Multimodality as universality: Designing inclusive accessibility to graphical information

Accessibility and Graphical Passwords

In this brief paper, we explore the issue of accessible authentication with respect to click-based graphical passwords. These schemes normally rely on complex visual presentation and fine motor control for pointing. We take the approach of identifying the semantic structure, and show how the same kind of scheme could work with alternative interaction modalities. In particular, we explore the us...

Designing feedback Multimodality and specificity

Now that many of us carry around devices that are equipped with sensors (e.g., smartphones with accelerometers) we can use these sensors to measure behavior. The data thus captured can be used to give someone feedback about this behavior. These feedback mechanisms are often used in so called smart coaches, a growing group of product-service systems within the domain of persuasive technology. De...

Courseware Accessibility: Recommendations for Inclusive Design

Providing educational opportunities within online environments, while beneficial, also has the potential to exclude a significant portion of the population. The learning and/or physically disabled may be prevented from accessing online learning environments due to problems both in the design of the technology itself, and with the pedagogy directing the use of this technology. This paper present...

A Geographic Information System Analysis of Accessibility to Community Pharmacy in Shiraz, Iran

Multimodality and Vagueness in the Context of a Graphical, Object-Oriented Materials Information System

Computer Science Department, University of Leipzig D-04109 Leipzig, Germany e-mail: [email protected] In the context of an extended understanding of information retrieval, multimodality and vagueness are discussed as key problems of materials information system development. The WING-M2 prototype is presented which combines an object-oriented graphical interface with natural langua...