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One thing that seems to be missing from this page, the "trying to buy an android phone" page, and the about me page, is what the actual disability of the author
by leoedin 15y ago
One thing that seems to be missing from this page, the "trying to buy an android phone" page, and the about me page, is what the actual disability of the author is. I'd be interested in knowing what they can't do - it's worth taking it into account when designing your own UIs.
It's very hard for someone who doesn't suffer from a disability to imagine how someone with a disability will interface with their product. Screen readers/accessibility for the blind is relatively easy - write some software that reads the screen and presents what it sees in an auditory menu. Imagining how other disabilities affect the user, and then working around that, is hard. Given the extensive range of disabilities in the world, it's impossible to take into account everything. A device has to be designed with the most common disabilities in mind.