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2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
A Game to Target the Spelling of German Children with Dyslexia
Playing error-based exercises presented in a computer game was found to significantly improve the spelling skills of chil­ dren with dyslexia in Spanish. Since there are no simi...
Maria Rauschenberger, Silke Füchsel, Luz Rell...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Faster Text-to-Speeches: Enhancing Blind People's Information Scanning with Faster Concurrent Speech
Blind people rely mostly on the auditory feedback of screen readers to consume digital information. Still, how fast can information be processed remains a major problem. The use o...
João Guerreiro, Daniel Gonçalves 000...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Eyes-free Exploration of Shapes with Invisible Puzzle
Recent contributions proposed sonification techniques to al­ low people with visual impairment or blindness to extract information from images on touchscreen devices. In this co...
Andrea Gerino, Lorenzo Picinali, Cristian Bernareg...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
TinyBlackBox: Supporting Mobile In-The-Wild Studies
Most work investigating mobile HCI is carried out within controlled laboratory settings; these spaces are not representative of the real-world environments for which the technolog...
Kyle Montague, André Rodrigues, Hugo Nicola...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Developing SAGAT Probes to Evaluate Blind Individuals' Situation Awareness when Traveling Indoor Environments
Assessing a user’s situation awareness can provide a great way to learn about the user’s mental model when performing related tasks. Situation Awareness Global Assessment Tech...
Abdulrhman A. Alkhanifer, Stephanie Ludi
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
The Effects of Automatic Speech Recognition Quality on Human Transcription Latency
Transcription makes speech accessible to deaf and hard of hearing people. This conversion of speech to text is still done manually by humans, despite high cost, because the qualit...
Yashesh Gaur
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
A Spellchecker for Dyslexia
Poor spelling is a challenge faced by people with dyslexia throughout their lives. Spellcheckers are therefore a cru­ cial tool for people with dyslexia, but current spellchecker...
Luz Rello, Miguel Ballesteros, Jeffrey P. Bigham
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Dytective: Toward a Game to Detect Dyslexia
Detecting dyslexia is crucial so that people who have dyslexia can receive training to avoid associated high rates of aca­ demic failure. In this paper we present Dytective, a ga...
Luz Rello, Abdullah Ali, Jeffrey P. Bigham
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2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Using OnScreenDualScribe to Support Text Entry and Targeting among Individuals with Physical Disabilities
This paper describes a study examining the usability of OnScreenDualScribe (OSDS), a tool to support individuals with physical disabilities with text entry and cursor movement. A ...
Sidas A. Saulynas, Lula Albar, Ravi Kuber, Torsten...
ASSETS
2015
ACM
8 years 7 months ago
Understanding the Challenges Faced by Neurodiverse Software Engineering Employees: Towards a More Inclusive and Productive Techn
Technology workers are often stereotyped as being socially awkward or having difficulty communicating, often with humorous intent; however, for many technology workers with atypic...
Meredith Ringel Morris, Andrew Begel, Ben Wiederma...