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UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY AS A MULTIMODAL DESIGN ISSUE.

The article discusses universal accessibility as a multimodal design issue for computer programmers. The computer software industry as a whole is attempting to produce universally accessible systems that take into account special needs of various groups, such as impairments of speech, hearing or vis...

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Publicado en:Communications of the ACM Vol. 50; no. 5; pp. 83 - 89
Autores principales: Obrenović, Željko, Abascal, Julio, Starčević, Dušan
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Association for Computing Machinery May2007
Materias:
Computer software
Human-computer interaction
User interfaces
Ergonomics
Computer systems
User-centered system design
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Sumario:The article discusses universal accessibility as a multimodal design issue for computer programmers. The computer software industry as a whole is attempting to produce universally accessible systems that take into account special needs of various groups, such as impairments of speech, hearing or vision, cognitive limitations, aging, and environmental factors. The authors examine the concepts of Usability, Universal Accessibility, Universal Design, and Inclusive Design as methods of affecting human-computer interaction.