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UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
VizWiz: nearly real-time answers to visual questions
Visual information pervades our environment. Vision is used to de cide everything from what we want to eat at a restaurant and which bus route to take to whether our clothes match...
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Chandrika Jayant, Hanjie Ji, Gr...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
A framework for robust and flexible handling of inputs with uncertainty
New input technologies (such as touch), recognition based input (such as pen gestures) and next-generation interactions (such as inexact interaction) all hold the promise of more ...
Julia Schwarz, Scott E. Hudson, Jennifer Mankoff, ...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Gestalt: integrated support for implementation and analysis in machine learning
We present Gestalt, a development environment designed to support the process of applying machine learning. While traditional programming environments focus on source code, we exp...
Kayur Patel, Naomi Bancroft, Steven M. Drucker, Ja...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Tag expression: tagging with feeling
In this paper we introduce tag expression, a novel form of preference elicitation that combines elements from tagging and rating systems. Tag expression enables users to apply aff...
Jesse Vig, Matthew Soukup, Shilad Sen, John Riedl
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Eden: supporting home network management through interactive visual tools
As networking moves into the home, home users are increasingly being faced with complex network management chores. Previous research, however, has demonstrated the difficulty many...
Jeonghwa Yang, W. Keith Edwards, David Haslem
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
The IR ring: authenticating users' touches on a multi-touch display
Multi-touch displays are particularly attractive for collaborative work because multiple users can interact with applications simultaneously. However, unfettered access can lead t...
Volker Roth, Philipp Schmidt, Benjamin Gülden...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
TurKit: human computation algorithms on mechanical turk
Mechanical Turk provides an on-demand source of human computation. This provides a tremendous opportunity to explore algorithms which incorporate human computation as a function c...
Greg Little, Lydia B. Chilton, Max Goldman, Robert...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
MAI painting brush: an interactive device that realizes the feeling of real painting
Many digital painting systems have been proposed and their quality is improving. In these systems, graphics tablets are widely used as input devices. However, because of its rigid...
Mai Otsuki, Kenji Sugihara, Asako Kimura, Fumihisa...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
A conversational interface to web automation
This paper presents CoCo, a system that automates web tasks on a user's behalf through an interactive conversational interface. Given a short command such as "get road c...
Tessa Lau, Julian A. Cerruti, Guillermo Manzato, M...
UIST
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
Enhanced area cursors: reducing fine pointing demands for people with motor impairments
Computer users with motor impairments face major challenges with conventional mouse pointing. These challenges are mostly due to fine pointing corrections at the final stages of t...
Leah Findlater, Alex Jansen, Kristen Shinohara, Mo...