Designing for ease is designing for all: Experiences from a simplified office suite

Aims to present the work done in the development of a simplified office suite for disabled and focus on the use of technology applied to the area of 'designing for all'. The paper presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in the design for all. It provides practical references to techni...

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Published in:Information technology & people (West Linn, Or.) Or.), 2004-01, Vol.17 (3), p.286-302
Main Authors: Destounis, Panagiotis, Garofalakis, John, Mavritsakis, George, Rigou, Maria, Sirmakessis, Spiros, Tzimas, Giannis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Age
Alliances
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Computers
Design
Designers
Disability
Disabled people
Ergonomics
Handicapped accessibility
Human-computer interaction
Information science
Information society
Information technology
Metaphor
New technology
Office equipment
Organization studies
People with disabilities
Population
R&D
Research & development
Software
Studies
Systems development
Universal design
User interface
Users
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Summary:Aims to present the work done in the development of a simplified office suite for disabled and focus on the use of technology applied to the area of 'designing for all'. The paper presents an overview of the state-of-the-art in the design for all. It provides practical references to techniques used. The main scope of the paper is to explore the developed technology and give details for the adopted mechanisms. It provides information about designing and implementing software applications for disabled and present a case study for mentally disabled. The paper presents a system that can be used by a specific target group. For this reason, it should be used as reference point for this group, although several techniques can be used for other user categories. The paper is a very useful presentation of an actual system that has been designed and implemented to cover the needs of disabled, useful for interaction with designers and researchers in assistive technology, and it fulfils the need for demonstrative technology in the area of designing for all.
ISSN:0959-3845
1758-5813
DOI:10.1108/09593840410554193