Accessibility

Accessibility concerns with making an ICT product usable by users with mental or physical disabilities.

Examples of Inclusive Features

Captions on multimedia - assists deaf users to read video
Keyboard navigation - assists blind users to navigate via a keyboard inputs
Audio narrator (text to speech) - assists blind users by saying the text aloud
Saved Login Credentials - assists users with memory problems to login into member only areas
Font enlarger - assists users with sight difficulties

Question Extract:

Make appropriate annotations to your design to demonstrate your understanding of the use of:

an appropriate (e.g. wireframe) design that shows the layout and structure of your intended design (represent the position of the logo with a labelled box) (5 marks)
the elements and principles of design and the relationship between them (4 marks) ● logical organisation of content (3 marks)
user-generated content (e.g. contact forms, order forms) (2 marks)
‘help’ features and how these will assist the target audience/s (6 marks)
features or tools that will enable the website to be accessed using new technologies. (2 marks)