Physical kiosk design - accessible navigation review

Wed Feb 10 17:43:47 UTC 2010

Hi Alison,

Yesterday, during the first half of the design meeting, we were able to talk with Everett about the physical kiosk designs on this wiki page [http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Suggested+Options] 

Everett gave us feedback on how important audio and arrow buttons are for navigating information on kiosks.  Xiao, Leila and I are now building on previous work and sketching up ideas that we will incorporate these elements.

Please skype me if you want to chat more!!  I'll keep you informed of any upcoming meetings.

Best, Vicki 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alison Benjamin" <alison.benjamin at gmail.com>
To: "Victoria Moulder" <vmoulder at sfu.ca>
Cc: "E.J. Zufelt" <everett at zufelt.ca>, "Ron Wakkary" <ron_wakkary at sfu.ca>, "fluid-work" <fluid-work at fluidproject.org>, "Xiao Zhang" <xza57 at sfu.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February, 2010 08:27:25 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: Physical kiosk design - accessible navigation review

Hey all, 
My jira task for the next little while is to look at keyboard navigation from the interaction design perspective. I'd appreciate a brief update as to what I missed in yesterday's design meeting. If one of you is willing to catch me up tomorrow so I can sync up I'd definitely appreciate it. You can ping me off list or on Skype. 
Thanks! 
Alison 

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Victoria Moulder < vmoulder at sfu.ca > wrote: 

Hi Everett, 

Thanks for attending the design meeting yesterday and your feedback on accessibility concerns! 

This week Xiao, Leila and I will be working on kiosk designs that incorporate physical buttons and audio navigation as we discussed. We are hoping that you'll be available on Monday February 15 at 1:00PM (your time) on skype to review options? 

Best, Vicki 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.J. Zufelt" < everett at zufelt.ca > 
To: "Victoria Moulder" < vmoulder at sfu.ca > 
Sent: Tuesday, 9 February, 2010 01:48:30 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: Physical kiosk designs - suggested options? 

Good morning Vicki, 

Thanks for updating the wiki page. I'd love to participate in the design meeting to get a better sense of the project so that I can formulate some ideas. Where can I find info about time / joining the meeting? I'm hoping it isn't using breeze. 

Thanks, 

Everett 

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On 2010-02-08, at 7:31 PM, Victoria Moulder wrote: 

Hi Everett, 

Thanks for responding!! I'll go back to the wiki page and update the images with alt tags - as suggested. 

Currently, the plan for the kiosk is for a person to browse and select a tour, then print their selection upon entry to the museum space. 

After I read through Alison's notes from chat with blind user about museum experience ( http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Notes+from+chat+with+blind+user+about+museum+experience+%28January+13%2C+2010%29 ) we started to explore alternative solutions. 

One of the solutions we came up with was, a blind person preplanning a trip to the museums could visit the web site, browse and select a tour, then download the tour as a MP3. This would give folks an audio account of their tour. 

We are questioning the value of such a tool - any comments on possible solutions would be paramount at this time!! 

Best, Vicki 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E.J. Zufelt" < everett at zufelt.ca > 
To: "Victoria Moulder" < vmoulder at sfu.ca > 
Cc: "fluid-work" < fluid-work at fluidproject.org > 
Sent: Monday, 8 February, 2010 15:49:28 GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: Physical kiosk designs - suggested options? 

Good evening Vicki, 

I noticed a couple of things about this Wiki page. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

Thanks, 

Everett 

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On 2010-02-08, at 6:35 PM, Victoria Moulder wrote: 

Hi Design team et al, 

If you have a time before tomorrow's design meeting you're input would be greatly appreciated! 

We have recently posted our suggested options for the physical kiosk designs on this wiki page [ http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Suggested+Options ] 

Have a look, see you tomorrow! 

Best, Vicki 

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