1. School of Computing Dublin Institute of Technology Ciarán O’Leary Damian Gordon

2. 1. Equitable Use 2. Flexibility in Use 3. Simple and Intuitive 4. Perceptible Information 5. Tolerance for Error 6. Low Physical Effort 7. Size and Space for Approach and Use 2

3.  The design is useful and marketable to any group of users  Provide the same means of use for all users: identical whenever possible; equivalent when not  Avoid segregating or stigmatising any users  Provisions for privacy, security and safety should be equally available to all users  Make the design appealing to all users 3

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6.  The design accommodates a range of individual preferences and abilities.  Provide choice in method of use  Accommodate right-handed or left-handed access and use  Facilitate the user’s accuracy and precision  Provide adaptability to the user’s pace 6

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11.  Use of the design is easy to understand regardless of the user’s experience, knowledge, language skills, or current concentration level.  Eliminate unnecessary complexity  Be consistent with user expectations and intuition  Accommodate a wide range of literacy and language skills  Arrange information consistent with its importance  Provide effective prompting and feedback during and after task completion 11

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14.  The design communicates necessary information effectively to the user, regardless of ambient conditions or the user’s sensory abilities.  Use different modes (pictorial, verbal, tactile) for redundant presentation of essential information  Provide adequate contrast between essential information and its surroundings  Maximise legibility of essential information and its surroundings  Differentiate elements in ways that can be described (i.e. make it easy to give instructions or directions)  Provide compatibility with a variety of techniques or devices used by people with sensory limitations 14

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19.  The design minimises hazards and the adverse consequences of accidental or unintended actions.  Arrange elements to minimise hazards and errors: most used elements, most accessible; hazardous elements eliminated, isolated or shielded  Provide warnings of hazards and errors  Provide fail safe features  Discourage unconscious action in tasks that require vigilance 19

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24.  The design can be used efficiently and comfortably and with a minimum of fatigue  Allow user to maintain a neutral body position  Use reasonable operating forces  Minimise repetitive actions  Minimise sustained physical effort 24

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27.  Appropriate size and space is provided for approach, reach, manipulation, and use regardless of user’s body size, posture, or mobility.  Provide a clear line of sight to important elements for any seated or standing user  Make reach to all components comfortable for any seated or standing user  Accommodate variations in hand and grip size  Provide adequate space for the use of assistive devices or personal assistance 27

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30. 1. Equitable Use 2. Flexibility in Use 3. Simple and Intuitive 4. Perceptible Information 5. Tolerance for Error 6. Low Physical Effort 7. Size and Space for Approach and Use 30

31. 1. Universal Design is one size fits all 2. Universal Design aims to replace the design of products targeted at specific markets 3. Universal Design will reduce the number of products available on the market 4. Universal Design is a synonym for the compliance with accessible design standards 31

32. 5. Only disabled and elderly people benefit from Universal Design 6. Universal Design aims to replace assistive technology 7. Universal Design is a trend 8. Universally Designed products are aesthetically unattractive 32

33. 9. Universal Design can be achieved by specialist designers only 10. Universal Design can be applied at the end of the design process 11. If a Universally Designed product is not achievable it is not worth trying at all 33

34.  Universal design caters for many users, irrelevant of gender, age, size, strength, mobility, hearing, vision etc.  Universal Design is about good design 34

35.  ciaran.oleary@dit.ie 35  damian.gordon@dit.ie http://www.comp.dit.ie/universaldesign