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ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A Java programming tool for students with visual disabilities
This paper reports on a tool for assisting students with visual disabilities in learning how to program. The tool is meant to be used by computer science majors learning the progr...
Ann C. Smith, Joan M. Francioni, Sam D. Matzek
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Constructive exploration of spatial information by blind users
When blind people wish to walk through an area not fully known to them, they have to prepare themselves even more thoroughly than sighted pedestrians. We propose a new approach to...
Jochen Schneider, Thomas Strothotte
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Wearable interfaces for orientation and wayfinding
People with severe visual impairment need a means of remaining oriented to their environment as they move through it. Three wearable orientation interfaces were developed and eval...
David A. Ross, Bruce B. Blasch
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Constructing sonified haptic line graphs for the blind student: first steps
Line graphs stand as an established information visualisation and analysis technique taught at various levels of difficulty according to standard Mathematics curricula. Blind indi...
Rameshsharma Ramloll, Wai Yu, Stephen A. Brewster,...
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A storytelling robot for pediatric rehabilitation
We are developing a prototype storytelling robot for use with children in rehabilitation. Children can remotely control a large furry robot by using a variety of body sensors adap...
Catherine Plaisant, Allison Druin, Corinna E. Lath...
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Neck range of motion and use of computer head controls
Abstract—Head controls provide an alternative means of computer access. This study determined whether neck movement limitations are associated with reduced performance with such ...
Edmund F. LoPresti, David M. Brienza, Jennifer Ang...
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A framework of assistive pointers for low vision users
Manipulating a mouse pointer is often difficult for the low vision computer user. Working with such a small, mobile screen object is very visually demanding. Although several tech...
Julie Fraser, Carl Gutwin
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
The development of language processing support for the ViSiCAST project
Ralph Elliott, John R. W. Glauert, Richard Kennawa...
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A comparison of voice controlled and mouse controlled web browsing
Voice controlled web browsers allow users to navigate by speaking the text of a link or an associated number instead of clicking with a mouse. One such browser is Conversa, by Con...
Kevin Christian, Bill Kules, Ben Shneiderman, Adel...
ASSETS
2000
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A study of blind drawing practice: creating graphical information without the visual channel
Existing drawing tools for blind users give inadequate contextual feedback on the state of the drawing, leaving blind users unable to comprehend and successfully produce graphical...
Hesham M. Kamel, James A. Landay