1. Starter
Describe any 2 technologies that help public to share their political views. [4] Page 105 in your textbook

2. What we have done so far in this unit
Impact of ICT on
Digital divide
Legal and political systems

3. Catering for disabilities
Lesson objectives:
Difficulties for disabilities in online services
Developments in hardware and software for disabilities

4. Difficulties to disabilities in online services
Reading text is difficult for visually impaired (People who cant see clearly well)
Understanding images is difficult for visually impaired
Too much animation/video - distracting and confusing for visually impaired
Poor colour combinations - unable to distinguish colours/text/content for visually impaired
Physically disabled people could have difficulty in using mouse/keyboard
for site navigation
Following commentaries/audio instructions/movie or video soundtracks is difficult for hearing impaired
Understanding complicated instructions is difficult for people with cognitive impairment/learning difficulties
Understanding online process is difficult for people with cognitive impairment/learning difficulties

5. Task
Page 99 5 a
Page a

6. Specific difficulties on websites for disabilities
Page 97, Q 3
Hard-coded font size
so cannot be changed by viewer
Too much animation/video
distracting and confusing
Too many popups/adverts
intrusive and distracting
Colour combinations
unable to distinguish colours/text/content

7. Developments in Software
Text to speech software is:
Used to convert text that appears on screen into computer generated words/speech
To ‘read’ documents aloud/from a speaker
For those unable to see the screen properly
Speech to text software is:
Speak into a microphone
Used to convert spoken words into text on screen
For those unable to use keyboards
Sticky keys: no need to press two keys at once/press first key followed by second to get action
Filter keys: ignores brief or repeated key presses

8. Developments in Software
Head pointer: have a camera on top of monitor to detect head movements which will be converted into the movement of the mouse pointer.
Magnifier/Zoom software: to enlarge text/areas of the screen so that these can be seen better
Predictive text: to suggest words/sentences from a few characters/words typed in.
Settings in operating systems that allow the size and appearance of the pointer, icons, text font size to be altered.
Settings in operating systems that allow mouse to have different type of pointer and/or leave a trail so that people with sight problems can easily pickup where the pointer is.

9. Developments in hardware
Overlay (concept) keyboard: overlay with larger characters that can be easily picked out
Tracker balls : these can be used with either hands or feet.
Touch screens: characters on onscreen keyboard can be larger or images can be used to replace characters.
Mouse keys: the number pad on keyboards can be configured to control the pointer on the screen.

10. Video on Eye tracking system

11. Task
Page 98, Q 1a, b
Page 99, 5 b

12. How websites can be improved to support disabilities
Page 100, Q 5 b
Increase in font size
Zoom/magnifying feature
Use of different background colours
Use of alternative text for images
Simplify complex language into simpler words
Audio instructions can be downloaded

13. Homework – Antisocial use of ICT
Read pages from 107 to 109 in your textbook for answering Q9 on page 105 in your workbook.