Evaluation of an application for making palmtop computers accessible to individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Background Palmtop computers provide a promising mobile platform to address barriers to computer-based supports for people with intellectual disabilities. This study evaluated a specially designed interface to make navigation and features of palmtop computers more accessible to users with intellectu...
| Published in: | Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 39 - 47 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2006
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=106285626&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 106285626 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13668250 DDI jtl: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability issn: 13668250 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Mar2006 vid: 31 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 106285626 106285626 2009181805 10.1080/13668250500488645 NLM16766321 106285626 ppf: 39 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Evaluation of an application for making palmtop computers accessible to individuals with intellectual disabilities. aug: au: Stock SE Davies DK Davies KR Wehmeyer ML affil: Vice President, AbleLink Technologies, Inc., 528 N. Tejon St., Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80903; steve@ablelinktech.com sug: subj: Computer User Training Computers, Hand-Held Utilization Education, Special Internet Intellectual Disability Rehabilitation Persons with Intellectual Disabilities User-Computer Interface Adolescence Adult Clinical Trials Computer Literacy Data Analysis Software Data Collection, Computer Assisted Female Funding Source Male Intellectual Disability Psychosocial Factors Middle Age P-Value Paired T-Tests Pilot Studies Software Design Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: Background Palmtop computers provide a promising mobile platform to address barriers to computer-based supports for people with intellectual disabilities. This study evaluated a specially designed interface to make navigation and features of palmtop computers more accessible to users with intellectual disabilities.Method The specialised cognitively accessible interface was compared with a standard Windows CE interface. Participants completed a structured set of navigation/computer use tasks using both the experimental and control conditions. Measurements included the amount of assistance needed and errors made in completing the navigation/computer use tasks.Results Participants (N = 32) made significantly fewer errors (p<.001) and required significantly fewer prompts (p<.001) while using the specialised software interface compared to the mainstream Windows interface.Conclusions The research demonstrates the feasibility of using special software design methods, such as linear program flows, error minimisation and the incorporation of repetition and consistency, to improve access to palmtop computers for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Issues related to designing cognitively accessible interfaces are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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