Evaluation of tablet PC application interfaces with low vision users: Focusing on usability

Abstract

This article described the results of a qualitative research by analyzing a focus group, on the accessibility of Tablet PC application interfaces regarding the digital inclusion of low vision users, which brought evidence of the need for studies on how those users view, recognize and interpret the information presented by this new technology, with the purpose of making it possible to provide better usability of those interfaces. For such, it presents the themes involved such as: mobile technologies, low vision disability and accessibility, leading on to discussions on the digital inclusion of those users. © 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland.