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11th ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 26-28, 2009
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

 

ASSETS 2009: Accepted Technical Papers

Below is a list of the full technical papers that have been accepted for ASSETS 2009. The links points to more information about each paper, including an abstract.

These pages will be updated with a pointer to the full paper once they are available.


Accessible Motion-Capture Glove Calibration Protocol for Recording Sign Language Data from Deaf Subjects
Pengfei Lu and Matt Huenerfauth
Better Vocabularies for Assistive Communication Aids: Connecting Terms using Semantic Networks and Untrained Annotators
Sonya Nikolova, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Christiane Fellbaum and Perry Cook
ClassInFocus: Enabling Improved Visual Attention Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
Anna Cavender, Jeffrey Bigham and Richard Ladner
Collaborative Web Accessibility Improvement: Challenges and Possibilities
Hironobu Takagi, Shinya Kawanaka, Masatomo Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato and Chieko Asakawa
Comparing Evaluation Techniques for Text Readability Software for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Matt Huenerfauth, Lijun Feng and Noemie Elhadad
Context-Aware Prompting to Transition Autonomously Through Vocational Tasks for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
Yao-Jen Chang, Wan Chih Chang and Tsen-Yung Wang
Customizing Directions in an Automated Wayfinding System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment
Alan Liu, Harlan Hile, Gaetano Borriello, Pat Brown, Mark Harniss, Henry Kautz and Kurt Johnson
Designing judicious interactions for cognitive assistance: the acts of assistance approach
Jérémy Bauchet, Hélène Pigot, Sylvain Giroux, Dany Lussier-Desrochers, Yves Lachapelle and Mounir Mokhtari
Enriching Web Information Scent for Blind Users
Markel Vigo, Barbara Leporini and Fabio Paternò
Evaluating Prosodic Cues as a Means to Disambiguate Algebraic Expressions: An Empirical Study
Ed Gellenbeck and Andreas Stefik
Freedom to roam: A study of mobile device adoption and accessibility for people with visual and motor disabilities
Shaun Kane, Chandrika Jayant, Jacob Wobbrock and Richard Ladner
Haptic Handheld Wayfinder with Pseudo-Attraction Force for Pedestrians with Visual Impairments
Tomohiro Amemiya and Hisashi Sugiyama
How Much Does Expertise Matter? A Barrier Walkthrough Study with Experts and Non-Experts
Yeliz Yesilada, Giorgio Brajnik and Simon Harper
Including Accessibility Within and Beyond Undergraduate Computing Courses
Annalu Waller, Vicki Hanson and David Sloan
Instant Tactile-Audio Map: Enabling Access to Digital Maps for People with Visual Impairment
Zheshen Wang, Baoxin Li, Terri Hedgpeth and Teresa Haven
Let's stay in touch: Sharing photos for restoring social connectedness between rehabilitants, friends and family
Margit Biemans, Betsy van Dijk, Pavan Dadlani and Aart van Halteren
Making Microsoft Excelâ„¢ Accessible: Multimodal Presentation of Charts
Iyad Abu Doush, Enrico Pontelli, Dominic Simon, Tran Son and Ou Ma
NavTap: a Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users
Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Joaquim Jorge and Daniel Gonçalves
Rock Vibe: Rock Band® Computer Games for People with No or Limited Vision
Troy Allman, Rupinder Dhillon, Molly Landau and Sri Kurniawan
Spatial and Temporal Pyramids for Grammatical Expression Recognition of American Sign Language
Nicholas Michael, Dimitris Metaxas and Carol Neidle
Speaking Through Pictures: Images vs. Icons
Xiaojuan Ma, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Sonya Nikolova and Perry Cook
Talking Points: The differential impact of real-time computer generated audio/visual feedback on speech-like and non-speech-like vocalization of low functioning children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Joshua Hailpern, Karrie Karahalios, Laura DeThorne and Jim Halle
TextSL: A Command-Based Virtual World Interface for the Visually Impaired
Eelke Folmer, Bei Yuan, Dave Carr and Manjari Sapre
The One-key Challenge: Searching for a Fast One-key Text Entry Method
I. Scott MacKenzie
Usability of a Multimodal Videogame to Improve Navigation Skills for Blind Children
Jaime Sanchez, Mauricio Saenz and Miguel Ripoll
Validity of web accessibility guidelines
Giorgio Brajnik
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