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Book Review: Universal Usability

By Gerd Waloszek, SAP AG, SAP User Experience – 09/20/2007 • Original article

On this page, our author provides two tabular summaries of the book Universal Usability, edited by Jonathan Lazar.

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Tabular Overviews of the Book

Overview of Chapters

 

# Title Authors Disability/Main Characteristics

Age

 Purpose of the Project IT Technique or Service Web
2 Designing Searching and Browsing Software for Elementary Age Children Hutchinson, Druin, Bederson Age Children Help children find information on the Web (browse, search digital libraries) Digital libraries (for children) yes
3 The Why and How of Senior-Focused Design O'Connell Age Seniors Improve Web usability for older people Web site design yes
4 Online Redesign of a Web Site's Information Architecture to Improve Accessibility for Users who are Blind Evers, Hillen Blindness Adults Improve Website navigation for blind people Web navigation; speech output yes
5 Listening to Chloropleth Maps: Interactive Sonification of Geo-referenced Data for Users with Vision Impairment Zhao, Shneiderman, Plaisant Low vision to blindness Adults Visualize scientific data for people with low or no vision

Assistive technology, sound (not speech); standard hardware

 
6 Improving the Screen Reading Experience for Blind Users on the Web Lazar, Allen Blindness Adults Improve screen reading for blind people on the Web Assistive technology, speech (screen reader) yes
7 Web Fun Central: Online Learning Tools for Individuals with Dow Syndrome Kirijian, M. Myers, Charland

Dow Syndrome
Age

 Children Facilitate learning how to use the Web for children with Dow Syndrome Learning software yes
8 Using Virtual Peer Technology as an Intervention with Autism Tartaro, Cassell Autism
Age		 Children Improve skills among children with autism

Learning software: Animated virtual peers (wizard-of-oz interface)

 
9 Evidence-Based Computer-Assisted Instruction for Autism Spectrum Disorders Whalen, Lidén, Ingersoll, Lidén Autism (ASD)
Age		 Children Improve skills among children with autism Learning software: Evidence-based CAI (town scenario)  
10 Making Software Accessible for Users with Dementia Alm, Dye, Astell, Ellis, Gowans, Campbell Dementia
Age 		Seniors Make software useable for people with dementia Hypermedia, touchscreen  
11 Designing a Cognitive Aid for and with People Who Have Anterograde Amnesia Wu, Baecker, Richards Anterograde amnesia Adults Support memory (for schedules, events) PDA, scheduling software  
12 Memories of a Life: A Design Case Study for Alzheimer's Disease Cohene, Baecker, Marziali, Mindy Alzheimer's disease
Age 		Seniors Improve living conditions by building a personal life history DVD, DVD player, adapted remote control  
13 Interaction Techniques for Users with Spinal Chord Injuries: A Speech-Based Solution Feng, Sears Physical impairments: Spinal chord injuries Adults Improve interaction for people with physical impairments through improving speech recognition by introducing new speech-based navigation concepts Assistive technology, speech recognition, speech-based navigation  
14 Adding Gestural Text Entry to Input Devices for People with Motor Impairments Wobbrock, B. Myers Physical impairments: Motor impairments Adults Improve text input for people with physical impairments by using common pointing devices for text input Assistive technology, common pointing devices  
15 The Creating Community Connections Project: Social and Cultural Approaches for Engaging Low-Income Communities Pinkett Low-income Adults Build community-based software in disadvantaged residential areas Community Websites yes
16 Implementing Community-Based Participatory Research to Reduce Health and Technology Disparities Among Low-Income Afro-American Women Malony-Krichmar, Walker, Bushnell, Sirvastave Low-income
Ethnic group
Gender: Women 		Adults Improve access to online health care information for a specific population Community Websites yes
17 Evaluating the Usability and Accessibility of an Online Form for Census Data Collection Murphy, Malakhoff, Coon Everyone
Blindness 		Adults Improve online data collection (US census) across a wide range of users, including blind people Online forms yes
18 Internationalizing Greenstone: A Multilingual Tool for Building Digital Libraries Nichols, Keegan, Bainbridge, Cunningham, Dewsnip, Witten International users
Language
Culture 		Adults Provide software for creating and maintaining digital libraries in multiple languages across a wide range of user roles Digital libraries (for adults) yes

*) Age = Disease or impairment is typical of a specific age group (age is a secondary characteristic only)

 

Overview of Characteristics and Chapters

 

 
Chapter
  
Characteristic
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Sum
Age
Children
x
x
x
x
4
Adults
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
10
Seniors
x
x
x
3
Impairment/Disease
Visual impairment
x
x
x
x
4
Physical impairment
x
x
2
Cognitive impairment
x
x
x
3
Autism, Dow Syndrome
x
x
x
3
Other Group Characteristics
Low-income
x
x
2
Ethnic
x
1
Gender                            
x
    
1
International
x
1
Everybody
x
1

Apart from chapters 2 and 3, age ist coupled with other characteristics (indicated by x).

 

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