For my dissertation, I am designing, implementing and evaluating the use of a new kind of "authorable" virtual peer that allows children with autism to learn about recip...
Our current understanding of human interaction with hybrid or augmented environments is very limited. Here we focus on `tangible interaction', denoting systems that rely on e...
This paper describes the author's dissertation research on improving the accessibility of penbased technology. The first step for this research was to gather information on t...
Although current online chat environments provide new opportunities for communication, they are quite constrained in their ability to convey many important pieces of social inform...
SpeechActs is an experimental conversational speech system. Experience with redesigning the system based on user feedback indicates the importance of adhering to conversational co...