Telephones - What features do disabled people need?
Large character display.

 

• • • Visual impairment - moderate.

• • • Visual impairment - severe.

Illustration of bad contrast display.
Illustration of good contrast display.

 


Good standards of legibility help all users, but for many people with low vision the issue is fundamental to being able to read text displays.

Displays that enable large characters to be shown are very important to visually impaired persons.

Additional cost - high.

 

 

 

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