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• Experiences of Someone with a Neuromuscular Disease in Operating a PC (and Ways to Successfully Overcome Challenges)

  Torsten Felzer, Stephan Rinderknecht · 2015 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper describes the first-person experiences of the first author, who has Friedreich's Ataxia (FA) — a progressive neuromuscular disease causing ataxia of limbs, dysarthria, and muscle weakness — in finding a viable computer input method over 25 years. Diagnosed at age 15…

  motor impairment · text entry · alternative input device · neuromuscular disease · keyboard replacement

• Measuring the Performance of a Location-Aware Text Prediction System

  Luís Filipe Garcia, Luís Caldas De Oliveira, David Martins De Matos · 2015 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This study rigorously evaluates whether adding location awareness to word and sentence prediction improves communication efficiency for AAC users. The researchers developed Eugénio, a Portuguese AAC system that combines traditional word prediction with sentence prediction and…

  augmentative and alternative communication · word prediction · sentence prediction · location-awareness · context-aware computing

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