Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Comparison Analysis of Accessible Features Built into Operating Systems

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Advances in Industrial Design (AHFE 2021)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 260))

Included in the following conference series:

  • 2943 Accesses

Abstract

More than 1 billion people are considered to have disabilities. And to help them, software companies are delivering products and services that allow people to have equal access to information technology. Nowadays accessibility features are built-in in every operating system and almost every device and software companies race to make them more useful and flexible. In most cases, accessibility is companies core consideration from the earliest stages of product design through release. The aim of the article is to present a comparative analysis of accessible features built into operating systems and the services of three leading software producers Apple, Microsoft, and Google. Assistive features were categorized into vision (1), hearing (2), motion (3), and cognitive (4).

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. World Report on Disability. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/665131468331271288/pdf/627830WP0World00PUBLIC00BOX361491B0.pdf

  2. Fuglerud, K.S., Solheim, I.: Synshemmedes IKT-barrierer. (Eng: ICT-barriers for the visually impaired). Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing diversity (2008)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Cook, A., Polgar, J.: Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, 4th Ed. Elsevier (2014)

    Google Scholar 

  4. Accessibility Apple. https://www.apple.com/accessibility/

  5. Accessibility Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/accessibility

  6. Accessibility Google. https://www.google.com/accessibility/

  7. Leo, M., Medioni, G., Trivedi, M., Kanade, T., Farinella, G.M.: Computer vision for assistive technologies. Comput. Vis. Image Underst. 154, 1–15 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cviu.2016.09.00

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. World Health Organization. Hearing loss and hearing loss. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs300/en/

  9. Nierling, L., et al.: Assistive technologies for people with disabilities. Part III: perspectives on assistive technologies. http://www.europarleuropaeu/stoa/cms/cache/offonce/home/studies?page=2

  10. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.html

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    Anna Szopa

Authors
  1. Anna Szopa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Industrial Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA

    Cliff Sungsoo Shin

  2. Dipartimento di Architettura, Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio, Pescara, Italy

    Giuseppe Di Bucchianico

  3. System Design and Management, Keio University, Musashino, Japan

    Shuichi Fukuda

  4. DAAP School of Design, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Yong-Gyun Ghim

  5. Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Gianni Montagna

  6. Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Cristina Carvalho

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Szopa, A. (2021). Comparison Analysis of Accessible Features Built into Operating Systems. In: Shin, C.S., Di Bucchianico, G., Fukuda, S., Ghim , YG., Montagna, G., Carvalho, C. (eds) Advances in Industrial Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_42

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_42

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-030-80828-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-030-80829-7

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation