Visual profiles: A critical component of universal access

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 330-337

  Jacko, Julie A ^a   Dixon, Max A ^b   Rosa Jr , Robert H ^c   Scott, Ingrid U ^c   Pappas, Charles J ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Low vision; Universal access; Visual icons

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMPUTER USERS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL COMPONENT; DISABILITIES; LOW VISION; SPECIFIC PROFILE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSAL ACCESS; USER PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL ICONS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

COLOR VISION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HUMAN ENGINEERING; VISION AIDS;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

UNIVERSAL ACCESS; VISUAL ICONS;

EID: 0032683020     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/302979.303105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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