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ASSETS
2005
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Automatic production of tactile graphics from scalable vector graphics
This paper presents a method to convert vector graphics into tactile representations for the blind. Generating tactile pictures from vector graphics is an important effort to bri...
Stephen E. Krufka, Kenneth E. Barner
ASSETS
2005
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Toward Goldilocks' pointing device: determining a "just right" gain setting for users with physical impairments
We designed and evaluated an agent that recommends a pointing device gain for a given user, with mixed success. 12 participants with physical impairments used the Input Device Age...
Heidi Horstmann Koester, Edmund F. LoPresti, Richa...
ASSETS
2005
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Wizard-of-Oz test of ARTUR: a computer-based speech training system with articulation correction
This study has been performed in order to test the manmachine interface of a computer-based speech training aid named ARTUR with the main feature that it can give suggestions on h...
Olle Bälter, Olov Engwall, Anne-Marie Ös...
ASSETS
2005
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Verification of computer display pre-compensation for visual aberrations in an artificial eye
The possibility of pre-compensating images in a computer display according to the visual aberrations previously assessed in an optical system (e.g., the computer user’s eye) has...
Miguel Alonso Jr., Armando Barreto, Julie A. Jacko...
ASSETS
2005
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Gist summaries for visually impaired surfers
Anecdotal evidence suggests that Web document summaries provide the sighted reader with a basis for making decisions regarding the route to take within non-linear text; and additi...
Simon Harper, Neha Patel
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Evaluation of a psycholinguistically motivated timing model for animations of american sign language
Using results in the psycholinguistics literature on the speed and timing of American Sign Language (ASL), we built algorithms to calculate the time-duration of signs and the loca...
Matt Huenerfauth
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Designing technology to aid cognition
We present a framework for technological aids for cognition intended primarily for individuals with cognitive impairments and seniors experiencing cognitive decline. We illustrate...
Ronald M. Baecker
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Technology for just-in-time in-situ learning of facial affect for persons diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder
Many first-hand accounts from individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) highlight the challenges inherent in processing high-speed, complex, and unpredictable soc...
Miriam Madsen, Rana El Kaliouby, Matthew Goodwin, ...
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Speech technology in real world environment: early results from a long term study
Existing knowledge on how people use speech-based technologies in realistic settings is limited. We are conducting a longitudinal field study, spanning six months, to investigate ...
Jinjuan Feng, Shaojian Zhu, Ruimin Hu, Andrew Sear...