Universal Access. Theoretical Perspectives, Practice, and Experience: 7th ERCIM International Workshop on User Interfaces for All, Paris, France, October 24-25, 2002, Revised Papers

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Springer Science & Business Media, Feb 25, 2003 - Business & Economics - 534 pages

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 7th ERCIM Workshop on User Interfaces for All, held in Paris, France, in October 2002.

The 40 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected during two rounds of refereeing and revision. The papers are organized in topical sections on user interfaces for all: accessibility issues, user interfaces for all: design and assessment, towards an information society for all, novel interaction paradigms: new modalities and dialogue style, novel interaction paradigms: accessibility issues, and mobile computing: design and evaluation.

 

Contents

Effects of Multimodal Feedback on the Performance of Older Adults with Normal and Impaired Vision
3
Age Related Differences and the Depth vs Breadth Tradeoff in Hierarchical Online Information Systems
23
Criteria for Usability of Accessible Web Sites
43
Making Accessibility Guidelines Usable
56
Adaptive Navigation of Visually Impaired Users in a Virtual Environment on the World Wide Web
68
Fax Registration of Information about Disaster Victims
80
Possible Contributions from ModelBased Development Schemes
88
The Discrepancy between Theory and Practice
106
3DAudio News Presentation Modeling
280
Toward Optimization of Multimodal User Interfaces for Tactical Audio Applications
287
A Computer Vision and Hearing Based User Interface for a Computer Game for Children
299
Software Architecture for Multimodal User Input FLUID
319
Anthropomorphic vs Nonanthropomorphic Software Interface Feedback for Online Systems Usage
339
A Scalable Avatar for Conversational User Interfaces
350
Evaluation and Validation of a Conversational Agent Embodied in a Bookstore
360
A Usability Evaluation of a JoystickOperated FullScreen Magnifier
372

ScenarioBased Argumentation for Universal Access
118
Computer Environments for Improving EndUser Accessibility
129
USERfit Tool A Tool to Facilitate Design for All
141
Universal Access to Assistive Technology through ClientCentred Cognitive Assessment
153
Applying a Holistic Approach to Develop UserFriendly CustomerOriented Egovernment Portal Interfaces
165
User Preferences and Designers Views on What Would Suit the User
179
A Metaphor for Personalized Television Programming
187
Challenges and Prospects
195
A Case Study for Interactive TV
209
Toward Cultural Representation and Identification for All in CommunityBased Virtual Environments
219
Sociable Information Environments1
239
Using Biometrics as an Enabling Technology in Balancing Universality and Selectivity for Management of Information Access
249
Ubiquitous Interaction Using Surfaces in Everyday Environments as Pointing Devices
263
Touch Screens as a Means of Enhancing Universal Access
387
A Multilingual Augmentative Communication System
398
Ecane with Situation Presumption for the Visually Impaired
409
Sociability and Mobility Concepts for the Connected Home
442
Design Ideas for Everyday Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing Based on Qualitative User Data
458
Providing Device Independence to Mobile Services
465
Lessons and Experience with the WARDINHAND Prototype
474
Evaluating User Interfaces with Metaphors of Human Thinking
486
An Immersive Reading Experience on a Mobile Device
508
Universal Remote Console Prototyping for the Alternate Interface Access Standard
524
Author Index
532
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