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Robert Dodd · 2008 · SIGACCESS Access. Comput.
This paper examines the Dexter Reference Model of Hypertext, published in 1988, and asks whether the foundational assumptions it encodes still serve the needs of accessibility twenty years later. The Dexter Model was created as a superset description of what hypertext systems…
hypertext models · HTML · assistive technology · adaptive content · web standards
Robert Dodd, Steve Green, Elaine Pearson · 2008 · Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)
This paper presents CISNA (Content, Inventory, Semantics, Navigation, Adaptation), a five-layer document model designed to make web content adaptable to individual user needs and capabilities. The research addresses a fundamental problem: as web pages become increasingly…
adaptive hypermedia · abstract user interface · hypertext models · assistive technology · content adaptation
Yeliz Yesilada, Simon Harper · 2008 · SIGACCESS Access. Comput.
This is the conference report for the 4th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A) 2007, held at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Canada, co-located with the World Wide Web (WWW) conference. The report summarizes the proceedings of a…
Web 2.0 · semantic web · conference report · ARIA · assistive technology
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Craig M. Prince, Richard E. Ladner · 2008 · Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A 2008)
This paper introduces WebAnywhere, a web-based, self-voicing screen reader that enables blind users to access the web from virtually any computer with an Internet connection and sound output, without installing any software. The system addresses a fundamental equity problem:…
screen readers · blind users · assistive technology · web-based · text-to-speech
Proadpran Punyabukkana, Suchai Thanawastien, Ajin Jirachiefpattana · 2008 · Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)
This paper presents Thailand's Digital Divide Strategic Framework (2008-2010), a national plan developed by the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology to address ICT accessibility for three target populations: the poor, people with disabilities, and senior…
accessibility policy · digital divide · assistive technology · web accessibility · universal design
Darren Lunn, Sean Bechhofer, Simon Harper · 2008 · Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)
This short paper presents the SADIe (Structural-Semantics for Accessibility and Device Independence) transcoding platform, developed at the University of Manchester. SADIe addresses a fundamental challenge for visually impaired screen reader users: web pages are designed…
web accessibility · transcoding · screen readers · visual impairment · semantic web
Charles L. Chen, T. V. Raman · 2008 · Proceedings of the 2008 International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)
This paper from Google describes how the AxsJAX framework uses WAI-ARIA live regions to make Google Talk — an instant messaging client integrated into GMail — fully accessible to screen reader and self-voicing browser users, and demonstrates a compelling mashup application: a…
ARIA · web accessibility · screen readers · live regions · Web 2.0
Gregg C. Vanderheiden · 2008 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
This influential commentary reflects on the evolution of digital accessibility from 1992 to 2008 and proposes a vision for addressing emerging challenges. Vanderheiden, director of the Trace R&D Center, traces progress from an era when only Apple had built-in accessibility…
ubiquitous accessibility · assistive technology · accessibility policy · digital divide · universal design
Ephraim P. Glinert, Bryant W. York · 2008 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing
This is a 2008 reprint of a landmark 1992 Communications of the ACM article that issued a "call-to-arms" for research on computers and people with disabilities. Glinert and York argued that human-computer interfaces systematically failed to account for disabled users, treating…
accessibility history · assistive technology · accessibility policy · HCI · universal access
Alistair D. N. Edwards · 2008 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
This reflective commentary by Alistair Edwards examines what has—and crucially, what has not—changed in accessible computing since Glinert and York's influential 1992 paper. Edwards frames his analysis through a fashion-versus-style metaphor: while technology "fashions"…
accessibility history · screen readers · GUI accessibility · assistive technology · web accessibility
Shaun K. Kane, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Jacob O. Wobbrock · 2008 · Assets '08: Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
This paper introduces Slide Rule, a set of audio-based multi-touch interaction techniques that make touch screen devices accessible to blind users without requiring any additional hardware. Published in 2008 — just one year after the iPhone launched and before VoiceOver was…
blind users · touch screens · mobile accessibility · multi-touch interaction · gestures
Shinya Kawanaka, Yevgen Borodin, Jeffrey P. Bigham, Darren Lunn, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper introduces Accessibility Commons (AC), a shared metadata infrastructure designed to integrate, store, and share accessibility metadata produced by diverse research projects, assistive technologies, and individual users. The authors identify a core problem: numerous…
web accessibility · metadata · assistive technology · screen readers · social accessibility
Jeffrey P. Bigham, Maxwell B. Aller, Jeremy T. Brudvik, Jessica O. Leung, Lindsay A. Yazzolino, Richard E. Ladner · 2008 · Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE '08)
