EXAM QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS.
⩥ ICT Blindness Challenge: Cannot use screen readers on digital
content and interfaces not designed with accessibility in mind.
Answer: Interface designers and content authors can edit the markup
to make it compatible with the assistive technologies used by blind
people.
⩥ Architecture & Built Environment Blindness Challenge: Cannot see
when walking. Answer: -Canes help blind people feel their
surroundings as they walk.
-Service animals (e.g. "Seeing Eye" dogs), trained to assist blind
people, help them navigate their surroundings.
-GPS-based walking instructions with an audio interface, either
automated or via a remote human navigator.
-Raised tiles on the ground to indicate the edge of a platform, a
pathway along a sidewalk, the beginning of a staircase, etc.
-Eliminate low-hanging architectural features that a blind person
could bump into
-Clear pathways without obstructions in hallways, sidewalks.
⩥ Architecture & Built Environment Blindness Challenge: Cannot see
signs or other text on buildings or other areas in the built
environment. Answer: -Map and geolocation applications on mobile
, devices can announce the names and descriptions of buildings and
other location-related information.
-Braille labels and descriptions on entrances, rooms, bathrooms,
historical markers, and other points of interest can allow blind people
to explore and understand their surroundings, as long as the person
knows Braille, and as long as the Braille labels are easy to find.
-Tactile models of the exterior of buildings, or of floorplans of the
interior of buildings help blind people form a mental map of their
surroundings.
⩥ Consumer & Industrial Products Blindness Challenge: Cannot see
or feel the controls on flat interfaces on consumer devices such as
microwaves, ovens, dishwashers, etc.. Answer: -Alternative interfaces
with knobs or other tactile controls
-Audio interfaces
-Remote control through applications on mobile devices
⩥ Consumer & Industrial Products Blindness Challenge: Cannot read
the text on the containers or packaging for consumer items such as
medicine, toothpaste, shampoo, sunscreen, hand cream, personal care
products, foods, drinks, candy. Answer: Embossed Braille (or Braille
stickers ) on packaging and product containers help consumers
identify items both in the store and after purchase.
⩥ Consumer & Industrial Products Blindness Challenge: Cannot read
money to determine its value. Answer: -Applications on mobile
devices can photograph the money and read the value to blind people.