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The design of kiosks for providing access to e-information for older adults (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., Clarkeson, J., & Robinson, P. (2003). The design of kiosks for providing access to e-information for older adults. In C. Stephanidis (Ed.), Universal Access in HCI: Inclusive Design in the Information Society (852-856)

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Adaptation of a disability severity scale for product assessment (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarkson, P. J., Dong, H., & Keates, S. (2003). Adaptation of a disability severity scale for product assessment. In A. Folkeson, K. Gralen, M. Norell, & U. Sellgren (Eds.), DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering D

An inclusively-designed product should accommodate the widest possible range of user capabilities. Consequently, it is important for designers to know about the full range of potential user capabilities found across the general population when assess... Read More about Adaptation of a disability severity scale for product assessment.

Assessing inclusivity throughout the design process (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cardoso, C., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Assessing inclusivity throughout the design process. In A. Folkeson, K. Gralen, M. Norell, & U. Sellgren (Eds.), DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design, Sto

Everyday design solutions often cause unnecessary levels of discomfort or even exclusion, affecting mainly older adult users and people of all ages with a variety of functional impairments. Designers? intuitive and informal approaches to the evaluati... Read More about Assessing inclusivity throughout the design process.

Designers and manufacturers' perspectives on inclusive/universal design (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dong, H., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Designers and manufacturers' perspectives on inclusive/universal design. In A. Folkeson, K. Gralen, M. Norell, & U. Sellgren (Eds.), DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engine

Inclusive design in the U.K. and its U.S. counterpart, universal design, present opportunities and challenges to industry. In order to encourage manufacturers and design companies to adopt more inclusive design practices, the research has been carrie... Read More about Designers and manufacturers' perspectives on inclusive/universal design.

Developing cognitive capability scale for inclusive product design (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Langdon, P., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Developing cognitive capability scale for inclusive product design. In A. Folkeson, K. Gralen, M. Norell, & U. Sellgren (Eds.), DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineer

In order to assess capability for product design, we aimed to develop new scales to assess the cognitive capability ranges for individuals by using items from the existing UK ONS scale to construct new scales, re-analysed in terms of cognitive requir... Read More about Developing cognitive capability scale for inclusive product design.

Usability Considerations in the Design of Handheld Electronic Devices (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gupta, S. P., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Usability Considerations in the Design of Handheld Electronic Devices. In A. Folkeson, K. Gralen, M. Norell, & U. Sellgren (Eds.), DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engi

Many handheld electronic devices such as cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and TV/video remote controls have become a part our daily life; and in recent years there has been competition amongst manufacturers to introduce increasingl... Read More about Usability Considerations in the Design of Handheld Electronic Devices.

Visualising design exclusion (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarkson, P. J., Dong, H., & Keates, S. (2003). Visualising design exclusion. In A. Folkeson, K. Gralen, M. Norell, & U. Sellgren (Eds.), DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design, Stockholm: Industrial design

?Design exclusion? arises when a product cannot be used effectively because of choices made during the design process. Understanding the causes of such design exclusion is essential if better products, which accommodate the widest range of user capab... Read More about Visualising design exclusion.

Inclusive design: design for the whole population. (2003)
Book
Clarkson, P., Keates, S., Coleman, R., & Lebbon, C. (Eds.). (2003). Inclusive design: design for the whole population. London, UK: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0001-0

Inclusive Design: What's in It for Me? presents a comprehensive review of current practice in inclusive design. With emphasis on new ideas for improvement and arguments for wider implementation in future, a unique combination of leading opinions on i... Read More about Inclusive design: design for the whole population..

Multiple haptic targets for motion-impaired computer users (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hwang, F., Keates, S., Langdon, P., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Multiple haptic targets for motion-impaired computer users. In G. Cockton, & P. Korhonen (Eds.), Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (41-48). https://doi.

Although a number of studies have reported that force feedback gravity wells can improve performance in ?pointand-click? tasks, there have been few studies addressing issues surrounding the use of gravity wells for multiple onscreen targets. This pap... Read More about Multiple haptic targets for motion-impaired computer users.

Quantifying Design Exclusion (2003)
Book Chapter
Clarkson, J., Dong, H., & Keates, S. (2003). Quantifying Design Exclusion. In J. Clarkson, S. Keates, R. Coleman, & C. Lebbon (Eds.), Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population (422-436). London, UK: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0

Products make demands of their users which effect their utility and usability. As a result, those users who do not have the capability to use the product are denied access to it. For example, a kettle that is so heavy that a weaker user cannot lift i... Read More about Quantifying Design Exclusion.

