BibTex
@inproceedings{Ladner:1987:10.1145/29933.30864,
author = {Ladner, Richard and Day, Randy and Gentry, Dennis and Meyer, Karin and Rose, Scott},
title = {A user interface for deaf-blind people (preliminary report)},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCHI/GI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface},
series = {GI + CHI 1987},
year = {1987},
issn = {0713-5425},
isbn = {0-89791-213-6},
location = {Toronto, Ontario, Canada},
pages = {75--80},
numpages = {6},
doi = {10.1145/29933.30864},
acmdoi = {10.1145/29933.30864},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
}
Abstract
A user interface suitable for deaf-blind users is presented and justified. The interface is designed for small paperless Braille displays, large font visual displays, or other low-bandwidth displays. Some of the key properties of the interface are that it uses a hierarchical approach to structure both commands and data, has a small universal command set, and has pervasive editing capability. DBNet, a system employing the user interface, has been built and tested with deaf-blind users. DBNet will provide various communication services to the deaf-blind community including electronic news, mail, and bulletin boards.