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Smart Cards: Disabled and Elderly Consumers. John Gill 24 th January 2004. In the United Kingdom. Children (<16 years) 20% Older people (>65 years) 15% Disabled (wrt smart cards) 10% Primary language not English 5% Left-handed 10% Warning: Treat these figures solely as
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Smart Cards: Disabled and Elderly Consumers John Gill 24th January 2004
In the United Kingdom • Children (<16 years) 20% • Older people (>65 years) 15% • Disabled (wrt smart cards) 10% • Primary language not English 5% • Left-handed 10% • Warning: Treat these figures solely as • indicative of the order of magnitude.
Definitions • Medical • under reporting • poor indicator of numbers with problems • Functional • numbers vary depending on definition • Fund raising
Users with Problems Using ICT • 0.4% Wheelchair users • 5% Cannot walk without • an aid • 2.8% Reduced strength • 1.4% Reduced co-ordination • 0.25% Speech impaired • 0.6% Language impaired
Users with Problems Using ICT • 1% Dyslexic • 3% Intellectually impaired • 0.1% Deaf • 6% Hard of hearing • 0.4% Blind • 1.5% Low vision
Visual Defects • Normal Myopia
Visual Defects • Macular degeneration Cataracts
Visual Defects • Diabetic retinopathy Tunnel vision
Colour Blindness • red/green • 0.5% females 8% males • Total colour blindness 0.0025%
The Effects of Ageing • In a 60 year old, one third light reaches retina compared with when they were 20 • Decline in visual accommodation • Speed of adapting to changes in illumination • Multi-tasking less easy
Multiple Impairments • More than half of people with a disability have a significant additional impairment • Increasing numbers - mainly older people • Not homogeneous population
Icons, Symbols and Pictograms EN 1332-1 for card-accepting devices
Charles III Ill Illegible 6 9 Choice of Fonts Charles III Ill Illegible 6 9 Times Roman smi1@aol.com smi1@aol.com
Smart Cards • The time to incorporate new facilities for • disabled and elderly consumers is when • technology is being • introduced for • the general public.
Preference Selection • Button or menu • Stored in a central database • Stored on the user’s card(EN 1332-4)
More Time • On an ATM, more time before being timed out • On a public telephone, compose and send • With an automatic gate, time for both guide dog and owner to get through
Contactless Cards • Proximity • No card insertion • Vicinity • First find the terminal • Trigger message • Alert for wheelchair ramp
Interface to Assistive Device • Wired • RS232 • USB • Wireless • Infra-red • Wi-Fi • Bluetooth • ZigBee • Wi-Max • UWB
Bluetooth • Range 10 metres (100 metres with amplifiers)
Good design for people with disabilities is frequently good design for everyone.
Dr John Gill OBE, FIEE Chief Scientist Royal National Institute of the Blind 105 Judd Street London WC1H 9NE Tel +44 20 7391 2244 Email john.gill@rnib.org.uk Web www.tiresias.org