Comments on: Big Words Interface Ideas http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2009/07/03/big-words-interface-ideas/ Geeks making the world a bit better Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:06:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gb http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2009/07/03/big-words-interface-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-48397 gb Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:19:17 +0000 http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/?p=506#comment-48397 Yes, the zombies are fun but *way* to distracting when you're working. In our vision of how this works the reward zone is a plugin that is independent of the rest of the page. We can develop several different ones and see how they are received. Yes, the zombies are fun but *way* to distracting when you’re working. In our vision of how this works the reward zone is a plugin that is independent of the rest of the page. We can develop several different ones and see how they are received.

]]> By: gb http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2009/07/03/big-words-interface-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-48396 gb Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:17:29 +0000 http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/?p=506#comment-48396 The challenges for blind users will be 1) making it fun/attractive to do and 2) making sure the appropriate parts of the screen are read. Screen readers have problems with dynamically updated pages. My reference to WAI-ARIA was to a new standard for informing the most up-to-date screen readers of changes on the screen. We could make it speak without needing a screen reader but that would be a bit more challenging yet. The challenges for blind users will be 1) making it fun/attractive to do and 2) making sure the appropriate parts of the screen are read. Screen readers have problems with dynamically updated pages. My reference to WAI-ARIA was to a new standard for informing the most up-to-date screen readers of changes on the screen.

We could make it speak without needing a screen reader but that would be a bit more challenging yet.

]]> By: KAREN http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2009/07/03/big-words-interface-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-48395 KAREN Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:15:40 +0000 http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/?p=506#comment-48395 The reward zone is a clever idea. Let's think about having the score board or some type of points system, cash box, thermometer, climbing a mtn ... something that shows that you're making progress toward completion successfully without animation that could be distracting. The reward zone is a clever idea. Let’s think about having the score board or some type of points system, cash box, thermometer, climbing a mtn … something that shows that you’re making progress toward completion successfully without animation that could be distracting.

]]> By: KAREN http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/blog/2009/07/03/big-words-interface-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-48394 KAREN Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:11:30 +0000 http://wwwx.cs.unc.edu/~gb/wp/?p=506#comment-48394 Gary, I'm not sure it is appropriate to offer this to kids who are blind/braille readers because of grade 2 or contracted braille. We have to do some homework, but I suspect many of the words we're using as targets have contractions. Let's check this out. Otherwise, I don't see why someone who is blind would have difficulty using the keyboard to enter and using screen reading technology. Gary, I’m not sure it is appropriate to offer this to kids who are blind/braille readers because of grade 2 or contracted braille. We have to do some homework, but I suspect many of the words we’re using as targets have contractions. Let’s check this out. Otherwise, I don’t see why someone who is blind would have difficulty using the keyboard to enter and using screen reading technology.

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