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ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Data visualisation and data mining technology for supporting care for older people
: The overall purpose of the research discussed here is the enhancement of home-based care by revealing individual patterns in the life of a person, through modelling of the "...
Nubia M. Gil, Nick A. Hine, John L. Arnott, Julien...
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Equipping designers by simulating the effects of visual and hearing impairments
This paper describes a software tool that demonstrates the effects of common vision and hearing impairments on image and sound files. This helps designers to understand and empath...
Joy Goodman-Deane, Patrick Langdon, P. John Clarks...
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
SIBYLLE: a system for alternative communication adapting to the context and its user
In this paper, we describe the latest version of SIBYLLE, an AAC system that permits persons suffering from severe physical disabilities to enter text with any computer applicatio...
Tonio Wandmacher, Jean-Yves Antoine, Franck Poirie...
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Corpus studies in word prediction
Word prediction can be used to enhance the communication rate of people with disabilities who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. We use statistical meth...
Keith Trnka, Kathleen F. McCoy
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Slipping and drifting: using older users to uncover pen-based target acquisition difficulties
This paper presents the results of a study to gather information on the underlying causes of pen-based target acquisition difficulty. In order to observe both simple and complex i...
Karyn Moffatt, Joanna McGrenere
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Using participatory activities with seniors to critique, build, and evaluate mobile phones
Mobile phones can provide a number of benefits to older people. However, most mobile phone designs and form factors are targeted at younger people and middle-aged adults. To infor...
Michael Massimi, Ronald M. Baecker, Michael Wu
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
SADIe: exposing implicit information to improve accessibility
The World Wide Web (Web) is a visually complex, multimedia system that can be inaccessible to people with visual impairments. SADIe addresses this problem by using Semantic Web te...
Darren Lunn
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Providing good memory cues for people with episodic memory impairment
Alzheimer's disease impairs episodic memory and subtly and progressively robs people of their ability to remember their recent experiences. In this paper, we describe two stu...
Matthew L. Lee, Anind K. Dey
ASSETS
2007
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Automated tactile graphics translation: in the field
We address the practical problem of automating the process of translating figures from mathematics, science, and engineering textbooks to a tactile form suitable for blind student...
Chandrika Jayant, Matthew Renzelmann, Dana Wen, Sa...