Lo que se presenta en este documento es una experimentación sobre el desarrollo y los resultados de las pruebas realizadas de una aplicación para computadora, enfocadas a personas con discapacidad visual. Los objetivos del sistema interactivo son: dar a conocer algunos lugares del estado de Aguascalientes, México; y fortalecer la memoria del usuario ciego. El propósito de este artículo es que mediante la construcción del sistema y las pruebas realizadas se da a conocer el grado de interactividad para personas ciegas. El construir aplicaciones con calidad enfocada a la interactividad es importante, ya que, para personas con discapacidad, puede mejorar el grado de uso de las tecnologías (dispositivos móviles). Para determinar la calidad es necesario conocer las características que debe de tener este tipo de aplicaciones, como lo son: pantalla grande, teclado adecuado, ergonomía, entre otras [1], dependiendo del tipo de discapacidad al que se esté refiriendo, es decir, se debe de caracterizar la aplicación para poder determinar cómo desarrollar la aplicación y la medición de la calidad mediante el grado de interacción obtenido. La principal aportación de este trabajo es mostrar los resultados obtenidos del grado de interactividad del sistema al ser utilizado por personas ciegas, así como mostrar parte del proceso de producción de software en el trabajo en equipos definido por Watts Humphrey utilizado para la construcción de la aplicación (TSP) [2].
18 May 2015 in Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems: Applications in Engineering and Technology
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