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• Using the Musical Multimedia Tool ACMUS with People with Severe Mental Disorders: A Pilot Study

  Mikel Ostiz-Blanco, Alfredo Pina, Miriam Lizaso, Jose Javier Astraín, Gonzalo Arrondo · 2018 · Proceedings of the 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2018)

  This demo paper from the University of Navarra presents a pilot study evaluating ACMUS (Accessible Music), a multimedia tool that adds visual and interactive dimensions to music therapy for people with severe mental disorders. Music therapy has shown preliminary benefits for…

  mental health · schizophrenia · music therapy · music accessibility · serious games

• Supporting Engagement and Comprehension Online Through Multiple Means of Expression

  Boris N. Goldowsky, Peggy Coyne · 2016 · Proceedings of the 13th International Web for All Conference (W4A)

  This paper from CAST (the organization that developed the Universal Design for Learning framework) examines how offering multiple means of expression — writing, drawing, and audio recording — in online academic discussions affects engagement among struggling readers in grades…

  Universal Design for Learning · education accessibility · multimedia · learning disabilities · intellectual disability

• aiBrowser for multimedia: introducing multimedia content accessibility for visually impaired users

  Hisashi Miyashita, Daisuke Sato, Hironobu Takagi, Chieko Asakawa · 2007 · Proceedings of the 9th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '07)

  A companion paper to Sato et al.'s Flash-transcoding work, this 2007 paper from the same IBM Tokyo Research Lab team introduces aiBrowser — an accessible web browser purpose-built for multimedia-heavy sites of the era (ABC News Video, YouTube, Disney). The authors identify two…

  multimedia · streaming media · flash · DHTML · rich internet applications

• Assistive Social Interaction for Non-Speaking People Living in the Community

  Nick Hine, John L. Arnott · 2002 · Proceedings of the Fifth International ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '02)

  This paper addresses the social isolation experienced by non-speaking people living independently in the community, a problem intensified by the shift from institutional to community-based care in the UK. The authors argue that while community care aims to improve quality of…

  AAC · social isolation · community care · videoconferencing · multimedia

• Multimedia dictionary of American Sign Language

  Sherman Wilcox, Joanne Scheibman, Doug Wood, Dennis Cokely, William C. Stokoe · 1994 · Proceedings of the First Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies (Assets '94)

  This paper describes the Multimedia Dictionary of American Sign Language (MM-DASL), a Macintosh application functioning as a bilingual ASL-English dictionary that presents signs in full-motion digital video using Apple's QuickTime technology. The project, funded by the National…

  sign language · deaf accessibility · multimedia · dictionary · American Sign Language

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