Mobile Technological Apps to Improve Frontal Lobe Functioning

Ramos-Galarza, Carlos; Acosta-Rodas, Mónica; Sánchez-Gordón, Sandra; Calle-Jimenez, Tania

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51041-1_13

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“…When users used EMKEY voice commands, they obtained better results than just using their head to move the car. By using this functionality, it is proven that the emulator can be more useful and user-friendly for interacting with computers in comparison with the studies in [15,48] which are systems that control the use of the computer using only head movements and simple gestures. Implementing voice commands eliminates the need for users to make awkward facial gestures to emulate actions such as clicking.…”

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Experimental Evaluation of EMKEY: An Assistive Technology for People with Upper Limb Disabilities

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Valencia-Aragón

Ramos-Galarza

2023

Sensors

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Assistive technology can help people with disabilities to use computers more effectively and can enable them to access the same information and resources as people without disabilities. To obtain more insight into the factors that can bring about the design of an Emulator of Mouse and Keyboard (EMKEY) to higher levels of user satisfaction, an experimental study was conducted in order to analyse its effectiveness and efficiency. The experimental study involved 27 participants (Mage = 20.81, SD = 1.14) who performed three experimental games under different conditions (using the mouse and using EMKEY with head movements and voice commands). According to the results, the use of EMKEY allowed for the successful performance of tasks such as matching stimuli (F (2, 78) = 2.39, p = 0.10, η2 = 0.06). However, the execution times of a task were found to be higher when using the emulator to drag an object on the screen (t (52, 1) = −18.45, p ≤ 0.001, d = 9.60). These results indicate the effectiveness of technological development for people with upper limb disabilities; however, there is room for improvement in terms of efficiency. The findings are discussed in relation to previous research and are based on future studies aimed at improving the operation of the EMKEY emulator.

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