Designing Inclusive Interactions: Inclusive Interactions Between People and Products in Their Contexts of Use

ISBN-13: 9781849961653 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 240 str.

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Opis

Designing Inclusive Interactions contains the proceedings of the fifth Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT), incorporating the 8^th Cambridge Workshop on Rehabilitation Robotics, held in Cambridge, England, in March 2010. It contains contributions from an international group of leading researchers in the fields of Universal Access and Assistive Technology. Although the book will be divided into four main parts yet to be named, this conference will mainly focus on the following principal topics: 1. Designing assistive and rehabilitation technology for working and daily living environments 2. Measuring inclusion for the design of products for work and daily living 3. Inclusive interaction design and new technologies for inclusive design 4. Assembling new user data for inclusive design 5. The design of accessible and inclusive contexts: work and daily living environments 6. Business advantages and applications of inclusive design 7. Legislation, standards and government awareness of inclusive design Reflecting the spirit of recent moves to extend rights to equitable participation in society for all, this series of workshops and accompanying books is aimed at a broad range of interests, with a general focus on the development of products and solutions. Numerous case studies and examples of good practice are used to raise awareness of the challenges faced in developing truly inclusive products.

Spis treści

Understanding Users for Inclusive Design.- The Effects of Hand Strength on Pointing Performance.- Harnessing Different Dimensions of Space: The Built Environment in Auti-biographies.- Have I Just Pressed Something? The Effects of Everyday Cold Temperatures on exterity.- Understanding the Co-occurrence of Ability Loss.- Accessibility is in the Palm of Your Hand.- Measuring Inclusion.- Quantifying Exclusion for Tasks Related to Product Interaction.- Investigating the Accessibility of State Government Web Sites in Maryland.- Developing User Data Tools: Challenges and Opportunities.- User-pack interaction: Insights for Designing Inclusive Child-resistant Packaging.- A Colour Contrast Assessment System: Design for People with Visual Impairment.- Inclusive Interaction.- Evaluating the Cluster Scanning System.- Facets of Prior Experience and Their Impact on Product Usability for Older Users.- Investigating Designers’ Cognitive Representations for Inclusive Interaction Between Products and Users.- Prior Experience and Learning: Generational Effects upon Interaction.- Assistive Technology.- Expressing Through Digital Photographs: An Assistive Tool for Persons with Aphasia.- An Investigation into Stroke Patients’ Utilisation of Feedback from Computer-based Technology.- How to Make a Telephone Call When You Cannot Operate a Telephone.- Husband, Daughter, Son and Postman, Hot-water, Knife and Towel: Assistive Strategies for Jar Opening.- Email Usability for Blind Users.- Inclusion and Healthcare.- The Involvement of Primary Schools in the Design of Healthcare Technology for Children.- Gaming and Social Interactions in the Rehabilitation of Brain Injuries: A Pilot Study with the Nintendo Wii Console.- Promoting Behaviour Change in Long Term Conditions Using a Self-management Platform.

O autorze

P. Langdon is Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK, and is also External Examiner for the Kings College London and Guy's Hospital Intercollegiate MSc in Assistive Technology. Dr Langdon holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Sheffield, UK. His research interests include the properties and design of Haptic interfaces; the representation and formulation of statistical data on disability; and the integration of software development and empirical methodology. P. John Clarkson is Professor of Engineering Design and Director of the Cambridge Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge, UK. After receiving a PhD in Engineering (Electrical Machines) from the university, he spent seven years as Manager of the Advanced Process Group for PA Consulting Group's Technology Division. His current research interests are in engineering design, particularly the development of design methodologies to address specific design issues. P. Robinson is Professor of Computer Technology and Deputy Head of Department at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in the UK. He is also a Fellow, Praelector and Director of Studies in Computer Science at Gonville & Caius College within the university, where he previously obtained his PhD in Computer Science. His research interests include human-computer interaction and electronic design automation.

Blurb

Designing Inclusive Interactions responds to the recent changes in the research landscapes in the fields of Human Computer Interaction, Computer Science, and Healthcare as a result of new technology and innovation. Research into accessibility for interface design has always represented an unconventional, multi-disciplinary arena of pragmatic disciplines, such as experimental psychology, engineering design, and rehabilitation practice. It has moved from isolated activities in disparate fields to the more interdisciplinary perspective evident today in areas such as healthcare and inclusive design. As a result of this, there is now a need for the transfer of knowledge and techniques from inclusive design research into the wider community. This book is divided into five areas: • Understanding Users for Inclusive Design • Measuring Inclusion • Inclusive Interaction • Assistive Technology • Inclusion and Healthcare The papers were selected by reference to the peer assessments of an international panel of reviewers from many key disciplines such as computer science, assistive technology, engineering and product design. This book represents a sample of leading national and international research in the fields of inclusive design, universal access, and assistive and rehabilitative technology. We hope that this will encourage inter-disciplinary research leading to better designs, effectively reducing exclusion and difficulty, in the workplace, at home and at leisure.