Enhancing mobile game accessibility: Guidelines for users with visual and dexterity dual impairments

Abdoulqadir, Chra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6313-1421, Loizides, Fernando ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0531-6760 and Hoyos, Santiago 2024. Enhancing mobile game accessibility: Guidelines for users with visual and dexterity dual impairments. Presented at: 10th IFIP WG 13.2 International Working Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-10 July 2024. Published in: Lárusdóttir, Marta Kristín, Naqvi, Bilal, Bernhaupt, Regina, Ardito, Carmelo and Sauer, Stefan eds. Human-Centered Software Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science , vol.14793 Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 255–263. 10.1007/978-3-031-64576-1_16 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Software accessibility has recently become a legal requirement in most countries. Minimal guidance into the legalities of this matter has been provided, leaving most software engineers to adapt software they write to “skim” the surface of what is acceptable, such as providing simple screen reading capability. Even less information is available for users with two disabilities. In this work, we provide a user-centered designed game example, with a participatory design approach, to address not one but two disabilities, vision and dexterity impairments, concurrently. We show how entertainment and interaction can take priority in the development process while not compromising on the usability and accessibility of the games. We provide the reader with seven guidelines from our findings to create accessible mobile games that can be entertaining for people with dual disabilities and non-disabled individuals equally.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics
Publisher:	Springer
ISBN:	9783031645754
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	8 July 2024
Date of Acceptance:	19 April 2024
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2024 11:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/170420

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