Training AAC users in user-centred design Waller, Annalu, Balandin, Susan A., O’Mara, David A. and Judson, Andrew D. 2005, Training AAC users in user-centred design, in Proceedings of the Accessible Design in the Digital World 2005 Conference, British Computer Society, London, England, pp. 1-7. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads balandin-trainingaacusers-2005.pdf Published version application/pdf 330.01KB 262 Title Training AAC users in user-centred design Author(s) Waller, Annalu Balandin, Susan A. orcid.org/0000-0003-4765-8232 O’Mara, David A. Judson, Andrew D. Conference name Accessible Design in the Digital World. Conference (1st : 2005 : Dundee, Scotland) Conference location Dundee, Scotland Conference dates 23-25 Aug. 2005 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Accessible Design in the Digital World 2005 Conference Editor(s) Gibson, Lorna Gregor, Peter Sloan, David Publication date 2005 Series  eWiC Series Conference series Accessible Design in the Digital World Conference Start page 1 End page 7 Total pages 7 Publisher British Computer Society Place of publication London, England Keyword(s) User centred design Assistive technology Augmentative Alternative communication Summary User-centred design (UCD) with a focus on usability provides product developers with a design approach in which users are involved in every stage of the process: when gathering requirements; when evaluating alternative designs; and when evaluating interactive prototypes.The characteristics of people who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) make it difficult to follow a truly UCD approach, which in part may contribute to the high rejection of AAC devices. Training workshops have been delivered to introduce users and AAC professionals to the UCD process.Initial feedback indicates that they feel more empowered to evaluate systems and to engage in the design of new systems after attending the workshop. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category E1.1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2005, British Computer Society Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30067017 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 14 Oct 2014, 13:14:59 EST Wed, 15 Oct 2014, 10:53:43 EST Wed, 03 Dec 2014, 11:24:19 EST Tue, 21 Apr 2015, 13:58:31 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 07:53:13 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:10:20 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:20:25 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 787 Abstract Views, 262 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 14 Oct 2014, 13:14:59 EST