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  • Characterizing "Motor Ability" for Ability-Based Design

    Claire L. Mitchell, Jacob O. Wobbrock · 2024 · ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

    This paper addresses a fundamental gap in ability-based design — a prominent accessibility framework proposed by Wobbrock et al. — by rigorously defining and operationalising the concept of "motor ability" that is central to the approach. Ability-based design shifts the focus…

    ability-based design · motor ability · accessibility framework · human motor control · adaptive interfaces

  • Touchpad Mapper: Exploring Non-Visual Touchpad Interactions for Screen-Reader Users

    Ather Sharif, Venkatesh Potluri, Jazz R. X. Ang, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Jennifer Mankoff · 2024 · Proceedings of the 21st International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This technical note introduces Touchpad Mapper, a system that repurposes the laptop touchpad — a widely available but underutilized input device for screen-reader users — as a spatial interface for exploring 2D digital content non-visually. The authors argue that while touchpads…

    screen readers · blindness · touchpad · interaction design · input devices

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