Designing for Accessibility

Designing for Accessibility
Author: Simeon Keates
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2006-10-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1482269546

A step by step guide, this book covers how to design products that offer the right combination of functionality, usability, and accessibility for all consumers. The author articulates why these three elements can make the critical difference in remaining competitive and economically viable over the long term. He provides insightful case studies tha

Designing for accessibility : a business guide to countering design exclusion : human factors and ergonomics

Designing for accessibility : a business guide to countering design exclusion : human factors and ergonomics
Author: Simeon Keates
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre:
ISBN:

Implementing design for accessibility requires planning and forethought. It requires also a dedication to people. It involves meeting the needs of users, and offering products, services and environments that do not discriminate against potential users on the grounds of capability. This book offers a how-to-do-it guide for designers strategists and new product developers, interested in designing for the widest possible population, and those that wish to make superior products, with correct functionality, usability and accessibility.

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers
Author: Mark R. Lehto
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 996
Release: 2007-08-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1410615464

Emphasizing customer oriented design and operation, Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers explores the behavioral, physical, and mathematical foundations of the discipline and how to apply them to improve the human, societal, and economic well being of systems and organizations. The book discusses product design, such as tools,

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, Second Edition

Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, Second Edition
Author: Mark R. Lehto
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 797
Release: 2012-10-26
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1439853940

Supplying a breadth and depth of coverage beyond that found in most traditional texts, Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics for Engineers, Second Edition presents and integrates important methods and tools used in the fields of Industrial Engineering, Human Factors and Ergonomics to design and improve jobs, tasks and products. It presents these topics with a practical, applied orientation suitable for engineering undergraduate students. See What’s New in the Second Edition: Revised order of chapters to group together topics related to the physical and cognitive aspects of human-integrated systems Substantially updated material emphasizes the design of products people work with, tasks or jobs people perform, and environments in which people live The book has sufficient material to be used in its entirety for a two semester sequence of classes, or in part for a single semester course, focusing on selected topics covered in the text. The authors provide a set of guidelines and principles for the design and analysis of human-integrated systems and highlights their application to industry and service systems. It addresses the topics of human factors, work measurement and methods improvement, and product design an approachable style. The common thread throughout the book is on how better "human factors" can lead to improved safety, comfort, enjoyment, acceptance, and effectiveness in all application arenas. Packed with cases studies and examples, readers can use well beyond the classroom and into their professional lives.

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety

Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety
Author: Pascale Carayon
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 855
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1439830347

The first edition of Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care and Patient Safety took the medical and ergonomics communities by storm with in-depth coverage of human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions and how they can be applied in health care. Other books focus on particular human

The Universal Access Handbook

The Universal Access Handbook
Author: Constantine Stephanidis
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1064
Release: 2009-06-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420064991

In recent years, the field of Universal Access has made significant progress in consolidating theoretical approaches, scientific methods and technologies, as well as in exploring new application domains. Increasingly, professionals in this rapidly maturing area require a comprehensive and multidisciplinary resource that addresses current principles

Universal and Accessible Design for Products, Services, and Processes

Universal and Accessible Design for Products, Services, and Processes
Author: Robert F. Erlandson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2007-08-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1420007661

New laws, global competition, technological advances, and evolving societal values toward disability all demand the integration of universal and accessible design principles into the general practice of the design community. This growing international movement forces competitors to expand their traditional concepts of design and adopt these princip

The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook

The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook
Author: Andrew Sears
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 1386
Release: 2007-09-19
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1410615863

This second edition of The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook provides an updated, comprehensive overview of the most important research in the field, including insights that are directly applicable throughout the process of developing effective interactive information technologies. It features cutting-edge advances to the scientific

Human-Computer Interaction Fundamentals

Human-Computer Interaction Fundamentals
Author: Andrew Sears
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2009-03-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1420088823

Hailed on first publication as a compendium of foundational principles and cutting-edge research, The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook has become the gold standard reference in this field. Derived from select chapters of this groundbreaking and authoritative resource, Human-Computer Interaction Fundamentals emphasizes emerging topics such as sen

Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design

Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design
Author: Kim-Phuong L. Vu
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 788
Release: 2011-04-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1439825955

The Handbook of Human Factors in Web Design covers basic human factors issues relating to screen design, input devices, and information organization and processing, as well as addresses newer features which will become prominent in the next generation of Web technologies. These include multimodal interfaces, wireless capabilities, and agents t