Inclusive Design in Convergent Systems
This page provides links to sites containing practical information for designers of systems or services in computing, telecommunications, broadcasting and related areas.
General
Computing
Broadcasting
Telecommunications
Public transport
Built environment
Standards
Legislation and regulation
Other sources of information
General
Key websites
The inclusive design process
Design of controls
Computing
Hardware
Software
Web
Smart cards
Public terminals
Broadcasting
Television
Interactive Television
Telecommunications
General
Telephones
Mobile phones
Video Telephony
Public transport
Information systems
Built environment
Smart housing
Standards
Organisations
Relevant standards
Legislation and regulation
Telecommunications
Disability
General - Key websites
COST 219ter - This group of 21 countries is concerned
with access to telecommunications by disabled and elderly people. Their site contains much detailed
information about access to telecommunication systems and services by disabled and elderly people.
Trace Center - This is the main American website concerning
access to new technology by people with disabilities.
Accessible E-Commerce in Australia
Center for Universal Design
General - The inclusive design process
Approaches for Influencing the Design of New Telecommunication Systems and
Services
Hypponen, H., (1999). "The Handbook on Inclusive Design for Telematics Applications", Siltasaarenkatu 18A, 00531 Helsinki, Finland.
General - Design of controls
Guidelines for the design
of consumer products to increase their accessibility to persons with disabilities or who are aging
Computing - Hardware
Considerations in the Design of
Computers to Increase Their Accessibility by Persons with Disabilities
Computing - Software
Apple
IBM
Microsoft
Sun
Trace Center - University of Wisconsin,
the leading organisation producing guidelines on the accessibility of computer software
Tron - A Japanese project on the design of accessible computer
systems (mainly in Japanese)
Computing - Web
Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines - The
main detailed guidelines for design of web pages to be accessible by people with disabilities.
Web accessibilty for blind persons - A subset
of the WAI guidelines but easier to read.
Bobby - A program to help website designers to ensure that
their pages are accessible by the largest number of people (including people with disabilities).
Computing - Smart cards
Smart Cards: Interfaces for People
with Disabilities
New European Standards on the Man-Machine Interface
for Card Systems
Electronic purses
Computing - Public terminals
Guidelines for designers of public access terminals
Designing More Usable Information / Transaction Machines
Making Cash Dispensers Easier to Use
Broadcasting - Television
Tiresias SignFont - A font specially designed for subtitling on digital
television.
National Center for Accessible Media
Broadcasting - Interactive Television
Consumer products- Guidelines
to increase accessibility to people with disabilities or who are ageing.
Telecommunications - General
Gill J M The Forgotten Millions: Access to Telecommunications for People with Disabilities. The European Commission, COST 219, ISBN 92 826 7399 5, March 1994, 16 pp.
Gill J M Telecommunications: The Missing Links for People with Disabilities. The European Commission, COST 219, ISBN 92 827 5115 5, February 1996, 16 pp.
von Tetzchner S (ed) Issues in Telecommunications for People with Disabilities. The European Commission, COST 219, ISBN 92 826 3128 1, 1991.
Roe P R W (ed) Telecommunications for All. The European Commission, COST 219, October 1995.
Telecommunications - Telephones
Telephones - What features do disabled
people need? - Lists 44 features of particular use for people with disabilities.
Screenphones - Guidelines for the design of screen and web phones
to be accessible by visually disabled persons.
Telecommunications - Mobile phones
Guidelines on mobile phones - Lists features
of use for people with disabilities.
Reference Designs for Cell Phones
Telecommunications - Video Telephony
Guidelines on video Telephony
Public transport - Information systems
Guidelines for designers of public access terminals
Built environment - Smart housing
Guidelines on smart housing - Gives introduction
to the design of smart housing systems for people with disabilities.
Standards - Concerned Organisations
ANEC (European Association for the Co-ordination of Consumer Representation)
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
BSI (British Standards Institute)
CEN (European Committee for Standardisation)
CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation)
DAVIC (Digital Audio Visual Council)
DTG (Digital Television Group - UK terrestial digital television)
DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting - concerned with European digital television))
ECBS (European Committee for Banking Standards)
ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association - an international
Europe-based industry association dedicated to the standardization of information and communication
systems)
ERO(European Radiocommunications Office)
ERTICO (European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Co-ordination
Organisation)
ETO (European Telecommunications Office)
ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute)
FCC (USA Federal Communications Commission)
IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)
ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation)
ITU (International Telecommunications Union)
Standards - Relevant standards
New European Standards on the Man-Machine Interface
for Card Systems
Legislation and regulation - Telecommunications
USA Telecommunications
Act
Legislation and regulation - Disability
Americans with Disabilities Act
The UK Disability Discrimination Act
Other sources of information
The Tron project has developed human-machine interface specifications - available in English and
Japanese (Contact: Prof Ken Sakamura)
United Kingdom Institute for Inclusive Design (Contact: Tony
Shipley)
If you have any suggestions for improvements to this site, please send them to Dr
John Gill