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

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Towards a Visual Speech Learning System for the Deaf by Matching Dynamic Lip Shapes....Pages 1-9
Teaching Support Software for Hearing Impaired Students Who Study Computer Operation....Pages 10-17
The Hybrid Book – One Document for All in the Latest Development....Pages 18-24
Dealing with Changes in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Higher Education....Pages 25-32
Putting the Disabled Student in Charge: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session....Pages 33-35
Biblus – A Digital Library to Support Integration of Visually Impaired in Mainstream Education....Pages 36-42
Alternative Approaches to Alternative Formats – Changing Expectations by Challenging Myths....Pages 43-50
Access Toolkit for Education....Pages 51-58
Community-Based Participatory Approach: Students as Partners in Educational Accessible Technology Research....Pages 59-64
Applying New Interaction Paradigms to the Education of Children with Special Educational Needs....Pages 65-72
InStep: A Video Database Assessment Tool....Pages 73-76
SCRIBE: A Model for Implementing Robobraille in a Higher Education Institution....Pages 77-83
Identifying Barriers to Collaborative Learning for the Blind....Pages 84-91
Deaf and Hearing Students’ Eye Gaze Collaboration....Pages 92-99
The Musibraille Project – Enabling the Inclusion of Blind Students in Music Courses....Pages 100-107
Important New Enhancements to Inclusive Learning Using Recorded Lectures....Pages 108-115
Development of New Auditory Testing Media with Invisible 2-Dimensional Codes for Test-Takers with Print Disabilities....Pages 116-123
More Accessible Math....Pages 124-129
Accessible Authoring Tool for DAISY Ranging from Mathematics to Others....Pages 130-137
Blind Friendly LaTeX....Pages 138-141
A System for Matching Mathematical Formulas Spoken during a Lecture with Those Displayed on the Screen for Use in Remote Transcription....Pages 142-149
Supporting Braille Learning and Uses by Adapting Transcription to User’s Needs....Pages 150-157
A Non-visual Electronic Workspace for Learning Algebra....Pages 158-165
Interaction Design for the Resolution of Linear Equations in a Multimodal Interface....Pages 166-173
Development of Software for Automatic Creation of Embossed Graphs....Pages 174-181
Expression Rules of Directed Graphs for Non-visual Communication....Pages 182-185
How to Make Unified Modeling Language Diagrams Accessible for Blind Students....Pages 186-190
AutOMathic Blocks Usability Testing Phase One....Pages 191-195
MathInBraille Online Converter....Pages 196-203
The Effects of Teaching Mathematics to Students with Disabilities Using Multimedia Computer-Assisted Instruction Coupled with ARCS Model....Pages 204-206
Information Needs Related to ICT-Based Assistive Solutions....Pages 207-214
The European Assistive Technology Information Portal (EASTIN): Improving Usability through Language Technologies....Pages 215-222
Use of Assistive Technology in Workplaces of Employees with Physical and Cognitive Disabilities....Pages 223-226
Multimodal Guidance System for Improving Manual Skills in Disabled People....Pages 227-234
Identifying Barriers to Accessibility in Qatar....Pages 235-242
NCBI and Digital Literacy: A Case Study....Pages 243-250
A User-Friendly Virtual Guide for Post-Rehabilitation Support Following Stroke....Pages 251-253
Musicking Tangibles for Empowerment....Pages 254-261
RHYME: Musicking for All....Pages 262-269
Enhancing Audio Description: A Value Added Approach....Pages 270-277
Triple Helix – In Action?....Pages 278-283
Virtual User Models for Designing and Using of Inclusive Products: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session....Pages 284-287
Creative Design for Inclusion Using Virtual User Models....Pages 288-294
A Methodology for Generating Virtual User Models of Elderly and Disabled for the Accessibility Assessment of New Products....Pages 295-302
VERITAS Approach for Parameterization of Psychological and Behavioral Models....Pages 303-310
Integration of a Regular Application into a User Interface Adaptation Engine in the MyUI Project....Pages 311-314
Using Annotated Task Models for Accessibility Evaluation....Pages 315-322
Web Accessibility in Advanced Technologies....Pages 323-324
The eAccess+ Network: Enhancing the Take-Up of eAccessibility in Europe....Pages 325-328
A Method for Generating CSS to Improve Web Accessibility for Old Users....Pages 329-336
Implementing Web Accessibility: The MIPAW Approach....Pages 337-342
Accessibility of Dynamic Adaptive Web TV Applications....Pages 343-350
Ontology Based Middleware for Ranking and Retrieving Information on Locations Adapted for People with Special Needs....Pages 351-354
Automatic Color Improvement of Web Pages with Time Limited Operators....Pages 355-362
