Work in Progress: A Case Study of Usability Testing of Software Tools for People with Learning Disabilities

摘要

The number of people with learning disabilities in Thailand continues to increase and the software tools to enhance them in their reading, writing, intellectual capacity and calculating are still very limit. Therefore our institute (Rehabilitative Engineering and Assistive Technology Institute: REAT) will develop seven software tools such as (i) Thai Talking Word Prediction Program, (ii) Thai Talking Word Spelling Program, (iii) Thai Talking Word Processor Program, (iv) Thai Spell Checker Program, (v) Thai Organization Writer Program, (vi) Thai Talking OCR Program, and (vii) Thai Talking Mathematics Program. The development process for these tools will take 3.5 years. During the first year, Thai Talking Word Prediction Program and Thai Talking Word Spelling Program, the application programs used with word processor will be developed.