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CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
The VoiceBot: a voice controlled robot arm
We present a system whereby the human voice may specify continuous control signals to manipulate a simulated 2D robotic arm and a real 3D robotic arm. Our goal is to move towards ...
Brandi House, Jonathan Malkin, Jeff Bilmes
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
An fNIR based BMI for letter construction using continuous control
A long term goal of assistive technology research is to build creative expression applications where subjects can extemporaneously express themselves. Sketch drawing is one form o...
Rudolph L. Mappus IV, Girish R. Venkatesh, Chetna ...
SIGCSE
2009
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
The summer academy for advancing deaf and hard of hearing in computing
Deaf and hard of hearing students are an underrepresented group in computing and face extra challenges in university-level computing courses. This paper describes a 9-week Summer ...
Anna Cavender, Richard E. Ladner, Robert I. Roth
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Collaborating to remember: a distributed cognition account of families coping with memory impairments
Individuals with cognitive deficits and their families are prime examples of collaborative "systems" that seek to perform everyday tasks together. Yet there has been lit...
Mike Wu, Jeremy P. Birnholtz, Brian Richards, Rona...
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Desperately seeking simplicity: how young adults with cognitive disabilities and their families adopt assistive technologies
A surprisingly high percentage of assistive technology devices (35% or more) are purchased, but not successfully adopted. Through semi-structured interviews with a dozen families,...
Melissa Dawe