Online simulator for testing and testing interfaces for people with disabilities

    One of the problems that every person can face is aging, and the associated possibilities of vision, the ability to distinguish between minute details, see at dusk, etc. At the same time, you need to understand that each next generation is approaching old age more and more “computerized”, accustomed to carry out many actions using a personal computer, tablets, smartphones and other devices with different input interfaces.

    Therefore, today, when developing interfaces for devices and information systems, developers simply cannot ignore such a segment of the audience - as people with disabilities. From the point of view of development by specialized committees of different countries and communities, much has been done to set development rules and standards that take into account the limited capabilities of people, but developers sometimes lack simple applications for visual testing of created interfaces.

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    Link to the project: http://bit.ly/eyesim

    As a solution to one of these problems, I created and am developing a project for an online service simulating checking web interfaces according to various criteria of people with disabilities.

    The main functionality of the service is the ability of any Internet users to specify the address of an Internet resource in the input field, automatically get a screenshot of the specified page of the site and start applying filters to the resulting picture, each of which corresponds to a particular visual impairment, for some filters the regulator is also displayed the degree of this visual impairment, for example, for the loss of the central field of view (the area of ​​the field inaccessible for viewing is regulated). The simulator also implements a functional for tracking the user's gaze: the selected filter is tied to the cursor, thus, by moving the pointer on the interface, the simulator user can move the resulting defect field in the picture, which allows you to effectively detect areas that are completely inaccessible to users with limited vision.

    For whom such a project may be useful:

    1. Professional developers of information system interfaces, testers and other specialists who are somehow involved in the development of interfaces;

    2. For non-commercial audience - each person, the owner of the site, service will be able to check the availability of their resources for people with disabilities;

    3. For friends, family members of people with disabilities - it is possible to use such a simulator to help such people better understand the vision of their loved ones, which will provide them with more correct support.

    2012, Lubich M.V.

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