Computers Helping People with Special Needs

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2008, held in Linz, Austria in July 2008.

The 190 revised contributions presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 360 submissions. The papers evaluate how various fields in computer science can contribute to helping people with various kinds of disabilities and impairment. The papers are organized in topical sections on human-computer interaction and usability for elderly, design for all: from idea to practice, users need standards - users need standards need users, accessibility: education for web design and elearning, accessible content processing, web accessibility: automatic/manual evaluation and authoring tools and quality control and best practice, people with disabilities: software accessibility, entertainment software accessibility, hearing impaired, deaf and deafblind people: HCI and communication, people with specific learning difficulties - easy to read and HCI, blind and visually impaired people: HCI and access to graphics, access to mathematics and science, accessible tourism, smart environments, portable and mobile systems in assistive technology, skills vs. abilities: alternative input and communication systems, people with disabilities: speech therapy and sound applications, mobility and care, and service provision.

Klappentext

Welcome to the proceedings of ICCHP 2008. We were proud to welcome participants from more than 40 countries from all con- nents to ICCHP. The International Programme Committee, encompassing 102 experts form all over the world, selected 150 full and 40 short papers out of 360 abstracts submitted to ICCHP. Our acceptance rate of about half of the submissions, demonstrates the scientific quality of the programme and in particular the proceedings you have in your hands. An impressive group of experts agreed to organize "Special Thematic Sessions" (STS) for ICCHP 2008. The existence of these STS sessions helped to bring the me- ing into sharper focus in several key areas of assistive technology. In turn, this deeper level of focus helped to bring together the state-of-the-art and mainstream technical, social, cultural and political developments. Our keynote speaker, Jim Fruchterman from BeneTech, USA highlighted the - portance of giving access to ICT and AT at a global level. In another keynote by H- old Thimbleby, Swansea University, UK, the role of user-centred design and usability engineering in assistive technology and accessibility was addressed. And finally, a combination keynote and panel discussion was reserved for WAI/WCAG2.0, which we expect to be the new reference point for Web accessibility from the summer of 2008 and beyond.

Inhalt

Keynote.- Understanding User Centred Design (UCD) for People with Special Needs.- Human-Computer Interaction and Usability for Elderly (HCI4AGING).- to the Special Thematic Session: Human-Computer Interaction and Usability for Elderly (HCI4AGING).- An Investigation on Acceptance of Ubiquitous Devices for the Elderly in a Geriatric Hospital Environment: Using the Example of Person Tracking.- Adaptive Interfaces for Supportive Ambient Intelligence Environments.- Natural Interaction between Avatars and Persons with Alzheimer's Disease.- Exploring the Role of Time and Errors in Real-Life Usability for Older People and ICT.- An Acoustic Framework for Detecting Fatigue in Speech Based Human-Computer-Interaction.- Visual and Auditory Interfaces of Advanced Driver Assistant Systems for Older Drivers.- Eye Tracking Impact on Quality-of-Life of ALS Patients.- Participative Approaches for "Technology and Autonomous Living".- From Cultural to Individual Adaptive End-User Interfaces: Helping People with Special Needs.- Effects of Icon Concreteness and Complexity on Semantic Transparency: Younger vs. Older Users.- Investigating Usability Metrics for the Design and Development of Applications for the Elderly.- Design for All: From Idea to Practice.- Design for All - from Idea to Practise.- User Modelling in Ambient Intelligence for Elderly and Disabled People.- Design for All in the Ambient Intelligence Environment.- Creating Innovative Partnerships with Users in Developing Assistive Technology.- Public Signs Sight Assessment for Low Vision through Eye Tracking.- Visual Tools for Accessible Computer Supported Collaboration.- Supporting Industry in the Development of Design for All Curriculum.- European Developments in the Design and Implementation of Training for eInclusion.- (Users Need Standards)2 - Users Need Standards Need Users.- Users with Disabilities and Standards.- AT and DfA Standardisation: What Is Currently Going on?.- Using Public Procurement to Ensure That Accessible ICT Products and Services Are Available for All European Citizens (ETSI HF STF 333).- Accessibility: Education for Web Design and eLearning.- Accessibility: Education for Web Design and E-Learning Introduction to the Special Thematic Session.- Joint Study Programme on Accessible Web Design.- Design of a 10 Credit Masters Level Assistive Technologies and Universal Design Module.- Experiential Coe-Tutoring: A Report on Taiwan's OpenStudy Project That Seeks Innovative Accessible E-Learning Methodologies.- Using a Computer Aided Test to Raise Awareness of Disability Issues amongst University Teaching Staff.- The Impact of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Diverse Students and Teachers at Second Level.- Round Peg, Square Hole: Supporting Via the Web Staff and Learners Who Do Not Fit into Traditional Learner-Teacher-Institution Scenarios.- Distance Learning of Graphically Intensive Material for Visually Impaired Students.- M-Learning Accessibility Design: A Case Study.- ACP - Accessible Content Processing.- Accessible Content Processing Introduction to the Special Thematic Session.- Automated Drug Information System for Aged and Visually Impaired Persons.- A Semi-automatic Support to Adapt E-Documents in an Accessible and Usable Format for Vision Impaired Users.- Accessibility for Blind Users: An Innovative Framework.- User Testing: How to Involve Users in Technical Web Development Cycles as a Natural Evolution in the Creation of Inclusive Technologies and Accessible Content.- Accessibility Standards Are Not Always Enough: The Development of the Accessibility Passport.- DAISY - Universally Designed? Prototyping an Approach to Measuring Universal Design.- A System for Dynamic Adaptation of Web Interfaces Based on User Interaction Requirements.- Modern Digital Libraries, the Case of the Audio-Book Boom.- Xerte - A User-Friendly Tool for Creating Accessible Learning Objects.- GATE to Accessibility of Computer Graphics.- CONTRAPUNCTUS Project: A New Computer Solution for Braille Music Fruition.- BMML: A Mark-Up Language for Braille Music.- Automated Book Reader Design for Persons with Blindness.- Making Conference CDs Accessible: A Practical Example.- Web Accessibility - Automatic/Manual Evaluation and Authoring Tools.- Web Accessibility - Automatic/Manual Evaluation and Authoring Tools.- A Software Solution for Accessible E-Government Portals.- A Development Toolkit for Unified Web-Based User Interfaces.- Automatic Creation of User Profiles for Achieving Personal Web Accessibility.- Accessible Flash Is No Oxymoron: A Case Study in E-Learning for Blind and Sighted Users.- Building Accessible Flash Applications: An XML-Based Toolkit.- Accessible Graphics in Web Applications: Dynamic Generation, Analysis and Verification.- Analysing the 2D, 3D and Web User Interface Navigation Structures of Normal Users and Users with Mild Intellectual Disabilities.- The Unified Web Evaluation Methodology (UWEM) 1.2 for WCAG 1.0.- The BenToWeb Test Case Suites for the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.- Monitoring Accessibility of Governmental Web Sites in Europe.- Web Accessibility - Quality Control and Best Practice.- Proposal for …