{"id":2452,"date":"2015-04-27T10:49:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T10:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/?p=2452"},"modified":"2015-04-30T17:32:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T17:32:11","slug":"design-and-accessibility-considerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/2015\/04\/27\/design-and-accessibility-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Design and Accessibility Considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/files\/2015\/04\/a11ylogo_highres.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2630 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/files\/2015\/04\/a11ylogo_highres-300x300.png\" alt=\"a11ylogo_highres\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/files\/2015\/04\/a11ylogo_highres-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/files\/2015\/04\/a11ylogo_highres-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/files\/2015\/04\/a11ylogo_highres-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/files\/2015\/04\/a11ylogo_highres.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is really important to create an app that is accessible to the widest possible set of users. Considering that 15% of the world\u2019s population have a disability that affects their access to mobile technology, it is important to make small provisions that can make a huge difference to the user experience of someone with a disability (Narasimhan and Leblois, 2012).<\/p>\n<p>Our app will be published with an Accessibility Statement that will express our commitment to accessibility. An important part of this is allowing a clear and easy way for users to contact us to make suggestions for improvement based on their experiences of using the app (Onevoiceict.org, 2015)<\/p>\n<p>Our app will have the following accessibility features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A help section describing how to use the app.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to alter the text formatting.<\/li>\n<li>Minimal or no use of red and green together for colour-blind users.<\/li>\n<li>Simple and consistent design to help users with cognitive disabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to change the display (e.g. to increase the contrast) for partially sighted users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Future improvements that could be made include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All content on the screen being turned into speech for totally blind users.<\/li>\n<li>A voice input feature as an alternative to a keyboard for users with upper limb disorders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>References<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"js-reference-string-0\" class=\"selectable\"><span id=\"js-reference-string-0\" class=\"selectable\">Narasimhan, N. and Leblois, A. (2012). <i>Making mobile phones and services accessible for persons with disabilities<\/i>. ITU.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"js-reference-string-1\" class=\"selectable\">Onevoiceict.org, (2015). <i>First Seven Steps to accessible mobile apps | OneVoice for Accessible ICT<\/i>. [online] Available at: http:\/\/www.onevoiceict.org\/first-seven-steps-accessible-mobile-apps [Accessed 27 Apr. 2015].<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is really important to create an app that is accessible to the widest possible set of users. Considering that 15% of the world\u2019s population have a disability that affects their access to mobile technology, it is important to make &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/2015\/04\/27\/design-and-accessibility-considerations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8883],"tags":[24172,6502,975581],"class_list":["post-2452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-academic-work","tag-accessibility","tag-design","tag-user-experience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2452"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2452\/revisions\/2631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/smallworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}