Technology and disability : 50 years of Trace R&D Center contributions and lessons learned / Gregg Vanderheiden, Jonathan Lazar, Amanda Lazar, Hernisa Kacorri, J. Bern Jordan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vanderheiden, Gregg C., 1949-

Contributor:

Lazar, Jonathan.

Lazar, Amanda.

Kacorri, Hernisa.

Jordan, J. Bern.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health.

Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Assistive computer technology.

Self-help devices for people with disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.).

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2023.

Contents:

Intro

Forewords

Acknowledgments

Persons Key to the Early Survival of the Student Group That Became Trace

Partner Organizations

Key External Contributors to the Trace Center's Work

Key Contributors to the Trace Center

Funding Acknowledgments

Contents

About the Authors

1 Trace Center Origin and Evolution

1.1 Tricked!

1.2 The Challenge Grows

1.3 The Group and Scope Expand

1.4 The Student Group Evolves

1.5 The Improbable Path and Support that Allowed the Trace Center to Come Into Existence

1.6 Evolution of the Center Over the Decades

2 Augmentative Communication (1971-)

2.1 The AutoCom

2.2 Creating Its Own Production Design and Product Run

2.3 First Commercial Transfer

2.4 Special Versions

2.5 BlissApple and BlissCom

2.6 Other Augmentative Communication and Interaction Aids

2.7 Toy Modification

2.8 Interface Interaction Standards-The First Standards Work of the Trace Center

2.9 Origin of the Term "Augmentative Communication"

2.10 The Communication Aids and Systems Clinic and the Communication Access Program

2.11 Other Early Contributions to Augmentative and Alternative Communication

3 Pre-internet/Pre-web Summative Information (1970s-1990s)

3.1 The Trace Center as an Information Resource

3.2 1974 CEC Conference

3.3 National Workshop Series

3.4 Nonvocal Communication Techniques and Aids for the Severely Physically Handicapped

3.5 ResourceBooks

3.6 Hyper-ABLEDATA and Co-Net

3.7 Moving to the Web

3.8 Tools

4 Computer Access (1980-)

4.1 Transparent Access Software

4.2 Keyboard and Mouse Emulating Interfaces

4.3 Supporting Standards Development

4.4 Software-Based Emulating Interfaces

4.5 Building Access Directly into Mainstream Computers

4.5.1 White House Meetings on Computer Accessibility

4.5.2 Trace Developed Modifications for DOS, Windows, and Mac Operating Systems

4.5.3 Progress Within the Computer Companies

4.5.4 AccessDOS

4.5.5 Work With Other Computer Companies

4.5.6 Spreading the Word

4.6 Computer Accessibility Guidelines

4.7 Standards Work

4.8 Shifting Computer Accessibility Efforts in Response to Maturing of the Field

4.8.1 Digital Affinity

4.8.2 Importance of Flexibility and Pivoting to Meet Emerging Needs

5 Electronic Consumer Products and General Accessibility (1990-)

5.1 Consumer Product Guidelines

5.2 Principles of Universal Design

5.3 User Needs Summary

5.4 The Experience Lab

5.5 The Trace Usability Screening Kit (TUSK)

5.6 Contributions of ICT Accessibility Information to Other Summative Studies

6 Web Access (1990-)

6.1 First Web Accessibility Guidelines, 1995

6.2 The W3C and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

6.3 Tools to Support and Enable WCAG Provisions

6.3.1 Color Contrast Analysis Tool

6.3.2 The Photosensitive Epilepsy Analysis Tool (PEAT)

6.4 Universal Adoption of the Web Guidelines

Notes:

6.5 Basic Contributions to WCAG Architecture and Design

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springerlink, viewed January 6, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Vanderheiden, Gregg Technology and Disability

ISBN:

9783031092145

3031092147

Publisher Number:

99993071823

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.