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  • Facilita: reading assistance to the functionally illiterate

    Willian Massami Watanabe · 2010 · Proceedings of the 2010 International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This doctoral consortium paper presents Facilita, a web application that uses natural language processing (NLP) to automatically simplify Portuguese web content for functionally illiterate users. In Brazil, 21.7% of the population aged 15 and over is classified as functionally…

    literacy · cognitive accessibility · natural language processing · text simplification · readability

  • Adapting web content for low-literacy readers by using lexical elaboration and named entities labeling

    Willian M. Watanabe, Arnaldo Candido, Marcelo A. Amâncio, Matheus de Oliveira, Thiago A. S. Pardo, Renata P. M. Fortes, Sandra M. Aluísio · 2010 · Proceedings of the 2010 International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This paper presents Educational FACILITA, a browser-based tool that uses Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically adapt web content for low-literacy readers. Developed at the University of São Paulo as part of the PorSimples text simplification project for Brazilian…

    low literacy · natural language processing · text simplification · lexical elaboration · named entity recognition

  • Developing countries; developing experiences: approaches to accessibility for the real world

    Brian Kelly, Sarah Lewthwaite, David Sloan · 2010 · Proceedings of the 2010 International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility (W4A)

    This paper critically examines the limitations of relying solely on technical accessibility guidelines like WCAG to achieve digital inclusion, particularly in the context of developing countries. The authors argue that the WAI model — which depends on coordinated conformance…

    accessibility policy · social inclusion · disability studies · WCAG limitations · developing countries

  • Multi-Layered Interfaces to Improve Older Adults' Initial Learnability of Mobile Applications

    Rock Leung, Leah Findlater, Joanna McGrenere, Peter Graf, Justine Yang · 2010 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

    This paper investigates whether multi-layered (ML) interfaces can improve the learnability of mobile applications for older adults. ML interfaces present novice users with a simplified, reduced-functionality layer containing only basic features, allowing them to progress to a…

    aging · older adults · mobile accessibility · learnability · interface design

  • Computer Usage by Children with Down Syndrome: Challenges and Future Research

    Jinjuan Feng, Jonathan Lazar, Libby Kumin, Ant Ozok · 2010 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

    This landmark study presents findings from a large-scale survey of approximately 600 parents of children with Down syndrome (DS) about their children's computer usage challenges. The research addresses a critical gap: while DS characteristics are well-documented medically, their…

    Down syndrome · cognitive accessibility · developmental disabilities · children · survey research

  • Relating Computer Tasks to Existing Knowledge to Improve Accessibility for Older Adults

    Nic Hollinworth, Faustina Hwang · 2010 · Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

    This paper investigates whether a custom file management interface designed to resemble physical paper documents, folders, and sticky labels can improve computer accessibility for older adults. The authors identify a fundamental problem: people learn new tasks by relating them…

    older adults · digital literacy · interface design · file management · skeuomorphic design

  • A Comparison of Features for Automatic Readability Assessment

    Lijun Feng, Martin Jansche, Matt Huenerfauth, Noémie Elhadad · 2010 · Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING '10), Posters

    Feng et al. (2010) is a computational-linguistics paper that compares a wide variety of text features for automatically predicting the grade level of reading material aimed at primary-school students. The motivation is both intrinsic — traditional readability formulas such as…

    readability · automatic readability assessment · text simplification · plain language · cognitive accessibility

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