Konica Minolta Universal Design Concept Wheelchair - Manual (Page 3)

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Office workers with disabilities, whether they’re wheelchair
users, visually impaired or have dexterity problems - know
full well how important user friendly business equipment is.
One of the aims of Konica Minolta Universal design concept is
to ensure that our machines do not discriminate against
users.
Even the most sophisticated business equipment is of little
value if it is too difficult to use. That’s why ease of use is one
of the key characteristics of all Konica Minolta’s business
equipment. Now Konica Minolta has taken this ease-of-use
principle one step further by launching its Universal Design
Concept. From now on, all of Konica Minolta’s new business
equipment will fulfil the minimum requirements of this
Universal Design Concept.
This user-friendly Concept also complies with the growing
statutory demands for everyone to have “an opportunity to
participate in the global information society” (eEurope 2002 &
2005). In the USA Federal agencies are now required to
“ensure that ... technology is accessible to employees ... to
the extent it does not pose an undue burden”. Konica
Minolta’s unique Universal Design Concept fulfils these
requirements. Evidence of the suitability of Konica Minolta’s
machines for use by disabled people comes from the
certification issued by TÜV Product Service GmbH, a well-
respected German organisation of technical service providers
(see opposite).
Ease of use - an essential quality
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