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ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
TinyBlackBox: Supporting Mobile In-The-Wild Studies
Most work investigating mobile HCI is carried out within controlled laboratory settings; these spaces are not representative of the real-world environments for which the technolog...
Kyle Montague, André Rodrigues, Hugo Nicola...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
Developing SAGAT Probes to Evaluate Blind Individuals' Situation Awareness when Traveling Indoor Environments
Assessing a user’s situation awareness can provide a great way to learn about the user’s mental model when performing related tasks. Situation Awareness Global Assessment Tech...
Abdulrhman A. Alkhanifer, Stephanie Ludi
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
The Effects of Automatic Speech Recognition Quality on Human Transcription Latency
Transcription makes speech accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people. This conversion of speech to text is still done manually by humans, despite high cost, because the qualit...
Yashesh Gaur
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
A Spellchecker for Dyslexia
Poor spelling is a challenge faced by people with dyslexia throughout their lives. Spellcheckers are therefore a cru­ cial tool for people with dyslexia, but current spellchecker...
Luz Rello, Miguel Ballesteros, Jeffrey P. Bigham
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
Dytective: Toward a Game to Detect Dyslexia
Detecting dyslexia is crucial so that people who have dyslexia can receive training to avoid associated high rates of aca­ demic failure. In this paper we present Dytective, a ga...
Luz Rello, Abdullah Ali, Jeffrey P. Bigham
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
Using OnScreenDualScribe to Support Text Entry and Targeting among Individuals with Physical Disabilities
This paper describes a study examining the usability of OnScreenDualScribe (OSDS), a tool to support individuals with physical disabilities with text entry and cursor movement. A ...
Sidas A. Saulynas, Lula Albar, Ravi Kuber, Torsten...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
Understanding the Challenges Faced by Neurodiverse Software Engineering Employees: Towards a More Inclusive and Productive Techn
Technology workers are often stereotyped as being socially awkward or having difficulty communicating, often with humorous intent; however, for many technology workers with atypic...
Meredith Ringel Morris, Andrew Begel, Ben Wiederma...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges with Exercise Technologies for People who are Blind or Low-Vision
People who are blind or low-vision may have a harder time participating in exercise due to inaccessibility or lack of experience. We employed Value Sensitive Design (VSD) to explo...
Kyle Rector, Lauren R. Milne, Richard E. Ladner, B...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
ASL CLeaR: STEM Education Tools for Deaf Students
In this paper, we introduce the American Sign Language STEM Concept Learning Resource (ASL CLeaR), an educational application demo. The ASL CLeaR addresses a need for quality ASL ...
Jeanne Reis, Erin Treacy Solovey, Jon Henner, Kath...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 4 days ago
Getting Smartphones to Talkback: Understanding the Smartphone Adoption Process of Blind Users
The advent of system-wide accessibility services on mainstream touch-based smartphones has been a major point of inclusion for blind and visually impaired people. Ever since, rese...
André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicola...