Manually impaired users

Includes people with disabilities, but also many elderly users and "situationally handicapped" users. They have, e.g., problems

1. Positioning the mouse, clicking and dragging.
  Finger pointing right  Mouse operations should also be performable using the keyboard only
       
(e.g., use cursor keys for navigation, function key for selecting menu items)

2. Simultaneously pressing two or more keys (e.g., CTRL and SHIFT).
  Finger pointing right   Allow users to press these keys sequentially.

3. Entering larger amounts of data
  Finger pointing right   Provide default values
          Provide next possible values when user presses a key
          Successively provide next possible value; stop when user hits a key
          Expand input to first possible value
         
Allow users to define aliases and shortcuts

For severe forms of manual impairment, special input devices are needed (head mouseThe linked image shows a "head mouse": the mouse curser on the screen is controlled by head movements which are recognized using a reflector on the user's front., foot mouseThe linked image shows a "foot mouse" that is operated by two feet (each on one mouse)., suction tubesThe linked image shows a woman with a "head mouse" and a suction tube. The mouse curser on the screen is controlled by head movements which are recognized using a reflector on the user's front. Sucking from the suction tube (or blowing into it) is interpreted as a mouse click., speech recognitionThe linked image shows a bed-ridden paralyzed patient who needs artificial respiration through a ventilator. He can control a computer using voice recognition software. The linked image shows shows that the video image for the paralyzed patient is projected to the ceiling.)