Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 13th International Conference, ICCHP 2012, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part II

Front Matter....Pages -
A Multimodal Approach to Accessible Web Content on Smartphones....Pages 1-8
Mobile Vision as Assistive Technology for the Blind: An Experimental Study....Pages 9-16
Camera-Based Signage Detection and Recognition for Blind Persons....Pages 17-24
The Crosswatch Traffic Intersection Analyzer: A Roadmap for the Future....Pages 25-28
GPS and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) as a Navigation System for the Visually Impaired....Pages 29-32
Visual Nouns for Indoor/Outdoor Navigation....Pages 33-40
Towards a Real-Time System for Finding and Reading Signs for Visually Impaired Users....Pages 41-47
User Requirements for Camera-Based Mobile Applications on Touch Screen Devices for Blind People....Pages 48-51
A Route Planner Interpretation Service for Hard of Hearing People....Pages 52-58
Translating Floor Plans into Directions....Pages 59-66
Harnessing Wireless Technologies for Campus Navigation by Blind Students and Visitors....Pages 67-74
Eyesight Sharing in Blind Grocery Shopping: Remote P2P Caregiving through Cloud Computing....Pages 75-82
Assessment Test Framework for Collecting and Evaluating Fall-Related Data Using Mobile Devices....Pages 83-90
NAVCOM – WLAN Communication between Public Transport Vehicles and Smart Phones to Support Visually Impaired and Blind People....Pages 91-98
Mobile-Type Remote Captioning System for Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing People and the Experience of Remote Supports after the Great East Japan Earthquake....Pages 99-104
Handheld “App” Offering Visual Support to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)....Pages 105-112
Cloud-Based Assistive Speech-Transcription Services....Pages 113-116
Developing a Voice User Interface with Improved Usability for People with Dysarthria....Pages 117-124
Wearable Range-Vibrotactile Field: Design and Evaluation....Pages 125-132
System Supporting Speech Perception in Special Educational Needs Schoolchildren....Pages 133-136
Designing a Mobile Application to Record ABA Data....Pages 137-144
Creating Personas with Disabilities....Pages 145-152
Eye Controlled Human Computer Interaction for Severely Motor Disabled Children....Pages 153-156
Gravity Controls for Windows....Pages 157-163
Addressing Accessibility Challenges of People with Motor Disabilities by Means of AsTeRICS: A Step by Step Definition of Technical Requirements....Pages 164-171
Indoor and Outdoor Mobility for an Intelligent Autonomous Wheelchair....Pages 172-179
Comparing the Accuracy of a P300 Speller for People with Major Physical Disability....Pages 180-183
Application of Robot Suit HAL to Gait Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: A Case Study....Pages 184-187
Sign 2.0: ICT for Sign Language Users: Information Sharing, Interoperability, User-Centered Design and Collaboration....Pages 188-191
Toward Developing a Very Big Sign Language Parallel Corpus....Pages 192-199
Czech Sign Language – Czech Dictionary and Thesaurus On-Line....Pages 200-204
The Dicta-Sign Wiki: Enabling Web Communication for the Deaf....Pages 205-212
Sign Language Multimedia Based Interaction for Aurally Handicapped People....Pages 213-220
Meeting Support System for the Person with Hearing Impairment Using Tablet Devices and Speech Recognition....Pages 221-224
Dubbing of Videos for Deaf People – A Sign Language Approach....Pages 225-228
Towards a 3D Signing Avatar from SignWriting Notation....Pages 229-236
Sign Language Computer-Aided Education: Exploiting GSL Resources and Technologies for Web Deaf Communication....Pages 237-244
SignMedia....Pages 245-252
SignAssess – Online Sign Language Training Assignments via the Browser, Desktop and Mobile....Pages 253-260
Towards General Cross-Platform CCF Based Multi-modal Language Support....Pages 261-268
Developing an Augmentative Mobile Communication System....Pages 269-274
The Korean Web-Based AAC Board Making System....Pages 275-278
SymbolChat: Picture-Based Communication Platform for Users with Intellectual Disabilities....Pages 279-286
Developing AAC Message Generating Training System Based on Core Vocabulary Approach....Pages 287-294
New Features in the VoxAid Communication Aid for Speech Impaired People....Pages 295-302
AAC Vocabulary Standardisation and Harmonisation....Pages 303-310
Speaking and Understanding Morse Language, Speech Technology and Autism....Pages 311-314
Reverse-Engineering Scanning Keyboards....Pages 315-322
A Communication System on Smart Phones and Tablets for Non-verbal Children with Autism....Pages 323-330
