A user interface for deaf-blind people (preliminary report)

Authors:
Richard Ladner;randy Day;Dennis Gentry;Karin Meyer;Scott Rose
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;Department of Computer Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
Venue:
CHI '87 Proceedings of the SIGCHI/GI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface
Year:
1986

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Abstract

A user interface suitable for deaf-blind users is presented and justified. The interface is designed for small paperless Braille displays, large font visual displays, or other low-bandwidth displays. Some of the key properties of the interface are that it uses a hierarchical approach to structure both commands and data, has a small universal command set, and has pervasive editing capability. DBNet, a system employing the user interface, has been built and tested with deaf-blind users. DBNet will provide various communication services to the deaf-blind community including electronic news, mail, and bulletin boards.