Universal Design and Mobile Devices

  • Riitta Hellman
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 4554)

Abstract

The use of mobile technologies for self services, and the inclusion of elderly and cognitively disabled users in the self-service society can be improved by the application of appropriate ac cessi bility guide lines for mobile de vices. We show how to operationalize the principles of uni versal design, and how to realize these principles on mobile de vices. Ten categories of ac cessi bility guide lines are presented, and accessible user interfaces for an electronic service on a mo bile phone are demonstrated.

Keywords

Cognitive disabilities Design guidelines Elderly Mobile phones Self-service society Universal design User interface 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007

Authors and Affiliations

  • Riitta Hellman
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  1. 1.Karde AS, Irisveien 14, 0870 OsloNorway

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