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  • LaboSignes: an Interactive French Sign Language Recognition Interface

    Jules Françoise, Julie Lascar, Cyril Verrechia, Sidonie Minodier, Michèle Gouiffès, Annelies Braffort · 2026 · Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’26)

    LaboSignes is a web-based interactive French Sign Language (LSF) recognition system aimed at search-by-sign, addressing the fact that most online resources, including bilingual dictionaries and news sites, are navigable only through written French, which is a second language for…

    sign language · French Sign Language · sign language recognition · Deaf accessibility · gesture recognition

  • Development and Theoretical Evaluation of Optimized Phonemic Interfaces

    Gabriel J. Cler, Cara E. Stepp · 2017 · Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '17)

    This paper presents the development and computational evaluation of optimized phonemic communication interfaces for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users. Unlike traditional letter-based (orthographic) interfaces like QWERTY keyboards, phonemic interfaces allow…

    augmentative and alternative communication · motor disability · input methods · interface design · speech synthesis

  • Semiotics Contributions to Accessible Interface Design

    María Inés Laitano · 2015 · Proceedings of the 12th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

    This extended abstract argues that semiotic theory — the study of signs and meaning-making — can complement WCAG-based approaches to produce more meaningfully accessible interfaces. Laitano contrasts the WAI model, which centres on content (information plus markup) accessed…

    semiotics · interface design · WCAG · alt text · communication strategy

  • Exploring Interface Design for Independent Navigation by People with Visual Impairments

    Erin L. Brady, Daisuke Sato, Chengxiong Ruan, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa · 2015 · ASSETS 2015: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

    This short poster paper from ASSETS 2015 explores how people with visual impairments respond to different navigation interface designs during in situ walking tasks. The authors observe that prior research has been limited in two ways: user studies of navigation applications are…

    visual impairment · blind navigation · non-visual navigation · wayfinding · wizard of oz

  • 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

  • Utterance-Based Systems: Organization and Design of AAC Interfaces

    Timothy J. Walsh · 2010 · Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2010)

    This paper describes the design and development of an utterance-based AAC interface for literate, high-functioning adults who need communication support in public situations such as restaurants or shops. The central design challenge in AAC interfaces is balancing message…

    augmentative and alternative communication · interface design · utterance-based system · communication rate · assistive technology

  • 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

  • Designing AAC Interfaces for Commercial Brain-Computer Interaction Gaming Hardware

    Stephen Steward · 2009 · Proceedings of the 11th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '09)

    This paper explores repurposing a low-cost commercial brain-computer interface (BCI) gaming device — the OCZ Technologies Neural Impulse Actuator (NIA) — as an input device for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). The NIA is a headband that reads electrical signals…

    augmentative and alternative communication · brain-computer interface · assistive technology · motor impairment · speech impairment

  • Human Diversity and the Choice of Interface: A Design Challenge

    Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Murray Turoff · 1981 · Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Easier and More Productive Use of Computer Systems (CHI '81), Part II: Human Interface and the User Interface

    Hiltz and Turoff report findings from a multi-year National Science Foundation-funded field trial of the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES), a pioneering computer-mediated communication platform built at the New Jersey Institute of Technology that by 1981 had hosted…

    user interface · computer-mediated communication · adaptive interface · personalization · novice vs expert

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