Usability Testing with AAC Users (UX Camp - Eindhoven)

This is the last time I will do this talk, slightly tweaked to include some usability testing tips (regardless of audience).

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2. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users By Dean Birkett
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 We develop assistive technology software for iOS and Mac OS X. We are dedicated to creating meaningful applications for people with physical, vision, communication and reading impairments. Usability testing with AAC users
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8. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved “Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is an umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmentative_and_alternative_communication#Forms_of_AAC
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10. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved “About 40% of children with autism do not speak. About 25%–30% of children with autism have some words at 12 to 18 months of age and then lose them. Others might speak, but not until later in childhood” - National Autism Association, United States http://nationalautismassociation.org/resources/autism-fact-sheet/
11. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved “In the United States it is estimated that 2 million people are severely communicatively disordered” - David Beukelman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://cehs.unl.edu/aac/demographic-information/
12. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved So how do you perform Usability tests 
 with people who use AAC apps?
13. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users Keeble is an iOS keyboard that allows individuals with fine-motor challenges or vision impairments to type in almost any app that support Apple's standard keyboard.
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21. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved TIP 1: Involve others TIP 2: Whenever possible perform in-person testing Usability Testing with AAC users
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24. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved Usability Testing with AAC users Proloquo2Go is a symbol-based communication app to promote language development and grow communication skills, from beginning to advanced communicators.
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 and family members Caregivers Teachers Speech language pathologists
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34. © 2017 AssistiveWare. All rights reserved TIP 1: Involve others TIP 2: Whenever possible perform in-person testing TIP 3: Find a way to test Usability Testing with AAC users
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