Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people

Visually Impaired People (VIP) is using mobile applications to complete their daily tasks. This ratio of using mobile applications is growing very fastly. Many accessibility features for VIP from these mobile applications are provided, but there are many fundamental problems still create difficultie...

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Main Authors: Qureshi, Hammad Hassan, Doris, Hooi Ten Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2019
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/88090/1/DorisHooiTenWong2019_RequirementsofaMobileApplicationDesign.pdf
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description Visually Impaired People (VIP) is using mobile applications to complete their daily tasks. This ratio of using mobile applications is growing very fastly. Many accessibility features for VIP from these mobile applications are provided, but there are many fundamental problems still create difficulties for VIP. In case when touchscreen mobile applications are used by VIP. The main problem is that VIP faces problems due to lacking facilities and requirements according to their needs. In this paper, the basic requirements of mobile application design for VIP were explored with the help of re-examining the current design guidelines of mobile phone applications. In this paper total, 8 VIP has participated. For smartphones, mobile application design user experience and accessibility requirements were collected. In order to check the requirements and accessibility of a mobile application, a five-points Likert scale is used. In the result of re-examining on current design guideline, there was described new requirements of mobile application design with the help of participants. These requirements will enhance the user experience of VIP to access mobile phone applications.
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spelling utm.eprints-880902020-12-15T00:12:36Z http://eprints.utm.my/88090/ Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people Qureshi, Hammad Hassan Doris, Hooi Ten Wong TK6570 Mobile Communication System Visually Impaired People (VIP) is using mobile applications to complete their daily tasks. This ratio of using mobile applications is growing very fastly. Many accessibility features for VIP from these mobile applications are provided, but there are many fundamental problems still create difficulties for VIP. In case when touchscreen mobile applications are used by VIP. The main problem is that VIP faces problems due to lacking facilities and requirements according to their needs. In this paper, the basic requirements of mobile application design for VIP were explored with the help of re-examining the current design guidelines of mobile phone applications. In this paper total, 8 VIP has participated. For smartphones, mobile application design user experience and accessibility requirements were collected. In order to check the requirements and accessibility of a mobile application, a five-points Likert scale is used. In the result of re-examining on current design guideline, there was described new requirements of mobile application design with the help of participants. These requirements will enhance the user experience of VIP to access mobile phone applications. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/88090/1/DorisHooiTenWong2019_RequirementsofaMobileApplicationDesign.pdf Qureshi, Hammad Hassan and Doris, Hooi Ten Wong (2019) Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people. Open International Journal of Informatics (OIJI), 7 (2). pp. 96-104. ISSN 2289-2370 http://apps.razak.utm.my/ojs/index.php/oiji/article/download/222/183
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title Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people
title_full Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people
title_fullStr Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people
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title_short Requirements of a mobile application design model for visually impaired people
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