Study of the usability in applications used by children with Down Syndrome

Author

Cortes, Monica Y. ; Guerrero, A. ; Zapata, Jeniffer V. ; Villegas, Maria L. ; Ruiz, Alberto

Author_Institution

Grupo de Investig. SINFOCI, Univ. del Quindio, Armenia, Colombia

fYear

2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper a set of usability guides for the design and implementation of software for people with Down Syndrome is exposed. We perfomed a usability study to similar software applications available. Based on the obtained results we defined usability guides in order to to design and improve software applications to children users with Down Syndrome. Finally, we show the results through a web tool called “Learning with MINO”.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; human computer interaction; human factors; medical computing; medical disorders; software engineering; Down syndrome; Learning with MINO; Web tool; disabled children; human computer interaction; software application design; software application improvement; software application usability study; software implementation; usability guides; Instruments; Mice; Multimedia communication; Silicon compounds; Usability; Visualization; Cognitive disabilities; Design Patterns; Down Syndrome; Human Computer Interaction; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing Colombian Conference (8CCC), 2013 8th

Conference_Location

Armenia

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1054-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ColombianCC.2013.6637513

Filename

6637513