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Study Tasks
| Adaptive Strategy | Configuring standard software and hardware according to personal needs. Techniques that everyone can use to improve interaction with websites or applications
ex. text size, color mode, mouse speed, captions | | --- | --- | | Assistive technology | any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities
ex. Screen reader, magnification software, alternate inputs (keyboard, voice, etc.) |
| Disability | Needs | Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Motor impairments | • Touch target size | |
| • Clear focus ring/indicator | ||
| • Skip navigation | ||
| • Unique labels | ||
| • Predictive text | ||
| • Autofill forms | ||
| • Session time extension | • Mouth stick | |
| • Switch | ||
| • Ergonomic keyboard | ||
| • On screen keyboard | ||
| • Eye tracking software | ||
| • Speech recognition tools |
â—¦ Voice Control
â—¦ Voice Access
â—¦ Dragon
â—¦ Dragon Anywhere |
| Cognitive impairments | Create content that can be presented in different ways (for example simpler layout) without losing information or structure.
Make it easier for users to see and hear content including separating foreground from background. • Don’t autoplay audio and video
Provide users enough time to read and use content. • Option to extend session
Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are. • Footer links/site maps • Search bards • Breadcrumbs • Clear titles • Descriptive headings
Make text content readable and understandable. • Simplify language • Use san-serif fonts
Help users avoid and correct mistakes. • Autofill and predictive text
Make Web pages appear and operate in predictable ways.
Progressive disclosure/Retain information across screens, and within a path.
Simplify! | Reading mode | | Auditory impairments (deaf or hard of hearing) | Captions Transcripts Sign language interpretation Volume control Help via chat (not phone) | Automatic speech recognition (Speech to text)
| | Visual impairments(blind, color blind, tunnel vision, low vision) | • Color contrast • Voice commands • Alt Text • Skip/bypasslinks • Landmarks • Not using just color to identify clickable elements • Identify language and language of parts • (LV) The pinch-to-zoom feature must not be disabled (avoid <meta name="viewport" content="user-scalable=no">). | • Screen Reader • Modes • Read/browse/document/virtual • Forms/focus/application • VO Rotor • Talkback Menu
• Voice commands [for typing]
• Windows magnification tools ◦ SuperNova ◦ ZoomText ◦ Fusion (JAWS+magnification) | | Speech | Don't depend on voice input (e.g., in mobile apps, custom widgets, games, etc.). | |