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M. A. Naomi Jobrack · 2015 · Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)
This paper presents preliminary research toward developing a Refreshable Braille Oral Appliance (RBOA) — a refreshable Braille display embedded in an oral retainer that would allow users to read Braille with their tongue. The envisioned device connects to a wireless lapel…
braille · haptics · refreshable display · deaf accessibility · assistive technology
Michael Crabb, Rhianne Jones, Mike Armstrong, Chris J. Hughes · 2015 · ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
This BBC-funded research investigates whether repositioning subtitles from their traditional placement within a video to below the video frame improves user experience for online news content. The study addresses a gap in captioning research: while television subtitling has…
subtitles · captions · deaf accessibility · user experience · video accessibility
Brent N. Shiver, Rosalee J. Wolfe · 2015 · ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
This research addresses the accessibility gap created by the proliferation of uncaptioned video content online—a particular problem for deaf adults who use American Sign Language as their primary language and view English as a second language. While television captioning has…
deaf accessibility · captions · automatic speech recognition · ASR · multimedia accessibility
Alessandra Brandao · 2015 · ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
This short paper from Rochester Institute of Technology introduces SlidePacer, a prototype tool designed to synchronize PowerPoint slide transitions with sign language interpretation in university classrooms. The paper addresses a fundamental challenge for deaf and…
deaf accessibility · sign language interpreters · education · classroom accessibility · multimedia learning
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