Dynamically adapting GUIs to diverse input devices

Carter, Scott L.; Hurst, Amy; Mankoff, Jennifer; Li, Jack

doi:10.1145/1168987.1169000

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“…This increases the difficulty in reading, especially for ageing small device users, who therefore have a similar experience to a visually impaired users' low visual acuity. Furthermore, as small devices are usually used in 'off-desk' environments (Carter et al 2006), poor lighting conditions, such as sunlight reflection on screen, may affect a mobile user's colour perception and contrast sensitivity, increasing reading difficulty. S15, S16, S17, S31…”

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Mobile device impairment … similar problems, similar solutions?

Harper

Yeşi̇lada

Chen

2011

Behaviour & Information Technology

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Previous studies have defined a new type of impairment in which an able-bodied user's behaviour is impaired by both the characteristics of a device and the environment in which it is used. This behavioural change is defined as a situationally-induced impairment and is often associated with small devices used in a mobile setting or constrained environment. Relatively little is known of its extent or the magnitude of the problems faced by the user. Here, we place the work that has been undertaken into a comparative framework of impairment in the context of data input. Our survey finds that 12 problems exist which define all impaired input and we look to understand the similarities and possible solutions in the new impairment group of small device users. For instance, from the literature, we find that users who are both situationally and motor impaired: press keys more than once, do not use enough force and so a key is not activated, and accidentally type keys in reverse order. A wealth of other errors exist in the motor impaired domain but work does not exist to support their existence in the situational domain. However, if commonalities exist for some -it seems work should be enacted to uncover the commonalities of all. Establishing these possible commonalities is important because solutions from one domain can be leveraged into another thereby saving the need to reinvent interventions which already exist elsewhere.

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Mobile device impairment … similar problems, similar solutions?

Harper

Yeşi̇lada

Chen

2011

Behaviour & Information Technology

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“…For example, Mankoff et al [19] created a system that automatically modifies web pages for the needs of users with severely restricted motor capabilities. Meanwhile, Input Adapter Tool [4] offers the possibility of modifying user interfaces of any application written in Java Swing to improve the accessibility for users with motor impairments. However, this system can generally only replace widgets with similarly-sized alternatives (e.g., text boxes with combo boxes) and cannot affect the organization of the interface or the sizes of the interactors.…”

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Improving the performance of motor-impaired users with automatically-generated, ability-based interfaces

Gajos

Wobbrock

Weld

2008

Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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We evaluate two systems for automatically generating personalized interfaces adapted to the individual motor capabilities of users with motor impairments. The first system, SUPPLE, adapts to users' capabilities indirectly by first using the ARNAULD preference elicitation engine to model a user's preferences regarding how he or she likes the interfaces to be created. The second system, SUPPLE++, models a user's motor abilities directly from a set of one-time motor performance tests. In a study comparing these approaches to baseline interfaces, participants with motor impairments were 26.4% faster using ability-based user interfaces generated by SUPPLE++. They also made 73% fewer errors, strongly preferred those interfaces to the manufacturers' defaults, and found them more efficient, easier to use, and much less physically tiring. These findings indicate that rather than requiring some users with motor impairments to adapt themselves to software using separate assistive technologies, software can now adapt itself to the capabilities of its users.

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“…Previous work on user interface adaptation for physically disabled users include adaptation of web pages (e.g., see Mankoff et al [2002], Bigham et al [2006]); automatic generation of GUIs [Gajos et al 2008] and dynamic adaptation of GUIs [Carter et al 2006]. No specific research into interfaces automatically generated to suit an individual using eye-gaze could be found; this has previously been a manual process.…”

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Performing Locomotion Tasks in Immersive Computer Games with an Adapted Eye-Tracking Interface

Vickers

Istance

Hyrskykari

2013

ACM Trans. Access. Comput.

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Young people with severe physical disabilities may benefit greatly from participating in immersive computer games. In-game tasks can be fun, engaging, educational, and socially interactive. But for those who are unable to use traditional methods of computer input such as a mouse and keyboard, there is a barrier to interaction that they must first overcome. Eye-gaze interaction is one method of input that can potentially achieve the levels of interaction required for these games. How we use eye-gaze or the gaze interaction technique depends upon the task being performed, the individual performing it, and the equipment available. To fully realize the impact of participation in these environments, techniques need to be adapted to the person's abilities. We describe an approach to designing and adapting a gaze interaction technique to support locomotion, a task central to immersive game playing. This is evaluated by a group of young people with cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy. The results show that by adapting the interaction technique, participants are able to significantly improve their in-game character control.

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Dynamically adapting GUIs to diverse input devices

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Mobile device impairment … similar problems, similar solutions?

Mobile device impairment … similar problems, similar solutions?

Improving the performance of motor-impaired users with automatically-generated, ability-based interfaces

Performing Locomotion Tasks in Immersive Computer Games with an Adapted Eye-Tracking Interface

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