The term "universal design" describe the concept of designing products to be aesthetic and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or status in life. The typing experience, particularly on mobile and tablet devices, is a poor experience, but it's even worse for users with only one hand! If we were going to re-design cross-device typing systems, how would we go about it? Through the lens of typists who only have the use of one hand or arm, this presentation outlines the difference between universal design and accessible design, and how universal design could be a step in the right direction toward creating a better typing experience for not only disabled typists, but for us all!

1. WHAT IS
Universal Design

2. Rachel Barton

3. January 16, 1995

4. 111 Meters

5. “All along, I knew that in
the end I would still be
able to perform… So that
was what I was holding
on to. I still am.”
Rachel Barton

6. BUTwhat if…

7. THE SOUND
of one hand
TYPING

8. What is universal design and
what is accessibility?
Why does one-handed
typing matter?
How might Chinese web design
and natural user interfaces change
the way we think about typing?
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9. WHAT IS
Universal Design

10. “The power of the Web is in its universality.
Access by everyone regardless of disability
is an essential aspect.”
Tim Berners-Lee
the creator of the World Wide Web

11. leveling the
playing field

12. INACCESSIBLE
it’s not the wheelchair
IT’S THE STAIRS.
that makes a building

13. INACCESSIBLE
it’s not the user
IT’S THE DESIGNER.
that makes the web

14. examples of
UNIVERSAL DESIGN

15. examples of
UNIVERSAL DESIGN

16. examples of
UNIVERSAL DESIGN

17. ONEeyeball
finger

18. examples of
UNIVERSAL DESIGN

19. IS A PLAN
UNIVERSAL DESIGN
IS ACCESSIBILITY
the way we measure that plan

20. it is not necessarily universal
if a design is accessible
it is necessarily accessible
if a design is universal

21. sight touchsound cognition

22. it began with a tentacle
“Prosthetic Tentacle”
by Kaylene Kau

23. HOW
would
YOU
USE…

24. IF YOU
only had
ONE
HAND…

25. andAlex Tasha

26. what are
people with
ONE HAND
actually
USING

27. the QWERTY keyboard
was created for
EFFICIENCY

28. WHY DOES
one-handed typing
MATTER

29. THE APPLE
TYPING EXPERIENCE

30. THE ANDROID
TYPING EXPERIENCE

31. in solving the
the typing experience
FOR EVERYONE!
WE WILL IMPROVE
one handed / armed
typing issue

32. so how do
this problem
WE SOLVE

33. portable
inexpensive
easy to use ambidextrous
design
aesthetic
quickly learned
available
ergonomic
we need something that is…
cross-devicecross-platform
multilingual
beyond
word
processing

34. VOICE
recognition

35. SWYPE

36. THE CHINESE MODEL

37. THE CHINESE MODEL
Hanwang handwriting recognition mouse

38. Chinese YAHOO

39. American YAHOO

40. BAIDU. Chinese Google Equivalent

41. BAIDU. Search for the elderly

42. TAOBAO.COM. Above the fold

43. EBAY.COM. Above the fold

44. TAOBAO.COM. Below the fold

45. EBAY.COM. Below the fold

46. so what’s
THE FUTURE

47. OUR NUI
best friend
CLI
codified
strict
GUI
metaphor
exploratory
NUI
direct
intuitive

48. ONE
eyeball
finger
nipple???

49. “The only “intuitive”
interface is a nipple.
After that, it’s all
learned.”
Bruce Ediger

50. WHAT IS NUI?

51. “As far as the customer is,
the interface is the product.”
Jeff Raskin

52. BACK TO OUR
original list
• portable
• inexpensive
• easy to use
• ambidextrous design
• cross-device
• cross-platform
• multilingual
• aesthetic
• fast learning curve
• available
• ergonomic
• beyond word
processing

53. TAKEAWAY

54. LUCK

55. THANK YOU!