The people described in the following stories are fictitious. The stories were created by the partners of the MOOCA project on the basis of extensive experience with these types of people. The stories are not meant to reach the same level of accuracy as personas, which should be based on data obtained from field research studying real people. Like personas, the MOOCA project’s day-in-the-life stories can be used to help designers and developers think about questions related to the development of ICT products and electronic documents. MOOCAP also uses them in a massive online open course (MOOC), so learners can develop empathy for people with disabilities.
- Carole – blind
- Maria – partially sighted
- Alexander – colour vision deficiency
- Lars – deaf
- Susan – hard of hearing
- Mary – mobility and dexterity problems
- Tom – speech impairment
- Anna – dyslexia
- Monika – elderly
You can also download a German translation of the day-in-the-life stories (PDF).