Hi Tom
People with the level and catogories of learning disabilities that Peepo
cater to do find it easy to use - for all the reasons that you do not. What
is easy for one person is hard for another.
What is more the kids who use peepo can use it, have huge problems with
almost all of the rest of content out there. That is what makes it so
important.
Learning disabilities is not a one shoe fits all type of place. That is why
I am a big believer in adaptable interfaces. So you can build a peepo site
for users that Jonathan works with, and a very different type of interface
for you..;).
All the best
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Worthington" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: BBC, Peepo and people with cognitive or learning disabilities.
> At 03:48 PM 5/23/2006, Jonathan Chetwynd wrote:
>>judging by your response you may be interested in http://www.peepo.co.uk
>>...
>
> Perplexed, as well as interested. After trying the web site for several
> minutes I had no idea what it was for. The web page has no title and I had
> to read the source code to try and work out what it was for.
>
> The DC metadata says "A web directory that uses pictures" and '"It's easy
> to use" by people with learning difficulties: games music films health'. I
> am not an expert in learning difficulties, but I didn't find it easy to
> use.
>
> As an example of the problems, when I put my cursor over one of the icons,
> text appears at the top of the page. This is confusing: if I am
> concentrating on the icon I may not see the text at the top of the screen
> at all. If I see the text, I will likely move the cursor in that
> direction. If the cursor goes over one of the other icons on the way to
> the top of the screen, the text changes.
>
> The first icon, which looks like the greek letter PI, brings up a mouse
> game. A speaker symbol briefly flashes, perhaps indicating there should be
> sound (but there isn't any sound, nor any indication what the sound is).
> The question mark (which should be an "i" information symbol if it is for
> help information), results in an error as I don't have some needed
> plug-in. The other icons request a user id and password which I don't
> have.
>
> I realize that large amounts of text on screen cause problems with some
> forms of learning difficulties, such as Aphasia
> <http://www.tomw.net.au/2003/bws.html#pictograms>. But I suggest a simple,
> standard web page with some text as well as images would be much more
> effective.
>
> ps: You may come across work by Dr. John Worthington, who is an expert in
> learning difficulties and happens to be my brother
> <http://www.jweducation.com/>. ;-)
>
>
>
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