[access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:16:10 +0100
- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:57:01 +0100
Making Ceefax accessible to blind people is a totally different
proposition to making it more usable for partially sighted people. As a
blind person with some sight I didn't find the usage of Partially
sighted offensive or excluding.
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Sunil
Sent: 13 June 2005 13:19
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:16:10
+0100
You're being over sensitive, she's obviously referring to people
who aren't fully sighted but who can see enough to read text on a screen
as opposed to relying on Jaws or whatever.
----- Original Message -----
From: Darran Ross <mailto:darran.ross@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:16 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: (No Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005
13:16:10 +0100
I wasn't particularly impressed by the constant use of
"partially sighted" to describe those Amelia would like to help.
Am I just being overly sensitive, or did she also mean
blind folks as well? Perhaps you could put this question to her Damon?
Regards.
Darran
----- Original Message -----
From: Damon Rose <mailto:damon.rose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:57 PM
Subject: [access-uk]
Can anyone help my colleague Amelia? Or forward
to someone you think can help?
-----Original Message-----
From: Amelia Still
Sent: 13 June 2005 12:43
To: Damon Rose
Cc: Vaughan Simons
Subject: Partially sighted users needed!
Importance: High
Dear Damon
I wonder if you can help me? I'm a usability
engineer over in New Media, and I am currently taking an MSC in
Human-computer-interaction. For my thesis project I am looking at
partially sighted people's use of the Ceefax service, to gather research
on how we could eventually make the BBCi digital text service more
usable for the partially sighted. (once analogue TV is switched off
these users may not have a usable text service)
Ceefax has benefits for the partially sighted,
as it is possible to view half a page at a time, thereby increasing the
font size, and the colour contrast may be better for many users. There
are several other areas where it may perform better too.
I begin my research with a questionnaire on
Ceefax usage, and will need to find 100 people to complete the study.
First I need to pilot my questionnaire, to see if it is suitable for a
partially sighted person, and for this I will need 6 people to test it
out.
I was wondering if you knew of any partially
sighted people, preferably within the BBC, or friends and family of BBC
staff. I would need them to complete the questionnaire, and then to give
me feedback on how easy or hard it was to complete, whether they
understood all the questions, etc.
If you know of people who might be willing to
help me, please can you let me know, or forward this mail on to them.
Thanks very much
Amelia
Amelia Still
Junior Usability Engineer
020 800 85365
BC5 A4
Media Village
201 Wood Lane
London
W12 7TP
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