WINNERS 2018

Being aware of the difficulties for visually impaired people (not only fully blind) to reach any digital or other visual information, I've decided to researсh this topic deeply. I realized that in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, there are real problems with this issue. In order to read a book (using ScreenReader, audio formats or special players) person with vision problems has to come to the specific library and download a book to the flash drive. In the world of instant messaging, I considered this inadmissible, especially knowing how difficult it is sometimes for a visually impaired person to reach a certain destination in a big city. After a conversation with the library staff, I suggested to make the design of a website for the library for visually impaired people, where they could find the materials they need in various formats and even create their custom collections. I also created a series of advertising posters to aware people who see the world in all colours every day, that there IS the problem with reading material in a non-visual world and that HERE IS the partial solution for this problem. A little step towards a big problem. And everyone including YOU is able help by saying only a single phrase in the right moment to the right people. On every website which was designed for people with low vision there is a number of settings that allow to make the site the most convenient for every individual, because the problems with vision are different. The first image is the standard appearance of the site. Next we see the variations of the appearance of the site using the special settings. Also there is an example of how the site changes when you increase the font size on the page and change the background color, as well as the color of the font and other auxiliary elements. (Contrast is the most important instrument) Visually impaired people do not see the cursor, so they can not use the mouse. Therefore, they are moving around the site using the keyboard. They follow from one element to another step by step. When you click on the "settings" button in the upper right corner of the page, the button shows the number of variables to be changed, among which: the background color, font size, kerning and tracking. Little settings that matters for the people that see this world different. I am looking for people which have the same desire to solve this problem, so they could give me an advise and make this project alive. Thank you for the attention.