Glossary

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• keyboard accelerator

  keyboard shortcut or keyboard mnemonic; a key that acts as a shortcut…

• use what you build

  a way of evaluating a system by having the designers and programmers a…

• Section 508

  a set of guidelines for accessibility of information technology for…

• user needs analysis

  uncovering the goals a user has and the capabilities needed from a tec…

• Thurstone scale

  a way of measuring people’s attitudes along a single dimensio…

• lexicon

  the set of terminology used in an application, including the set of co…

• in-car interfaces

  applications designed for use in a car, such as radios, mobile phones…

• capture error

  a type of slip (a kind of error) where a more frequent and more practice…