A Multimodal End-2-End Approach to Accessible Computing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Biswas, Pradipta. (Editor), Duarte, Carlos. (Editor), Langdon, Patrick. (Editor), Almeida, Luis. (Editor), Jung, Christoph. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: HumanComputer Interaction Series,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Social sciences > Data processing.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5082-4

Research in intelligent interactive systems can offer valuable assistance to elderly and disabled populations by helping them to achieve greater levels of engagement with the world. Many users find it difficult to use existing interaction devices, either for physical or age-related impairments. Howe...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Nick Tanton
• Editorial
• Part I  Design
• What Technology Can and Cannot Offer an Ageing Population: Current Situation and Future Approach
• Developing an Interactive TV for the Elderly and Impaired: An Inclusive Design Strategy
• Designing TV Interaction for the Elderly  A Case Study of the Design for All Approach
• Inclusive User Modelling and Simulation
• Part II  Development
• Intelligent Interaction in Accessible Applications
• Interaction Techniques for Users with Severe Motor-Impairment
• Embodied Virtual Agents as a Means to Foster E-Inclusion of Older People
• Building an Adaptive Multimodal Framework for Resource Constrained Systems
• Part III  Maintenance
• Evaluating the Accessibility of Adaptive TV based Web Applications
• An Interoperable and Inclusive User Modelling concept for Simulation and Adaptation
• Standardization of Audiovisual Media Accessibility  From Vision to Reality
• Author Index.