Wearables for all: development of guidelines to stimulate accessible wearable technology design

Jobke Wentzel; Eric Velleman; Thea van der Geest

doi:10.1145/2899475.2899496

Wearables for all: development of guidelines to stimulate accessible wearable technology design

Jobke Wentzel
, Eric Velleman
, Thea van der Geest

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the rationale and approach for establishing guidelines for the development of accessible wearables. Wearable technology is increasingly integrated in our everyday lives. Therefore, ensuring accessibility is pivotal to prevent a digital divide between persons who have and persons who lack access to these devices, caused by their abilities. We present a project in which guidelines are created that enable developers to design accessible wearable apps and technologies. These guidelines will be created with developers who have experience with designing accessible technology and/or wearables. In addition, users who (potentially) experience problems with accessibility of wearables (persons who have a disability) are involved in the development of the guideline, to ensure their validity from an end-user perspective.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	W4A '16: Proceedings of the 13th Web for All Conference
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Chapter	34
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-4138-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2899475.2899496
Publication status	Published - 11 Apr 2016
Event	13th Web for All Conference, W4A 2016 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 11 Apr 2016 → 13 Apr 2016 Conference number: 13

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Conference	13th Web for All Conference, W4A 2016
Abbreviated title	W4A
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	11/04/16 → 13/04/16

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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