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Customer: Efforts toward Universal Design

Universal Design (UD) is "to design products, buildings and environments, which allow as many people as possible, regardless of age or whether they have disabilities, to use and operate."
TOSHIBA TEC Corporation aims to achieve UD appropriate for its products, on the basis of researches and tests on UD, and study of commercialization, with cooperation of various users, including beginners, experts and persons with disabilities.

Self Checkout Terminal WILLPOS-Self SS-800

Self Checkout Terminal WILLPOS-Self SS-800 Cash type Operation tests were conducted with various types of users in mind, such as a small woman, a tall man and a person in a wheelchair, to find the optimum position of the devices operated by the users, including the operation panel, scanner, and cash acceptor and dispenser. A shelf is provided to allow temporarily placing fragile items on for shoppers' smooth bagging. Bag hooks, which have been improved through the testing with typical shopping bags and plastic shopping bags, enable easy placement of shopping bags. The touch panel display, showing the guidance message on the upper part and the operating area on the lower part, enables even a small person, a user in wheelchair or a first shopper to easily operate the terminal, with the help of illustrations and voice or text guidance.

MFP (Digital multifunction peripherals) e-STUDIO255/355/455

MFP (Digital multifunction peripherals) e-STUDIO255/355/455 e-STUDIO255 The large color control panel is adjustable depending on the user's height, preference, use of a wheelchair or reflection on the screen. Accessible arm intended for a user in a wheelchair to close the Reversing Automatic Document Feeder (RADF). The reverse video screen, well received by users with weak sight in the verification experiment, enables reducing glare and showing the display clearly. In the same way as the normal screen, the setting display area and the button area are definitely differentiated.

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