Breaking Barriers with Assistive Macros

People with disabilities rely on assistive technology (AT) software to interact with their mobile device. The overall functionality of AT depends on a set of requirements that are not always fulfilled by application developers, often resulting in cumbersome and slow interactions, or even render content inaccessible. To address these issues we present Assistive Macros, an accessibility service developed to enable users to perform a sequence of commands with a single selection. Macros can be created manually by the user or automatically by detecting repeated sequences of interactions. In this paper, we report a preliminary case study with our prototype involving a motor impaired user and his caregivers Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.m. Information interfaces and presentation (e.g., HCI): Miscellaneous; K4.2 [Computers and Society]: Social Issues – Assistive technologies for persons with disabilities. General Terms Performance, Design, Human Factors. Keywords Mobile, Multi-impa...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2015
• Where: ASSETS
• Authors: André Rodrigues
• Keywords: ASSETS 2015, Emerging Technology