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Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity

5th International Conference, UAHCI 2009, Held as Part of HCI International 2009, San Diego, CA, USA, July 19-24, 2009. Proceedings, Part I

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Table of contents (77 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Interaction and Support for People with Sensory Impairments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Technology Support for Analyzing User Interactions to Create User-Centered Interactions

      • Dirk Burkhardt, Kawa Nazemi, Nadeem Bhatti, Christoph Hornung
      Pages 3-12
    3. User-Centred Design and Literacy Tools for the Deaf

      • Tania di Mascio, Rosella Gennari
      Pages 13-20
    4. Sign Language Recognition, Generation, and Modelling: A Research Effort with Applications in Deaf Communication

      • Eleni Efthimiou, Stavroula-Evita Fotinea, Christian Vogler, Thomas Hanke, John Glauert, Richard Bowden et al.
      Pages 21-30
    5. Improving Static Print Design Readability Using Mobile Reading Filters

      • Jackson Feijó Filho, Wilson Prata
      Pages 31-37
    6. A Multimodal Board Game System Interface Using Finger Input for Visually Impaired Computer Users

      • Yusuke Hamaguchi, Daisuke Nagasaka, Takahiro Tamesue, Kazunori Itoh, Michio Shimizu, Masahiko Sugimoto et al.
      Pages 68-77
    7. Applying Human-Centered Design to Rehabilitation Device

      • Lan-Ling Huang, Dengchuan Cai
      Pages 78-85
    8. Design of an Assistance System for Elderly Based on Analyses of Needs and Acceptance

      • Stefan Lutherdt, Carsten Stiller, Katrin Lienert, Sabine Spittel, Fred Roß, Christoph Ament et al.
      Pages 96-105
    9. Educational Sound Symbols for the Visually Impaired

      • Steve Mannheimer, Mexhid Ferati, Davide Bolchini, Mathew Palakal
      Pages 106-115
    10. Accessing User Information for Use in Design

      • Chris McGinley, Hua Dong
      Pages 116-125
    11. Engineering User Centered Interaction Systems for Semantic Visualizations

      • Kawa Nazemi, Thomas Daniel Ullmann, Christoph Hornung
      Pages 126-134
    12. An Open Source Tool for Simulating a Variety of Vision Impairments in Developing Swing Applications

      • Theofanis Oikonomou, Konstantinos Votis, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Peter Korn
      Pages 135-144
    13. Interaction with Colored Graphical Representations on Braille Devices

      • Christiane Taras, Thomas Ertl
      Pages 164-173

About this book

This three-volume set LNCS 5614-5616 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Addressing Diversity, UAHCI 2009, held as Part of HCI International 2009, in San Diego, CA, USA, in July 2009, jointly with 8 other thematically similar conferences.

The revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in universal access namely interaction and support for people with sensory impairments, older users and technology interaction and support for people with cognitive impairments, design knowledge and approaches for accessibility and universal access.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Institute of Computer Science, N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece - and University of Crete, Department of Computer Science, Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

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