CEN/ISSS DfA WORKSHOP
Design for All and Assistive Technologies in ICT
Guidelines to Standardisers of ICT products and services in the CEN ICT domain - 3rd draft
| 11 Computing checklists |
11.1 Introduction
This section provides an example of concrete guidelines for one specific domain of ICT: computing. These guidelines are presented as checklists in matrix format.
The matrix has nine columns. The first column is the checkpoint itself. The other eight columns state the degree of relevance of the checkpoint in relation to different impairments.
The following list of impairments have been used:
- P: Persons with physical impairments
- SP: Persons with severe physical impairments
- V: Persons with impaired vision (including colour blindness)
- B: Blind persons
- H: Persons with slight to moderate hearing impairments
- D: Deaf (Persons with profound to severe hearing impairments)
- C: Persons with cognitive impairments
- O: Other (inc. left handed, different language, ...)
The degree of relevance is represented as follows:
no significant problems
minor problems
moderate problems
severe problems
The checklists have been divided into five sections:
11.2 Hardware: computer system
The checklist of the computer system has been divided into the following categories:
- Controls and latches
- Keys, keyboards and keypads
- Drives and removable media
- External connections
- Display
- Colour and contrast
- Sounds
- Other
11.3 Hardware: peripherals
The checklist of the peripherals has been divided into the following categories:
- Controls and latches
- Keys and keypads
- Connections
- Colour and contrast
- Audio
- Timing
- Other
11.4 Software: operating system
The checklist for the operating system has been divided into the following categories:
11.5 Software: applications
The checklist for the applications has been divided into the following categories:
11.6 Documentation
The checklist for computer hardware can be found at www.tiresias.org/guidelines/checklists/hardware_checklist.htm
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