Visually impaired people and the emerging connected TV: a comparative study of TV and Web applications’ accessibility

Costa, D. C.; Duarte, Carlos

doi:10.1007/s10209-016-0451-6

Cited by 14 publications

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“…However, the designs from this prior work have assumed the motor abilities of people without motor impairments and, thus, little knowledge exists on how these interaction techniques, user interfaces, and applications can be used, if at all, by people with motor impairments. Actually, television control for people with various motor abilities has been little examined overall [59] compared to the attention dedicated to people with visual impairments [19,20,27].…”

Section: Television Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coping, Hacking, and DIY: Reframing the Accessibility of Interactions with Television for People with Motor Impairments

Ungurean

Vatavu

2021

ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

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We conduct an examination of the accessibility challenges experienced by people with upper body motor impairments when interacting with television. We report fndings from a study with N=41 people with motor impairments (spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy) and document their challenges and coping strategies for using the TV remote control, but also their television watching experience and expectations of suitable assistive technology for television. Our results show that, despite several accessible remote control products available on the market, the majority of our participants preferred to DIY and hack, and to adopt coping strategies to be able to use conventional TV remote controls. We contrast their experience against that of a control group with N=41 people without impairments. We refect about the DIY culture and people with motor impairments, and we propose future work directions to increase the accessibility of interactions with television. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Accessibility technologies.

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Section: Television Controlmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coping, Hacking, and DIY: Reframing the Accessibility of Interactions with Television for People with Motor Impairments

Ungurean

Vatavu

2021

ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences

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“…The popularity of the internet use as a virtual media of information repository has increased steadily among the BVI students because of vast capabilities that compatible with their visual condition (Hill, 2013; Kleynhans and Fourie, 2014). On the other hand, the web protocol HTTP was the advancement that made internet uses mainstream for almost limitless amounts of various types of data and ability to add visual media; however, it also introduced an explosion of inaccessible content (images) for people with limited sight (Lewis, 2004; Costa and Duarte, 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

Networked library access and services delivery for the blind and visually impaired university students: evidence from the UAE

Al-Harrasi

Taha

2019

IDD

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Purpose The study aims to discuss the special needs-centric information delivery as a new genre of the academic library services. It also sheds light on the assistive technology used to help blind or visually impaired (BVI) students to access the available digital contents and use online services conveniently. A particular emphasis placed on gaining some insights into BVIs’ perceptions towards the orientation and assistance offered by the access service librarians, as well as any experience in using assistive educational technology for reading and information access. Design/methodology/approach The authors used semi-structured interview survey to gather the necessary data from 35 BVI university students drawn from the Special Needs Services (SNS) Unit at the UAE University. The interview was concerned with use of library e-resources and online services for doing their assignments, easy-to-use facilities to access the e-resources and main challenges facing them in communicating with the librarians. Findings The findings revealed that the BVI students considered that the university library does not answer their needs for getting access to digital content and using online services adequately. Practical implications The Main Library should cooperate closely with the SNS Unit to get the most benefits from their experience in the BVI-devoted services to develop an efficient library information discovery and delivery to this student group. Originality/value There is scarcity of scholarly studies on the pedagogical and information acquisition challenges facing the BVI university students in the UAE higher education. This is the first research study that tackles the experience of the BVI students in using the academic library.

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“…For example, modern TV interfaces present visually impaired persons with many usability problems [15].…”

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confidence: 99%

Product Ideation by Persons with Disabilities

Conradie

Herregodts

Marez

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighti

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Product dissatisfaction among persons with disabilities is not uncommon. Innovation theory suggests that dissatisfied users who stand to benefit from having their unmet needs solved, are likely to be product innovators. However, among disabled persons, little empirical research has thus far been done to determine their degree of ideation, or which characteristics are associated with product ideators. Within this study, we present results from a survey of 178 persons with disabilities, exploring their ideas for products. A panel of two expert judges evaluated their ideas based on user value, feasibility and originality. Using the total score of these three attributes, we used a hierarchical multiple regression model to explore which user attributes can be associated with the best ideas. Our results indicate that overall product dissatisfaction and academic degree ownership both effect idea quality. Furthermore, 12% of respondents also generated ideas that are relevant for nondisabled people.

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Visually impaired people and the emerging connected TV: a comparative study of TV and Web applications’ accessibility

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

Coping, Hacking, and DIY: Reframing the Accessibility of Interactions with Television for People with Motor Impairments

Coping, Hacking, and DIY: Reframing the Accessibility of Interactions with Television for People with Motor Impairments

Networked library access and services delivery for the blind and visually impaired university students: evidence from the UAE

Product Ideation by Persons with Disabilities

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