This paper describes the design and delivery of a four-day computer science workshop for fifteen blind high school students at the National Federation of the Blind Youth Slam, where two hundred blind and low vision students explored disciplines often perceived as inaccessible to…
accessible education · blind students · screen readers · computer science education · inclusive design
Richard A. Frost, Ali Karaki, David A. Dufour, Josh Greig, Rahmatullah Hafiz, Yue Shi, Shawn Daichendt, Shahriar Chandon, Justin Barolak, Randy J. Fortier · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This short paper presents MySpeechWeb, an open-source platform for creating and deploying voice-in/voice-out speech applications on the web. The authors identify a significant gap: despite the potential of speech interfaces to improve web access for people with visual,…
speech interfaces · voice interaction · web accessibility · open source · assistive technology
Wan Chih Chang · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This short paper presents CATPro (Context-Aware Task Prompting), a system designed to help individuals with cognitive impairments perform daily living and workplace tasks more independently. The system targets people with a range of conditions including traumatic brain injury,…
cognitive disability · task prompting · context awareness · supported employment · ubiquitous computing
Michael J. Astrauskas · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents PhotoTacs, a simplified image-based cell phone interface designed to help people with cognitive or visual impairments navigate their phone contacts and make calls. The author begins by identifying the core problem: as cellular phones gained features, their…
cognitive accessibility · mobile accessibility · assistive technology · visual impairment · user interface design
Darren Lunn, Sean Bechhofer, Simon Harper · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents a user evaluation of SADIe (Structural-Semantics for Accessibility and Device Independence), a system that uses Semantic Web technologies to make web pages more accessible to screen reader users. The core problem SADIe addresses is that web pages convey…
web accessibility · screen readers · semantic web · transcoding · visual impairment
Kathleen J. Price, Andrew Sears · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents PB-FACT (Performance-Based Functional Assessment for Computer Technology), a novel tool for objectively and quantitatively measuring an individual's physical capabilities in relation to their use of information technology. The authors argue that current…
functional assessment · motor disability · assistive technology · physical disability · human-computer interaction
Xu Liu · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents a camera phone-based system for identifying U.S. paper currency denominations for people who are blind or visually impaired. The work addresses a specific accessibility gap: unlike currencies in many other countries, U.S. paper bills are identical in size and…
visual impairment · computer vision · assistive technology · mobile accessibility · object recognition
Cagatay Goncu, Kim Marriott · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents a Java application that automatically generates tactile bar and pie charts from raw data values provided in a formatted text file. Developed in collaboration with Vision Australia, the tool addresses the time-consuming and expensive process of manually…
tactile graphics · data visualization · visual impairment · braille · accessible publishing
Cynthia Putnam, Lorna Chong · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper reports on an online survey of 114 respondents (12 adults with ASD completing it themselves, 102 submissions about children with ASD from parents, teachers, and professionals) investigating what users actually want from software and technology designed for people with…
autism · user-centered design · cognitive accessibility · assistive technology · educational technology
Joshua Hailpern, Karrie Karahalios, James Halle, Laura DeThorne, Mary-Kelsey Coletto · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents A3 (Annotation for ASD Analysis), a systematic coding guideline developed through cross-disciplinary collaboration between computer scientists, special educators, and speech and hearing scientists at the University of Illinois. The work addresses a…
autism · video annotation · research methodology · inter-rater reliability · computerized feedback
Amy Hurst, Jennifer Mankoff, Scott E. Hudson · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper develops techniques for collecting and analysing pointing performance data during real-world computer use, rather than solely in laboratory settings, to understand how pointing behaviour varies over time for individuals with motor impairments. Two computers were…
motor disability · pointing · input methods · assistive technology · cerebral palsy
Amal Dar Aziz, Chris Warren, Hayden Bursk, Sean Follmer · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper introduces the Flote, a digital wind instrument designed to enable people with limited mobility to play music using only head movement and breath control. Developed at Stanford University through a collaboration between computer science and music departments (CCRMA),…
music accessibility · adaptive musical instrument · limited mobility · head tracking · breath control
Chris Benjamin, Jesse Harris, Alex Moncrief, Gail Ramsberger, Clayton Lewis · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)
This paper presents Banga, a prototype software system built on the Android open-source mobile platform to deliver word finding practice — a form of speech-language therapy — to people with aphasia. Aphasia, a language disorder typically caused by stroke, affects approximately…
aphasia · naming practice · word finding · mobile health · Android