Guidelines from industry Companies often publish guidance to improve IT accessibility, many of which are based on best practices design guidelines and could be specialized for voting systems. VVSG already includes some of these requirements. Apple iOS Accessibility Google Accessibility NCAM Accessible Digital Media Guidelines BBC Future Media: Accessibility Standards and Guidelines Universal Usability The original principles for universal design were focused on the architectural environment. They have since been adapted and used for more universal usability for digital products. The principles of universal design Center for Universal Design at – North Carolina State University Universal usability guidelines in Web Style Guide (3rd ed), 2009 – Access by Design: A to universal usability (2005) by Sarah Horton http://www.universalusability.com/ A Web for Everyone (2014) by Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/ Usability and Accessibility for Specific Audiences or Topics Senior Citizens (Ages 65 and on the Web - Nielsen Norman Group Federal Language Guidelines Guidelines for Using Color in Voting Systems Guidelines for Writing Clear Instructions and Messages for Voters and Poll Workers http://www.nist.gov/itl/vote/upload/032906PlainLanguageRpt-2.pdf Usability Testing and Performance Standards The ISO 9241-11 definition of usability, which we use in the VVSG sets the metrics that are most commonly used to measure usability: extent to “the which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use”
Guidelines from industry Companies often publish guidance to improve IT accessibility, many of which are based on best practices design guidelines and could be specialized for voting systems. VVSG already includes some of these requirements. Apple iOS Accessibility Google Accessibility NCAM Accessible Digital Media Guidelines BBC Future Media: Accessibility Standards and Guidelines Universal Usability The original principles for universal design were focused on the architectural environment. They have since been adapted and used for more universal usability for digital products. The principles of universal design – Center for Universal Design at North Carolina State University Universal usability guidelines – in Web Style Guide (3rd ed), 2009 Access by Design: A to universal usability (2005) by Sarah Horton http://www.universalusability.com/ A Web for Everyone (2014) by Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/ Usability and Accessibility for Specific Audiences or Topics Senior Citizens (Ages 65 and on the Web - Nielsen Norman Group Federal Language Guidelines Guidelines for Using Color in Voting Systems Guidelines for Writing Clear Instructions and Messages for Voters and Poll Workers http://www.nist.gov/itl/vote/upload/032906PlainLanguageRpt-2.pdf Usability Testing and Performance Standards The ISO 9241-11 definition of usability, which we use in the VVSG sets the metrics that are most commonly used to measure usability: “the extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use”
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