TY - CONF AV - none CY - Kuala Lumpur TI - Mental model of blind users to assist designers in system development ID - scholars1120 KW - Blind users; Domain experts; Mental model; Screen readers; Usability KW - Design; Information technology KW - Human rehabilitation equipment N1 - cited By 5; Conference of 2010 International Symposium on Information Technology, ITSim'10 ; Conference Date: 15 June 2010 Through 17 June 2010; Conference Code:81915 N2 - The vast growing technologies for blind users has attracted many researchers to get involved in developing and improving software and system applications useful for the blinds. However, the challenge before such development is in understanding how the users behave and interact with the system. This paper presents a mental model for blind users to assist designers in developing better systems for blind computer users. An explanation on mental model as generally is presented. Related papers on mental model for blind user were reviewed to examine the strengths and weaknesses. Kurniawan and Sutcliffe's work was chosen as a basis to investigate on mental model of blind users. This paper also provides a discussion on the implication of the proposed mental model to designers in designing system applications for the blinds. This includes the need to get domain experts involvement in the design phase of the mental model proposed. © 2010 IEEE. SN - 9781424467181 Y1 - 2010/// VL - 1 A1 - Saei, S.N.S.M. A1 - Sulaiman, S. A1 - Hasbullah, H. UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78049365532&doi=10.1109%2fITSIM.2010.5561350&partnerID=40&md5=4f745dd9d4b222cccdd4aebff9cf5a63 ER -