Blind User

Authors

  • Anam Ashraf National University of Sciences and Technology,NUST,Pakistan
  • Arif Raza

Keywords:

Blind user centered SDLC, Computer human interface, Functional requirements, Human computer interaction, Non-functional requirements

Abstract

In this era of information and communication, technology has become indispensible for everyone including people with blindness. It is noticed that for visually challenged users, the progress has been a much slower as compared to normal people. There are number of visually impaired users who demands special application that could assist them in their routine tasks. User participation is a significant matter of the time that researched and discussed in software development industry. Software development knowledge reflects that participation of different users in the process of software development lifecycle (SDLC), can participate to usability of software. Necessary inclusion for having better usability and accessibility are generally lacking in software engineering procedures. The study outline that is established to inquire the importance of blind people participation in the software development. The main aim of the research is to explore the level of visually impaired participation in SDLC process. In the study the model; Blind User System Development Life Cycle (BUSDLC) is proposed. In the study a survey with 32 software experts is included. This paper attempts to bring attention towards visually challenged people and establish Blind user centered SDLC for visually challenged people.

This will help to improve software development process. Moreover the proposed BUSDLC can be implemented in any software development industry to prove its effectiveness.

Author Biography

Anam Ashraf, National University of Sciences and Technology,NUST,Pakistan

Student Department of CSE

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Published

2014-09-13

How to Cite

Ashraf, A., & Raza, A. (2014). Blind User. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 13(2), 88–102. Retrieved from https://gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/2189

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2014)

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