Designing for Diversity - Human Computer Interaction

Designing for users with Disabilities

Designing for users with Disabilities

• 10% of population of every country has

disability that will affect interaction with

computers.

• Legislation demands regarding

workplaces

Visual impairments

Visual impairments

• The most researched area

• Reduces the use of a GUI

• Alternatives:

–Use of sound

–Use of touch

• Sound Track – Word Processor

Hearing impairments

Hearing Impairments

• Has less impact on User Interface

• Multimedia Applications with sounds• Information tend to get

lost

• Gesture Recognition

Speech impairments

Speech Impairments

• Alternatives:– Synthetic Speech– Text Based Communications

• Textual Communication is slow• Predictive Algorithms to reduce the

amount of typing• Use of Smilie– Eg: ,

Designing for different age groups

Older People

• Having problem with their vision• Like to operate simple system• They need more support than other

users– Voice– Video

• Different thinking…

Children

• They think differently so we have to involve them in design

• They mostly like art works– Present system using text, graphics and

sounds.

• Then need to do things quickly• They may have difficulties to use key

boards and other input devices.

What can you see?

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Cultural Diversity

Human Computer Interaction

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What is Cultural Diversity ?

• Cultural diversity is the variety of

human societies or cultures in a specific

region, or in the world as a whole

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How Cultural diversity affects Humans ?

• A research was done by the physiologist Geert Hofstede 

culture affects almost all of the mental

programs of individuals like at

attitudes ,personality and

satisfaction ,perception 

Universal Problem

• With the cultural diversity make a universal problem in HCI

• Example – Colors , Symbols

Designing for Universal

• Designing software for universal by using localization