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Re-connect: designing accessible email communication support for persons with aphasia

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Abdullah Al Mahmud,

Jean-Bernard MartensAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 3505 - 3510

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753846.1754009

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

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In this paper we present some preliminary outcomes concerning the design of an email communication tool for persons with expressive aphasia. The purpose of our design is to make email accessible for aphasics. It is based on interviews with persons with aphasia and their partners and has been verified with a speech therapist. Our user studies confirm that aphasics find current email communication systems too challenging to use. The most obvious barrier is the lack of writing support. Based on these findings we designed an email application that should be simpler to use than existing solutions and that moreover supplies language support.

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1. Human-centered computing
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CHI EA '10: CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2010

2219 pages

ISBN:9781605589305

DOI:10.1145/1753846

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Elizabeth Mynatt
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Don Schoner
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Vienna University of Technology
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Carnegie Mellon University
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Keith Edwards
Georgia Tech
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University of Nottingham

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Mahmud AMartens J(2015)Iterative Design and Field Trial of an Aphasia-Friendly Email ToolACM Transactions on Accessible Computing10.1145/27903057:4(1-36)Online publication date: 19-Nov-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2790305
Al Mahmud ALeong T(2014)Considerations for designing technology with and for persons with aphasiaProceedings of the 26th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference on Designing Futures: the Future of Design10.1145/2686612.2686698(535-538)Online publication date: 2-Dec-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2686612.2686698
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