[CEUD-ICT] "Widgit" Symbols on website, to explain words graphically

[Gerard Ellis]

Hi,

Sounds good and will be of great help to some, but I have some doubts.

Look at your own example of Amazon, what if the subjects in question are the 
ancient Greek female warriors and the picture of a river appears? I would 
want to see a lot of intelligence inserted into a widget like this for it to 
be able to cope with the weird and wonderful complexities of a language that 
is the result of physical and intellectual invasions over centuries.



Take Care,

Gerry Ellis

If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan M. Dalton" <AMDalton at nda.ie>
To: <ceud-ict at list.universaldesign.ie>
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:52 PM
Subject: [CEUD-ICT] "Widgit" Symbols on website, to explain words 
graphically



Hi all,

The website for the Eden Project [1] has added functionality that uses
simple pictures to explain words to users. It uses the "Widgit" system of
graphics. The users can hover their mouse cursors over certain words, and
pop-ups of one or more images will appear to help the users to understand
those words. For example, when a user hovers the mouse cursor over the word
"Amazon", a cartoon-like picture of a river with trees on either side will
appear beside the cursor. The functionality relies on the mouse, and (as
far as I can tell) Flash. The images have no alternative text. It will be
very useful for some users, but not for others. It's aimed primarily at
people with "a poor understanding of the English language". The website
owners have explained this functionality in a blog entry [2].

[1] http://edenproject.com/
[2]
http://blog.edenproject.com/scrapbook/2009/08/new-symbols-on-website-help-visitors.html

Regards,
Alan.
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Alan Dalton
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Access Officer for NDA http://www.nda.ie

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