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Toadstool: a dataset for training emotional intelligent machines playing Super Mario Bros
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2020)Games are often defined as engines of experience, and they are heavily relying on emotions, they arouse in players. In this paper, we present a dataset called Toadstool as well as a reproducible methodology to extend ... -
Tools and Technologies for Blind and Visually Impaired Navigation Support: A Review
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-09-27)The development of navigation tools for people who are visually impaired had become an important concern in the research area of assistive technologies. This paper gives a comprehensive review of different articles published ... -
Multimodal Navigation Systemsfor Users with Visual Impairments—A Review and Analysis
(MDPI, 2020-10-16)Multimodal interaction refers to situations where users are provided with multiple modes for interacting with systems. Researchers are working on multimodality solutions in several domains. The focus of this paper is within ... -
Using Smartphones as Magnifying Devices: A Comparison of Reading Surface Finger Tracking and Device Panning
(ACM Publications, 2020-06)Smartphones can be used as magnifying devices to compensate for low visual acuity. However, it can be challenging to pan both vertically and horizontally. To simplify panning we implemented a magnifier where the user moves ... -
The effect of manual wheelchair design on mobility: A study with non-users andeExperienced wheelchair users
(Springer Verlag, 2020-08-30)The use of inappropriate wheelchairs is believed to limit mobility and reduce the freedom and quality of living for the user. This study therefore set out to investigate the influences of wheelchair design on the performance ... -
Where are the students? A study of Norwegian technology students’ perceptions of emerging trends in higher education
(Springer Verlag, 2020-11-18)Teachers in higher education in Norway have over the last decade reported reduced physical attendance in lectures, students not using the textbooks, and low academic performance. Also, there is an intensified institutional ... -
Towards More Efficient Screen Reader Web Access with Automatic Summary Generation and Text Tagging
(Springer, 2020-09-04)Readers with 20/20 vision can easily read text and quickly perceive information to get an overview of the information within a text. This is more challenging for readers who rely on screen readers. This study investigated ... -
A Comparative Study of Accessibility and Usability of Norwegian University Websites for Screen Reader Users Based on User Experience and Automated Assessment
(Springer, 2020-07-10)Websites are essential for learners’ access to information. However, due to the lack of accessibility and usability of websites, students with disabili-ties who solely rely on screen readers face challenges accessing webpage ... -
Impact of Sentence length on the Readability of Web for Screen Reader Users
(Springer, 2020-07-10)Readability of text is generally believed to be connected to sentence length. Most studies on readability are based on visual reading. Less is known about text readability for users relying on screen readers, such as users ... -
Towards universal accessibility on the web: Do grammar checking tools improve text
(Springer Nature, 2020-07-10)Readable text is a key ingredient in a universally accessible web. WCAG2.1 recommends that text should be readable by someone with basic schooling, a criterion that is hard to quantify and implement. Writers rely on ... -
QB-Gest: Qwerty bimanual gestural input for eye-free smartphone text input
(Springer, 2020-07-10)We developed QB-Gest, a bimanual text entry method based on simple gestures where users drag their thumbs in the direction of the desired letter while visualizing the Qwerty-layout. In an experiment with four sessions of ... -
Aesthetics and the perceived stigma of assistive technology for visual impairment
(Taylor and Francis, 2020-06-05)Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify factors that influence the perceived stigma of two assistive devices for visual impairment, namely the white cane and smart glasses. Method: Face-to-face semi-structured ... -
How do orthoses impact ease of donning, handwriting, typewriting, and transmission of manual torque: A study of three prefabricated wrist hand orthoses
(Lippincott, 2020-10-20)Introduction Many upper-limb injuries have work-related causes such as continued use of computers, typing activities, mouse manipulation, and repetitive movements performed for long periods. This study evaluated the ... -
Are electronic white canes better than traditional canes? A comparative study with blind and blindfolded participants
(Springer, 2020-02-17)Visually impaired individuals often rely on assistive technologies such as white canes for independent navigation. Many electronic enhancements to the traditional white cane have been proposed. However, only a few of these ... -
A glimpse into smartphone screen reader use among blind teenagers in rural Nepal
(Taylor & Francis, 2020-09-12)Purpose: Access to appropriate assistive technology is a challenge worldwide and especially in low GDPper-capita countries. Nepal is one example of a country with several coinciding challenges: some claim having a high ... -
Searching for extreme portions in distributions: A comparison of pie and bar charts
(Springer, 2020-10-16)Aggregated data visualizations are often used by collaborative teams to gain a common understanding of a complex situations and issues. Pie and bar charts are both widely used for visualizing distributions. The study of ... -
Quantization of subgroups of the affine group
(Elsevier, 2021-02-15)Consider a locally compact group such that V is abelian and the action of Q on the dual abelian group has a free orbit of full measure. We show that such a group G can be quantized in three equivalent ways: (1) by ... -
Universal Design of ICT for Emergency Management from Stakeholders’ Perspective - A Systematic Literature Review
(Springer, 2020-11-06)While Universal Design principles have been adopted in many areas to ensure that products and services are usable for the broadest possible diversity of users, there is still an open area when it comes to the emergency ... -
Towards Situational Disability-aware Universally Designed Information Support Systems for Enhanced Situational Awareness
(International Association for Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 2021)This paper takes on the challenge of designing situational awareness information systems that take into account not only the prevalence of so-called demons of situational awareness, but also situational disabilities that ... -
Exploring tangible user interface for social interaction and quality of life: The experiences of home-dwelling older adults
(International Society for Gerontechnology, 2020-08)Background: Social relationships are an important element in our quality of life, and good social interaction can contribute to flourishing social relationships. Information and com-munications technology (ICT) has been ...
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