New Mailing List combines Usability and Accessibility

As people in the usability field were preparing for Discrimination Law 508 in the US to take effect, many of them were beginning to realise how little interaction they've had with the visual impairment world, say the organisers of this new list. 'A consequence of this lack of interaction is that many people who are concerned with visual impairment issues are unaware of how the field of usability could help improve the lives of individuals with visual impairements.'

The "Usability for Visually Impaired People" (UVIP) mailing list has been established to facilitate communication between people who are interested in usability and people who are concerned with visual impairment issues. Some of the goals include:
* Helping each group understand the other group better
* Identify problems and explore possible solutions based on the knowledge, experience and background of each of the groups
* Share new information as it is discovered
* Explore ways to include people with visual impairments in usability testing
* Discuss approaches to improve efficiency and accuracy of visually impaired people when using computer interfaces
* Look at ways that people with visual impairments can handle asynchronous interactions, e.g. multiple instant messages

If you would like to subscribe to this mailing list, just send an empty note to:

uvip-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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