Designing Interfaces for an Overlooked User Group: Considering the
                  Visual Profiles of Partially Sighted Users

Julie Jacko; Andrew Sears

doi:10.1145/274497.274512

Designing Interfaces for an Overlooked User Group: Considering the Visual Profiles of Partially Sighted Users

Julie Jacko
, Andrew Sears

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

In this position paper we argue the importance of research focusing on the issues involved in designing computer systems for partially sighted computer users. Currently, there is a lack of data that explores how combinations of impaired visual processes affect preferences for, and performance with, graphical user interfaces. This lack of fundamental information about how an individual's visual profile determines the strategies and behaviors exhibited while using computers limits our ability to design effective user interfaces for partially sighted computer users. The objective of this position paper is to motivate research that addresses this deficiency in our knowledge base so that researchers can design enabling technologies in a systematic fashion for this unique user group as has been done for fully sighted users and blind users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies, ASSETS 1998, Marina del Rey, CA, USA, April 15-17, 1998
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	75-77
Number of pages	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/274497.274512
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1998
Event	The 3rd ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, 1998 - Marina del Rey, United States Duration: 15 Apr 1998 → 17 Apr 1998 Conference number: 3

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Conference	The 3rd ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, 1998
Abbreviated title	ASSETS 1998
Country/Territory	United States
City	Marina del Rey
Period	15/04/98 → 17/04/98

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Jacko, J., & Sears, A. (1998). Designing Interfaces for an Overlooked User Group: Considering the Visual Profiles of Partially Sighted Users. In Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies, ASSETS 1998, Marina del Rey, CA, USA, April 15-17, 1998 (pp. 75-77). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/274497.274512

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Jacko, J & Sears, A 1998, Designing Interfaces for an Overlooked User Group: Considering the Visual Profiles of Partially Sighted Users. in Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies, ASSETS 1998, Marina del Rey, CA, USA, April 15-17, 1998. Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 75-77, The 3rd ACM SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies, 1998, Marina del Rey, California, United States, 15/04/98. https://doi.org/10.1145/274497.274512

Designing Interfaces for an Overlooked User Group: Considering the Visual Profiles of Partially Sighted Users. / Jacko, Julie; Sears, Andrew.
Proceedings of the Third International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies, ASSETS 1998, Marina del Rey, CA, USA, April 15-17, 1998. Association for Computing Machinery, 1998. p. 75-77.

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