
such as ticket sales, airport check-in and general information.
Such kiosks must be universally designed to be used
by society at large, irrespective of the individual ...
Menu Positioning on Web Pages. Does it Matter?
(SAI Organization, 2015)
This
paper concerns an investigation by the
authors into the efficiency and user opinions of menu positioning
in web pages. While the idea and use of menus on web pages
are
not new, the authors feel there ...
Universal Design in the Technology Education Curriculum: Experiences from Norway
(The Design Society, 2017)
In recent decades the engineering and technology education curriculum has changed from being purely
technical oriented towards being more socially aware. In addition,
to
adequately
master technologies ...
Assessing the Reading Level of Web Texts for WCAG2.0 Compliance—Can It Be Done Automatically?
(2016-07-08)
Readability of text on the web is a key prerequisite for achieving universal accessibility. The World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines state that general text should not require reading levels ...
Search, read and write: An inquiry into Web accessibility for dyslexics
(IOS Press, 2016)
Universal design in context of digitalisation has become an integrated
part of international conventions and national legislations. A goal is to make the
Web accessible for peop
le of different genders, ages, backgrounds, ...
Universal design of user Interfaces in self-driving cars
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
Self-driving cars are already being tested in our roads, and several benefits to society are expected with their mainstream use. They also present an opportunity to increase independent mobility for people with disabilities ...
Solving the Grand Challenges Together: A Brazil-Norway Approach to Teaching Collaborative Design and Prototyping of Assistive Technologies and Products for Independent Living
(The Design Society, 2017)
This paper describes the roadmap for a long term strategic internationalization project involving two key higher education institutions in Norway and Brazil. The project involves six different yet related ...
Cultivating a Universal Design Mindset in Young Students
(The Design Society, 2017)
Universal Design (UD)
is an approach
to promoting
an inclusive society
with equity as a central focus.
With trends in
globalization and population aging
, it is critical to cultivate a UD-oriented ...
Twenty five years of training and education in ICT Design for All and Assistive Technology
(IOS Press, 2011-07-20)
Over the last twenty to twenty-five years ‘Design for All’ principles and practices including Assistive Technologies have been collected into formal and informal courses which have been used to train designers of Information ...
An Interactive Color Picker that Ensures WCAG2.0 Compliant Color Contrast Levels
(Elsevier, 2015)
Insufficient contrast between text and the background is a co
mmon problem on the web. WCAG2.0 addresses this problem, but
the definition is hard to understand for most designers. Therefore,
some web designers check ...