The development of a simple, low cost set of universal access features for electronic devices

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The development of a simple, low cost set of universal access features for electronic devices

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ACM Conference on Universal Usability archive
Proceedings on the 2000 conference on Universal Usability table of contents

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Pages: 118 - 123

Year of Publication: 2000

ISBN:1-58113-314-6

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Chris Law	Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Gregg Vanderheiden	Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison

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USACM : United States Association for Computational Mechanics
AFIHM : Ass. Francophone d'Interaction Homme-Machine
SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
SIGDOC: ACM Special Interest Group for Design of Communications
SIGIR: ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval
British HCI Group :
American Library Association : American Library Association Office of Info. Systems Policy
SIGCAPH: ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped
SIGCAS: ACM Special Interest Group on Computers and Society
SIGGRAPH: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

A simple set of universal access features has been developed, which can be applied to almost any public or personal electronic device, providing access for people with a wide variety of sensory and physical disabilities, and a wide variety of functional limitations imposed by circumstance. Implementing the features require adding one to three buttons to the device (or using existing buttons on a device if appropriate), adding speech output and enhancing the programming of the device to utilize the techniques. In our experience, thus far, adding these features can be done for approximately 1% or less of the retail value of the device. This paper introduces the access features (collectively called EZ Access™, pronounced “easy access”), and discusses some of the key underlying principles which make the features easy to learn and use. Other issues concerning industrial transfer or the techniques are also discussed.

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	1	Vanderheiden, G.C. and Law, C.M. Ergonomics of a non-visual touchscreen interface: a case study, in Proceedings of the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America, (Orlando, FL, June 28-July 2, 2000), RESNA Press, 555-563.
	2	Universal Remote Controls, Remote Consoles, and Other Interconnectivity. Available at http://trace.wisc.edu/world/irstds.html
	3	Alternative Interface Access Protocol (AIAP) Available at http://www.uniac.com
	4	Law, C.M. and Vanderheiden, G.C. EZ Access for electronic devices version 2.0 implementation guide (February 2000). Available at http://trace.wisc.edu/world/ez/

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