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Absence and Presence of Faces in Videos during the COVID19 Lockdown
(DSAI: Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion;DSAI 2020 - The 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion, Conference object, 2021-12-02)The COVID-19 outbreak forced the educators to deploy digital online learning giving rise to a range of new situations. The phenomenon of undergraduate students not activating their cameras during video lectures has been ... -
Accessible Driver Announcement in Public Transportation: A Solution based on Speech-to-Text and Display
(IEEE International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI); 2020 IEEE 8th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI), Conference object, 2021-02-11)Today, the information in public transport, especially when an unforeseen event such as signal failure, platform change, etc. occurs, is largely provided by making an audio announcement. This, in many situations, is hardly ... -
Animated Backgrounds on the Web Reduce Reading Speed: Some Empirical Evidence from a Remote Experiment
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 13308, Proceedings, Part I, Conference object, 2022-06-16)It is generally considered a bad practice to place animations as back-grounds to text. There are many convincing arguments against using animated backgrounds, yet there are few empirical studies that have assessed effects ... -
Is there an imbalance in the supply and demand for universal accessibility knowledge? Twenty years of UAIS papers viewed through the lens of WCAG
(Universal Access in the Information Society;21 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08-14)Purpose: Some universal accessibility practitioners have voiced that they experience a mismatch in the research focus and the need for knowledge within specialized problem domains. This study thus set out to identify the ... -
Lost in OCR-Translation: Pixel-based Text Reflow to the Rescue: Magnification of Archival Raster Image Documents in the Browser without Horizontal Scrolling
(ETRA: Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments;PETRA '22: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, Conference object, 2022-07-11)Low-vision users have been accustomed to viewing accessible electronic documents with reflow and responsive layouts that adapt to the user’s text size requirements. However, mainstream technologies do not work optimally ... -
On the Convenience of Speeding Up Lecture Recordings: Increased Playback Speed Reduces Learning
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 13117, Conference object, 2021-11-23)Audio and video lectures give students much freedom to study where and when they like. These digital media formats usually also give students flexibility to choose the playback speed. In this study we conducted a simple ... -
Screen Reader Accessibility Study of Interactive Maps
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;Volume 12768, Conference object, 2021-07-03)Digital maps have been an integral part of modern life. Whether to venture into an unknown location, check the latest traffic update, update on the weather forecast, we come across digital maps every day. While maps have ... -
Towards an Indoor Navigation Application for Emergency Evacuations and Persons with Visual Impairments – Experiences from First Responders and End Users
(IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology;Volume 575, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-04)As natural and human disaster are increasingly affecting people’s lives around the globe in a growing and variegated way, the need to be prepared for a variety of conditions is imperative. Notwithstanding the relevance of ... -
Users Perceptions of Headphones and Earbuds in Norway and Brazil: An Empirical Study Based on a Kahoot Quiz
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;12768, Conference object, 2021-07-03)Headphones and earbuds are seemingly more popular than ever with the wide availability of smartphones and music streaming services. Such personal audio systems are also essential for many blind and visually impaired computer ...