Assessment of Biosignals for Managing a Virtual Keyboard....Pages 331-337
Applying the Principles of Experience-Dependent Neural Plasticity: Building up Language Abilities with ELA ® -Computerized Language Modules....Pages 338-345
Assistive Technology: Writing Tool to Support Students with Learning Disabilities....Pages 346-352
Communication Access for a Student with Multiple Disabilities: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Approach....Pages 353-360
Multimedia Advocacy....Pages 361-368
How Long Is a Short Sentence? – A Linguistic Approach to Definition and Validation of Rules for Easy-to-Read Material....Pages 369-376
CAPKOM – Innovative Graphical User Interface Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities....Pages 377-384
A Real-Time Sound Recognition System in an Assisted Environment....Pages 385-391
Gestures Used by Intelligent Wheelchair Users....Pages 392-398
Augmented Reality Based Environment Design Support System for Home Renovation....Pages 399-406
Fall Detection on Embedded Platform Using Kinect and Wireless Accelerometer....Pages 407-414
Controlled Natural Language Sentence Building as a Model for Designing User Interfaces for Rule Editing in Assisted Living Systems – A User Study....Pages 415-418
MonAMI Platform in Elderly Household Environment....Pages 419-422
Modeling Text Input for Single-Switch Scanning....Pages 423-430
DualScribe: A Keyboard Replacement for Those with Friedreich’s Ataxia and Related Diseases....Pages 431-438
Easier Mobile Phone Input Using the JusFone Keyboard....Pages 439-446
Automatic Assessment of Dysarthric Speech Intelligibility Based on Selected Phonetic Quality Features....Pages 447-450
Adaptation of AAC to the Context Communication: A Real Improvement for the User Illustration through the VITIPI Word Completion....Pages 451-458
Tackling the Acceptability of Freely Optimized Keyboard Layout....Pages 459-466
Measuring Performance of a Predictive Keyboard Operated by Humming....Pages 467-474
Dysarthric Speech Recognition Error Correction Using Weighted Finite State Transducers Based on Context–Dependent Pronunciation Variation....Pages 475-482
Text Entry Competency for Students with Learning Disabilities in Grade 5 to 6....Pages 483-489
Vision SenS....Pages 490-496
Computer-Aided Design of Tactile Models....Pages 497-504
Three-Dimensional Model Fabricated by Layered Manufacturing for Visually Handicapped Persons to Trace Heart Shape....Pages 505-508
Viable Haptic UML for Blind People....Pages 509-516
Non-visual Presentation of Graphs Using the Novint Falcon....Pages 517-520
Towards a Geographic Information System Facilitating Navigation of Visually Impaired Users....Pages 521-528
Combination of Map-Supported Particle Filters with Activity Recognition for Blind Navigation....Pages 529-535
AccessibleMap....Pages 536-543
Design and User Satisfaction of Interactive Maps for Visually Impaired People....Pages 544-551
A Mobile Application Concept to Encourage Independent Mobility for Blind and Visually Impaired Students....Pages 552-559
Do-It-Yourself Object Identification Using Augmented Reality for Visually Impaired People....Pages 560-565
An Assistive Vision System for the Blind That Helps Find Lost Things....Pages 566-572
Designing a Virtual Environment to Evaluate Multimodal Sensors for Assisting the Visually Impaired....Pages 573-580
A Segmentation-Based Stereovision Approach for Assisting Visually Impaired People....Pages 581-587
KinDectect: Kinect Detecting Objects....Pages 588-595
A System Helping the Blind to Get Merchandise Information....Pages 596-598
Accessibility for the Blind on an Open-Source Mobile Platform....Pages 599-606
Accessibility of Android-Based Mobile Devices: A Prototype to Investigate Interaction with Blind Users....Pages 607-614
TypeInBraille: Quick Eyes-Free Typing on Smartphones....Pages 615-622
Real-Time Display Recognition System for Visually Impaired....Pages 623-629
A Non-visual Interface for Tasks Requiring Rapid Recognition and Response....Pages 630-635
Reaching to Sound Accuracy in the Peri-personal Space of Blind and Sighted Humans....Pages 636-643
Hapto-acoustic Scene Representation....Pages 644-650
Efficient Access to PC Applications by Using a Braille Display with Active Tactile Control (ATC)....Pages 651-658
Applications of Optically Actuated Haptic Elements....Pages 659-663
Trackable Interactive Multimodal Manipulatives: Towards a Tangible User Environment for the Blind....Pages 664-671
Introduction of New Body-Braille Devices and Applications....Pages 672-675
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