Assessment for inclusive design (2003)
Book Chapter
Cardoso, C., Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). Assessment for inclusive design. In J. Clarkson, R. Coleman, S. Keates, & C. Lebbon (Eds.), Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population (458-477). London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0

Many designers view the process of design as primarily creative and informal. They often rely heavily on their intuitive response to the design problem when developing a design solution. As such, without an explicit effort to address the needs of the... Read More about Assessment for inclusive design.

Digital television for all: A report on accessibility and inclusive design. Appendix E - Investigating the inclusivity of digital television set-top box receivers (2003)
Report
Clarkson, J., & Keates, S. (2003). Digital television for all: A report on accessibility and inclusive design. Appendix E - Investigating the inclusivity of digital television set-top box receivers. The Generics Group

This report contains a summary of work carried out by the Inclusive Design team at the University of Cambridge on behalf of The Generics Group. It describes the team?s audit of digital television (DTV) equipment with regard to its accessibility. The... Read More about Digital television for all: A report on accessibility and inclusive design. Appendix E - Investigating the inclusivity of digital television set-top box receivers.

Countering design exclusion through inclusive design (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Countering design exclusion through inclusive design. In M. Zajicek, & A. Edwards (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2003 conference on Universal usability (CUU '03) (69-76). https://doi.org/10.1145/957205.957218

The world population is aging and the number of people who are experiencing a loss of functional capability is also on the increase. There is a need to design ?inclusive? products to accommodate this wider range of capabilities and to develop metrics... Read More about Countering design exclusion through inclusive design.

The effect of multiple haptic distractors on the performance of mtion-impaired users. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hwang, F., Langdon, P., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003, July). The effect of multiple haptic distractors on the performance of mtion-impaired users. Paper presented at Conference Proceedings of EuroHaptics 2003, Dublin

Abstract. The effect of multiple haptic distractors on target selection performance was examined in terms of times to select the target and the associated cursor movement patterns. Two experiments examined: a) The effect of multiple haptic distractor... Read More about The effect of multiple haptic distractors on the performance of mtion-impaired users..

Countering design exclusion: bridging the gap between usability and accessibility (2003)
Journal Article
Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. (2003). Countering design exclusion: bridging the gap between usability and accessibility. Universal Access in the Information Society, 2(3), 215-225. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-003-0059-5

It is known that many people are being excluded unnecessarily from using products, services and environments that are essential for supporting independence and quality of life. Such exclusion often arises from designers taking inadequate account of t... Read More about Countering design exclusion: bridging the gap between usability and accessibility.

Implementing Inclusive Design: The Discrepancy between Theory and Practice (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dong, H., Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Cassim, J. (2003). Implementing Inclusive Design: The Discrepancy between Theory and Practice. In N. Carbonell, & C. Stephanidis (Eds.), Universal Access Theoretical Perspectives, Practice, and Experience: the 7th

The theory of inclusive design tends to require user involvement and iterative assessment throughout the whole design process. However, in an industrial context, companies are restricted by design constraints such as time and cost. Through investigat... Read More about Implementing Inclusive Design: The Discrepancy between Theory and Practice.

Using cursor measures to determine appropriate computer input assistance for motion-impaired users (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarkson, P., Hwang, F., Keates, S., Langdon, P., & Clarkson, P. J. (2003). Using cursor measures to determine appropriate computer input assistance for motion-impaired users. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the A

People with motion-impairments can often have difficulty with accurate control of standard pointing devices for computer input. The nature of the difficulties may vary, so to be most effective, methods of assisting cursor control must be suited to ea... Read More about Using cursor measures to determine appropriate computer input assistance for motion-impaired users.

Inclusive design in industry: motivations and barriers (2003)
Journal Article
Dong, H., Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). Inclusive design in industry: motivations and barriers. ACM SIGCAPH Computers and the Physically Handicapped, 9-10. https://doi.org/10.1145/976261.976264

The aim of this research is to identify the motivations for, and barriers obstructing, the adoption of inclusive design practices within industry. The working processes of a number of design consultancies have been audited and large-scale industry su... Read More about Inclusive design in industry: motivations and barriers.

Investigating haptic assistive interfaces for motion impaired users: force-channels and competitive attractive-basins. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Langdon, P., Hwang, F., Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (2002). Investigating haptic assistive interfaces for motion impaired users: force-channels and competitive attractive-basins. In Proceedings of Eurohaptics 2002

Following a pilot study that suggested that force-feedback gravity wells could, under certain conditions, lead to 20- 50% improvements in time to target in a selection task, a series of experiments further investigated the potential for enhancement o... Read More about Investigating haptic assistive interfaces for motion impaired users: force-channels and competitive attractive-basins..