Category Archives: illiteracy

Readability is our Business!

Posted on March 8, 2021 by designabilities

von Sabrina Sieghart   Wieso sollten Kommunikationsdesigner sich mit neuesten Erkenntnissen der Sprach-wissenschaft oder kognitiven Neuropsychologie zum Thema Lesen beschäftigen? „It’s not my business. – Geht mich nichts an“, denken wir Designer gern, wenn es sich nicht direkt um einen … Continue reading →

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What is DAISY?

Posted on September 23, 2009 by sarahschipper

DAISY means “Digital Accessible Information System” it characterise standards and technologies that are developed from all blind libraries in the world in cooperation with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for the new digital audio book generation. … Continue reading →

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Illiteracy

Posted on August 18, 2009 by designabilities

Even in Berlin, about 200.000 people are illiterate. Not really as a substitution, but in addition to written language we want to underline the importance of visual communication, symbolic language, alternative/augmentative communication etc. also for the context of illiteracy. One … Continue reading →

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Welcome to DESIGNABILITIES!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by designabilities

… a research blog developed and run at      

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