Mental Model of Blind Users In Developing Gaming Systems

• Main Author: Mohd Azmi, Nuraina Mardyiah
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011
• Subjects: ZA Information resources
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10144/1/2011%20Bachelor%20-%20Mental%20Model%20Of%20Blind%20Users%20In%20Developing%20Gaming%20system.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10144/

Advances in technology provide an opportunity for the blind users or visually impaired to gain new knowledge and also undergoing their life as normal people did. Therefore, many researchers get involved in developing and improving software and system applications for them. As we know, designing computer applications for blind users and visually impaired is not easy and very challenging task. Generally, user satisfaction with a system which is determined by how pleasant the system is to use, is considered an important aspect of usability. Although there is growing body of research do research on mental model of blind users to assist designers in system development but there are less focuses on developing in gaming system for them. The vast growing technologies for blind users also has attracted many researchers to get involved in developing and improving software and system applications useful for the blinds. This paper aims to develop the mental model of blind users to assist designers in developing gaming systems. In the introduction part, an explanation on mental model is discussed. Related papers on mental model of blind users were reviewed to enhance the understanding of blind users.