Improving Web Accessibility for Dichromat Users through Contrast Preservation....Pages 363-370
Sociological Issues of Inclusive Web Design....Pages 371-377
Online Shopping Involving Consumers with Visual Impairments – A Qualitative Study....Pages 378-385
Website Accessibility Metrics: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session....Pages 386-387
Integrating Manual and Automatic Evaluations to Measure Accessibility Barriers....Pages 388-395
Assessing the Effort of Repairing the Accessibility of Web Sites....Pages 396-403
Lexical Quality as a Measure for Textual Web Accessibility....Pages 404-408
Accessibility Testing of a Healthy Lifestyles Social Network....Pages 409-416
Following the WCAG 2.0 Techniques: Experiences from Designing a WCAG 2.0 Checking Tool....Pages 417-424
Entertainment Software Accessibility: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session....Pages 425-427
Assessment of Universal Design Principles for Analyzing Computer Games’ Accessibility....Pages 428-435
One Way of Bringing Final Year Computer Science Student World to the World of Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Study....Pages 436-442
Making the PlayStation 3 Accessible with AsTeRICS....Pages 443-450
Creating an Entertaining and Informative Music Visualization....Pages 451-458
Music at Your Fingertips: Stimulating Braille Reading by Association with Sound....Pages 459-462
Improving Game Accessibility with Vibrotactile-Enhanced Hearing Instruments....Pages 463-470
An OCR-Enabled Digital Comic Books Viewer....Pages 471-478
Spe-Ler: Serious Gaming for Youngsters with Intellectual Disabilities....Pages 479-483
An Accessibility Checker for LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org Writer....Pages 484-491
Visualization of Non-verbal Expressions in Voice for Hearing Impaired....Pages 492-499
XML-Based Formats and Tools to Produce Braille Documents....Pages 500-506
Japanese Text Presentation System for Pupils with Reading Difficulties....Pages 507-514
Development of a DAISY Player That Utilizes a Braille Display for Document Structure Presentation and Navigation....Pages 515-522
Acce-Play: Accessibility in Cinemas....Pages 523-526
Automatic Simplification of Spanish Text for e-Accessibility....Pages 527-534
Can Computer Representations of Music Enhance Enjoyment for Individuals Who Are Hard of Hearing?....Pages 535-542
Assistive Photography....Pages 543-549
The LIA Project – Libri Italiani Accessibili....Pages 550-553
Inclusion by Accessible Social Media....Pages 554-556
The Use of Multimedia to Rehabilitate Students and Release Talents....Pages 557-564
Use of Social Media by People with Visual Impairments: Usage Levels, Attitudes and Barriers....Pages 565-572
User Testing of Social Media – Methodological Considerations....Pages 573-580
Designing User Interfaces for Social Media Driven Digital Preservation and Information Retrieval....Pages 581-584
PDF/UA – A New Era for Document Accessibility: Understanding, Managing and Implementing the ISO Standard PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility): Introduction to the Special Thematic Session....Pages 585-586
PDF/UA (ISO 14289-1) – Applying WCAG 2.0 Principles to the World of PDF Documents....Pages 587-594
Mainstreaming the Creation of Accessible PDF Documents by a Rule-Based Transformation from Word to PDF....Pages 595-601
Developing Text Customisation Functionality Requirements of PDF Reader and Other User Agents....Pages 602-609
Using Layout Applications for Creation of Accessible PDF: Technical and Mental Obstacles When Creating PDF/UA from Adobe Indesign CS 5.5....Pages 610-616
Validity and Semantics – Two Essential Parts of a Backbone for an Automated PDF/UA Compliance Check for PDF Documents....Pages 617-620
Two Software Plugins for the Creation of Fully Accessible PDF Documents Based on a Flexible Software Architecture....Pages 621-624
Privacy Preserving Automatic Fall Detection for Elderly Using RGBD Cameras....Pages 625-633
The Proof of Concept of a Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living at Home....Pages 634-641
Task Complexity and User Model Attributes....Pages 642-649
AALuis, a User Interface Layer That Brings Device Independence to Users of AAL Systems....Pages 650-657
Comparison between Single-touch and Multi-touch Interaction for Older People....Pages 658-665
Online Social Networks and Older People....Pages 666-672
“Break the Bricks” Serious Game for Stroke Patients....Pages 673-680
Development of a Broadcast Sound Receiver for Elderly Persons....Pages 681-688
Complexity versus Page Hierarchy of a GUI for Elderly Homecare Applications....Pages 689-696
Benefits and Hurdles for Older Adults in Intergenerational Online Interactions....Pages 697-704
 kommTUi : Designing Communication for Elderly....Pages 705-708
Reducing the Entry Threshold of AAL Systems: Preliminary Results from Casa Vecchia ....Pages 709-715
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