Physical kiosk designs - suggested options?

[Alison Benjamin]

Evening,

Yes Everett blind, partially sighted and other museum visitors with
disabilities are indeed a part of our target audience for the kiosk. We are
researching accessibility best practices and any input here or about the
design in general is welcome. Here is some preliminary research around
accessibility we did, although this is a work in progress.

http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Notes+from+chat+with+blind+user+about+museum+experience+%28January+13%2C+2010%29

http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Accessibility+Guidelines+for+UI+and+Physical+Kiosk+Design

This is how you can add alt text to an image in the wiki markup (Vicki I'll
leave this to you):

!thisIsAnImage.jpg|alt="this is your alternative text that describes a
non-text element"!

Thanks
Alison


On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:49 PM, E.J. Zufelt <everett at zufelt.ca> wrote:

> Good evening Vicki,
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> I noticed a couple of things about this Wiki page.
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> 1. No mention of users who are blind and partially sighted.  This may be a
> limitation of your project that I'm not aware of, so not a big deal if it is
> outside of the scope of what you're working on.
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> 2. Although I didn't click on all of the links, I noticed that none of the
> images had appropriate alt text to let me know what I was looking at / what
> design plans you are considering.
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> It definitely takes a little extra effort and attention to detail to make
> web content accessible, however, when we don't (I am guilty of it myself
> when I'm in a hurry) we reduce our potential audience, and limit the access
> that persons with certain disabilities have to information.  In this case,
> limiting the feedback that a member of the community would be happy to
> provide regarding your design suggestions.
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> Thanks,
>  Everett
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> On 2010-02-08, at 6:35 PM, Victoria Moulder wrote:
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> Hi Design team et al,
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> If you have a time before tomorrow's design meeting you're input would be
> greatly appreciated!
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> We have recently posted our suggested options for the physical kiosk
> designs on this wiki page [
> http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Suggested+Options]
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> Have a look, see you tomorrow!
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> Best, Vicki
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