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HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion

5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society, USAB 2009, Linz, Austria, November 9-10, 2009, Proceedings

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Andreas Holzinger

    1. Research Unit HCI4MED, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation (IMI) Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, Medical University of Graz (MUG), Graz, Austria

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  2. Klaus Miesenberger

    1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 5889)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

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Table of contents (40 papers)

  1. Heuristics and Theory Based Research: Grounded Theory, Activity Theory and Situated Action

    1. A Bridge to Web Accessibility from the Usability Heuristics

      • Lourdes Moreno, Paloma Martínez, Belén Ruiz-Mezcua
      Pages 290-300

    2. E-Inclusion in Public Transport: The Role of Self-efficacy

      • Günther Schreder, Karin Siebenhandl, Eva Mayr
      Pages 301-311

  2. Special Session: Smart Home, Health and Ambient Assisted Living

    1. Smart Home Technologies: Insights into Generation-Specific Acceptance Motives

      • Sylvia Gaul, Martina Ziefle
      Pages 312-332

    2. User Interaction Design for a Home-Based Telecare System

      • Spyros Raptis, Pirros Tsiakoulis, Aimilios Chalamandaris, Sotiris Karabetsos
      Pages 333-344

    3. A Videophone Prototype System Evaluated by Elderly Users in the Living Lab Schwechat

      • Johannes Oberzaucher, Katharina Werner, Harald P. Mairböck, Christian Beck, Paul Panek, Walter Hlauschek et al.
      Pages 345-352

    4. Avatars@Home

      • Martin M. Morandell, Andreas Hochgatterer, Bernhard Wöckl, Sandra Dittenberger, Sascha Fagel
      Pages 353-365

    5. Effects of Aging and Domain Knowledge on Usability in Small Screen Devices for Diabetes Patients

      • André Calero Valdez, Martina Ziefle, Andreas Horstmann, Daniel Herding, Ulrik Schroeder
      Pages 366-386

  3. User Centred Design and Usability Practice: Showcases and Surveys

    1. A Standalone Vision Impairments Simulator for Java Swing Applications

      • Theofanis Oikonomou, Konstantinos Votis, Peter Korn, Dimitrios Tzovaras, Spriridon Likothanasis
      Pages 387-398

    2. AltText: A Showcase of User Centred Design in the Netherlands

      • Kathleen Asjes
      Pages 399-404

    3. Usability Practice in Medical Imaging Application Development

      • Chufeng Chen, Jose Abdelnour-Nocera, Stephen Wells, Nora Pan
      Pages 405-415

    4. