Generalization of tooltips Supervisor : Prof Tucker By Saira Adams Supervisor : Prof Tucker
overview Project racap User interface specification High level design Low level design Tool used Project plan overview
Project recap: tooltip generalization PROBLEM Tooltips are very small therefore visually impaired users struggle to read them Deaf users communicate in South African Sign Language. SOLUTION :Generalization of tooltips (Audio & Video)
User interface specification
Text-based tooltip
Audio-based tooltip
Video-based tooltip
What have I done for term 2? Downloaded source code: Mozilla Firefox browser Problems experienced Solution : create add-on
High-level design
UML DIAGRAM
low level design
Tools to be used
Project Plan for Term 3 Record audio & video Add text to video and audio tooltips. Create add-on Insert all video and audio tooltips. Usability testing to determine if audio/video should loop or not. Term 3 presentation & final documentation
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