Sonification Prototypes Review Based on Human-Centred Processes

BEATRIZ GARCÍA; ANGEL CANCIO; GASTON JAREN; JOHANNA CASADO; WANDA DIAZ-MERCED

Congreso; XXI Congreso Argentino de Bioingeniería y X Jornadas de Ingeniería Clínica - SABI 2017; 2017

The design of a user-centered software is a subject that presents a growing development today because each person possess different abilities when facing a problem or doing a job. If we now expand the user population to include people with disabilities, we see that the terms ``user-centered'' and ``multimodal perception'' are very important. In order to reduce the high percentage of disabled people with unemployment, we perform a study on compliance with the recommendations of the ISO 9241-171:2008 (Guidance on software accessibility) in three data sonification software (Sonification Sandbox, MathTrax and xSonify). The results give show a need for several modifications with the aim of maximizing compliance. Based on this, a new graphical user interface design is proposed that takes into account the analysis result and the recommendations of the standard.