How to Increase Users of Products, Services and Environments - Concept and Methods of Accessible Design

Nana Itoh*, Kenji Kurakata, Ken Sagawa

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

One of the most important concepts of accessible design is to increase users of products, services and environments to cover the widest range of human characteristics and capabilities. There are two possible methods on how to do it; one is to provide multiple means of information presentation or operation, and the other is to set design parameters of products etc., so that they accommodate diverse human characteristics and capabilities as much as possible. Both methods are addressed as basic strategies of accessible design to make products more accessible (i.e., used by more people). Conducting and repeating this step, products can reach an ideal goal of being universal. In this paper, the concept and methods of accessible design regarding the increase of users are discussed with some examples.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021) - Volume II
Subtitle of host publicationInclusive Design
EditorsNancy L. Black, W. Patrick Neumann, Ian Noy
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages280-285
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783030746049
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 2021 Jun 132021 Jun 18

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume220
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

Conference21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period21/6/1321/6/18

Keywords

  • Accessible design
  • Accommodation to diverse human abilities
  • Disabilities
  • Increase of users
  • Multiple means
  • Older persons

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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