WHAT IS

Universal Design

Rachel Barton

January 16, 1995

111 Meters

“All along, I knew that in the end I would still be able to perform… So that was what I was holding on to. I still am.”

Rachel Barton

BUT what if…

THE SOUND of one hand

TYPING

What is universal design and what is accessibility?

Why does one-handed typing matter?

How might Chinese web design and natural user interfaces change the way we think about typing?

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WHAT IS Universal Design

“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect .”

Tim Berners-Lee the creator of the World Wide Web

leveling the playing field

INACCESSIBLE

it’s not the wheelchair

IT’S THE STAIRS.

that makes a building

INACCESSIBLE

it’s not the user

IT’S THE DESIGNER.

that makes the web

examples of UNIVERSAL DESIGN

examples of UNIVERSAL DESIGN

examples of UNIVERSAL DESIGN

ONE eyeball finger

examples of UNIVERSAL DESIGN

IS A PLAN UNIVERSAL DESIGN

IS ACCESSIBILITY the way we measure that plan

it is not necessarily universal if a design is accessible

it is necessarily accessible if a design is universal

sight touch sound cognition

it began with a tentacle

“Prosthetic Tentacle” by Kaylene Kau

HOW would YOU USE…

IF YOU only had

ONE HAND…

and Alex Tasha

what are people with ONE HAND

actually USING

the QWERTY keyboard

was created for EFFICIENCY

WHY DOES one-handed typing

MATTER

THE APPLE TYPING EXPERIENCE

THE ANDROID TYPING EXPERIENCE

in solving the

the typing experience

FOR EVERYONE!

WE WILL IMPROVE

one handed / armed

typing issue

so how do

this problem WE SOLVE

portable inexpensive

easy to use ambidextrous design

aesthetic

quickly learned

available

ergonomic

we need something that is… cross-device cross-platform

multilingual

beyond word processing

VOICE recognition

SWYPE

THE CHINESE MODEL

THE CHINESE MODEL

Hanwang handwriting recognition mouse

Chinese YAHOO

American YAHOO

BAIDU. Chinese Google Equivalent

BAIDU. Search for the elderly

TAOBAO.COM. Above the fold

EBAY.COM. Above the fold

TAOBAO.COM. Below the fold

EBAY.COM. Below the fold

so what’s THE FUTURE

OUR NUI best friend

CLI codified

strict

GUI metaphor

exploratory

NUI direct

intuitive

ONE eyeball finger nipple???

“The only “intuitive” interface is a nipple. After that, it’s all learned.”

Bruce Ediger

WHAT IS NUI?

“As far as the customer is, the interface is the product.”

Jeff Raskin

BACK TO OUR

original list

• portable

• inexpensive

• easy to use

• ambidextrous design

• cross-device

• cross-platform

• multilingual

• aesthetic

• fast learning curve

• available

• ergonomic

• beyond word processing

TAKEAWAY

LUCK

THANK YOU!