Designing a More Inclusive World

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Designing inclusively is no longer an option for companies. It is a business essential. Global populations are getting older, legislation is increasingly prohibitive of unnecessary exclusion and consumer attitudes are beginning to change. Exclusivity is out, inclusivity is in. Research communities the world over are responding to this change in design emphasis. Conferences such as the Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) offer a forum for researchers from diverse and varied ...
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Overview

Designing inclusively is no longer an option for companies. It is a business essential. Global populations are getting older, legislation is increasingly prohibitive of unnecessary exclusion and consumer attitudes are beginning to change. Exclusivity is out, inclusivity is in. Research communities the world over are responding to this change in design emphasis. Conferences such as the Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) offer a forum for researchers from diverse and varied disciplines to bring their perspectives on inclusive design together. This book has been inspired by the second CWUAAT, held in Cambridge, England in March 2004. It contains chapters from an international group of leading researchers in this field. Contributions focus on the following topics: design issues for universal access and assistive technology; enabling computer access and new technologies; and, assistive technology and rehabilitation robotics. This series of conferences is aimed at a broad range of interests, with a general focus on the development of products and solutions. Numerous case studies are used to raise awareness of the challenges faced in developing truly inclusive products, along with examples of good practice for design for a more inclusive world.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781447110460
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
  • Publication date: 1/28/2013
  • Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 281
  • Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 0.60 (d)

Table of Contents

List of contributors
1 Is universal design a critical theory? 3
2 Cross-market product and service innovation - the DBA challenge example 11
3 Introducing user-centred design methods into design education 21
4 Comparing product assessment methods for inclusive design 31
5 Virtual learning environments : improving accessibility using profiling 41
6 Assessment, insight and awareness in design for users with special needs 49
7 New cognitive capability scales for inclusive product design 59
8 An AAC-enabled Internet : from user requirements to guidelines 71
9 Gathering requirements for mobile devices using focus groups with older people 81
10 Devices and desires : identifying the acceptability of AT to older people 91
11 Beyond functionality - product semantics in assistive device design 101
12 Consensus-based adaptive user interface implementation in product promotion 111
13 Transforming musical notations for universal access 123
14 Evaluation of multimodal techniques for blind people to track moving objects 133
15 Movement time prediction for tasks assisted by force-feedback 143
16 Recognising expression in speech for human computer interaction 153
17 Emotional hearing aid : an assistive tool for children with Asperger's syndrome 163
18 Fostering universal access : lessons from telecommunications and disability 173
19 Assessing the accessibility of digital television set-top boxes 183
20 Robot technology in rehabilitation and support - state of the art 195
21 Powered lower limb orthosis for assisting standing up and sitting down movements 205
22 Collaborative control aspects for rehabilitation robots 215
23 Effects of repeated exposure to a humanoid robot on children with autism 225
24 The Gloucester smart house for people with dementia - user-interface aspects 237
25 Standards and the dependability of electronic assistive technology 247
26 If I had a robot at home ... peoples' representation of domestic robots 257
Index of contributors 267
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