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Visual Impairment Potentially most debilitating Screen readers and synthesised speech Braille output devices Touch typing
Tactile interaction Force feedback Specialist software needed Sometimes expensive hardware needed
Hearing Impairment Auditory channel second to visual Textual captions needed for auditory elements Captioning benefits all users by making multimedia easier to index and search
Physical Impairment Amount of control possible varies greatly Speech input and output The eye gaze system Reactive keyboard (predictive text)
Speech Impairment Synthetic speech Text based communication Predictive speech algorhythms Pre-programmed responses
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