SBIR/STTR Research Award
PICTORIAL INTERFACES FOR INFORMATION SYSTEM SOFTWARE
Award amount
$26,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Macgregor-bates Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research abstract
SOFTWARE FOR PUBLIC-ACCESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SUCH AS PUBLIC LIBRARY ARE ONLINE CATALOG SYSTEMS, HAVE BEEN DESIGNED WITH RELATIVELY LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE COGNITIVE AND SENSORY ABILITIES OF SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT ACCESS SUCH SYSTEMS. THE PRESENT PROPOSAL EXAMINES THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY OF DESIGNING SOFTWARE INTERFACES FOR PUBLIC-ACCESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS THAT UTILIZE PICTORIAL AND GRAPHIC PRINCIPLES TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDIBILITY AND READIBILITY OF THE INTERFACE BY INDIVIDUALS EXHIBITING EITHER DELAYS IN EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OR IMPAIRMENTS IN VISUAL ACQUITY.
Technology keywords
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