eprintid: 6422 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/00/64/22 datestamp: 2023-11-09 16:18:12 lastmod: 2023-11-09 16:18:12 status_changed: 2023-11-09 16:06:01 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Muniandy, M. creators_name: Sulaiman, S. title: An exploratory study on blind usersâ�� mental model in computer accessibility ispublished: pub keywords: Design; Transportation, Computer users; Efficient designs; Exploratory studies; Interface designs; Learning process; Mental model; Touch sensation; User-centric designs, Human rehabilitation equipment note: cited By 2; Conference of 1st International Conference on Communication and Computer Engineering, ICOCOE 2014 ; Conference Date: 20 May 2014 Through 21 May 2014; Conference Code:111229 abstract: The growing needs in the area of HCI has led to many new researches focusing on user-centric design, investigating the problems faced by a computer user and ways to produce an effective yet efficient design. Often, designers need to acquire the knowledge and the experience of the users to produce a good interface design. This can be referred as a wise exploitation of userâ��s mental model. The paper serves as a preliminary study which explores the mental model of blind users as a contribution in improving the accessibility of computer applications. Based on the blind userâ��s perception, imagination and interpretation, the study indicates that touch sensation plays an important role in improving the representation of a computer application to them. Associating touch sensation with information familiar to the blind users enhances the learning process. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. date: 2015 publisher: Springer Verlag official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84915750439&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-319-07674-4_87&partnerID=40&md5=06c4d20c6faca0bb8ec79fe09db6a17f id_number: 10.1007/978-3-319-07674-4₈₇ full_text_status: none publication: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering volume: 315 pagerange: 925-938 refereed: TRUE isbn: 9783319076737 issn: 18761100 citation: Muniandy, M. and Sulaiman, S. (2015) An exploratory study on blind usersâ�� mental model in computer accessibility. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 315. pp. 925-938. ISSN 18761100