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- ArticleJuly 2008
Human Computer Interaction and Communication Aids for Hearing-Impaired, Deaf and Deaf-Blind People: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 605–608https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_86This paper gives an overview and extends the Special Thematic Session (STS) on research and development of technologies for hearing-impaired, deaf, and deaf-blind people. The topics of the session focus on special equipment or services to improve ...
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Flexible and Simple User Interfaces in Entertaining Software
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 578–584https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_82The first version of the electronic picture book application was designed in 1998. The target group was visually impaired adults with sighted children. It was soon clear that the application had a much broader target group than was originally thought: ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Visual and Auditory Interfaces of Advanced Driver Assistant Systems for Older Drivers
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 62–69https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_8Advanced Driver Assistant Systems (ADAS) are assumed to support drivers in critical traffic situations. This is especially important for older drivers and also drivers with disabilities, whose physical and cognitive resources are limited. An electronic ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Profiling Robot-Mediated Play for Children with Disabilities through ICF-CY: The Example of the European Project IROMEC
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 545–552https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_78This paper, from the description of the research activities of the ongoing European project IROMEC, discusses the potential role of the brand new version Children and Youth of ICF (International Classification of Functioning and Disability) as an useful ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Using Web Content Management Systems for Accessibility: The Experience of a Research Institute Portal
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 454–461https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_65A vast number of guidelines have been set up to regulate accessibility and conformance to standards of web pages. However, it is a fact that the percentage of fully accessible web sites is still low. When designing accessible web portals, knowledge of ...
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- ArticleJuly 2008
A Development Toolkit for Unified Web-Based User Interfaces
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 346–353https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_51EAGER is a prototype development toolkit that allows embedding accessibility and ease of use for all potential users into Web-based artefacts. Web-based user interfaces developed by means of the EAGER toolkit incarnate the concept of <em>Unified User ...
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A Software Solution for Accessible E-Government Portals
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 338–345https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_50The importance of e-Government web sites being accessible to people with disabilities is rising within the European Nations. Several European programs and state-laws are calling on governments and local government authorities to build accessible web ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Natural Interaction between Avatars and Persons with Alzheimer's Disease
- Eduardo Carrasco,
- Gorka Epelde,
- Aitor Moreno,
- Amalia Ortiz,
- Igor Garcia,
- Cristina Buiza,
- Elena Urdaneta,
- Aitziber Etxaniz,
- Mari Feli González,
- Andoni Arruti
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 38–45https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_5In this paper a natural human computer interaction paradigm is proposed for persons with cognitive impairments such as Alzheimer's Disease. The paradigm consists of using a realistic virtual character, rendered on a common television set, to play the ...
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A System for Dynamic Adaptation of Web Interfaces Based on User Interaction Requirements
- Javier Gonzalez-Pisano,
- Maria Rodriguez-Fernandez,
- Martin Gonzalez-Rodriguez,
- Jose Ramon Bobes-Bascaran,
- Jaime Garcia-Marsa
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 276–283https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_41This article makes the proposal for a software architecture that allows dynamic adaptation of Web interfaces depending on user interaction requirements, giving special attention to individuals who have any kind of disability. This task is achieved ...
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Adaptive Interfaces for Supportive Ambient Intelligence Environments
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 30–37https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_4The Ambient Intelligence paradigm offers an excellent way to define Ambient Assisted Living systems for all kind of users. In addition, people with physical, sensory or cognitive restrictions are expected to particularly benefit from the support of ...
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User Testing: How to Involve Users in Technical Web Development Cycles as a Natural Evolution in the Creation of Inclusive Technologies and Accessible Content
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 258–263https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_38The web is constantly evolving and as it does web designers and developers need a way of being able to interact with people with disabilities and users of AT and observe them interacting with their web interfaces. User testing is an excellent bridge ...
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Accessibility: Education for Web Design and E-Learning Introduction to the Special Thematic Session
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 178–181https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_25There is a clear role for accessibility assessment tools, standards and guidelines to help web designers, application developers and those who use and support web-based services. However, some aspects of web accessibility cannot be objectively tested by ...
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Introduction to the Special Thematic Session: Human---Computer Interaction and Usability for Elderly (HCI4AGING)
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 18–21https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_2Industrialized countries are faced with severe demographical and social changes. Consequently, areas including Ambient Assisted Living are of increasing importance. The vision is to provide technologies for supporting (elderly) people in their daily ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
GrooveWrite: A Multi-purpose Stylus-Based Text Entry Method
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 1196–1203https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_180With the emergence of mobile computing devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), a new challenge to design methods of interacting with them for people with disabilities has been created. In this paper, we propose GrooveWrite as a novel text ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Applicability of No-Hands Computer Input Devices for the Certificates for Microsoft Office Software
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 1169–1176https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_176The workload-based evaluation is applied for the certificates of the Microsoft Office Specialist. The certificates may be one of the solutions for this conflicts cause by the misunderstanding between the employer and the employee. We analyzed the MOS ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
User Modelling in Ambient Intelligence for Elderly and Disabled People
- Roberto Casas,
- Rubén Blasco Marín,
- Alexia Robinet,
- Armando Roy Delgado,
- Armando Roy Yarza,
- John Mcginn,
- Richard Picking,
- Vic Grout
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 114–122https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_15Combining ongoing Ambient Intelligence (AmI) technological developments (e.g. pervasive computing, wearable devices, sensor networks etc.) with user-centred design methods greatly increases the acceptance of the intelligent system and makes it more ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Investigating Usability Metrics for the Design and Development of Applications for the Elderly
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 98–105https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_13Metrics-based benchmarks are crucial for measuring usability, particularly for special end user groups such as older adults. So far, usability metrics that are accessible and useful for software developers are still missing. Although usability standards ...
- ArticleJuly 2008
Effects of Icon Concreteness and Complexity on Semantic Transparency: Younger vs. Older Users
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 90–97https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_12The semantic transparency of icons in mobile devices was investigated using 48 icons for 12 mobile phone functions. Icons included original ones as well as icons specifically designed for experimental purposes. In order to determine the impact of age, ...
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User-Interface Modelling for Blind Users
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 789–796https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_117The design of a user interface usable by blind people sets specific usability requirements that are unnecessary for sighted users. These requirements focus on task adequacy, dimensional trade-off, behaviour equivalence, semantic loss avoidance and ...
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Blind and Visually Impaired People: Human-Computer Interaction and Access to Graphics
ICCHP '08: Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special NeedsPages 767–769https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_113Graphical interfaces for modern information and communication systems are state of the art in computer interaction. Graphical interfaces stand for fast, comprehensive, and flexible usage of computer in working as well as in private environments. ...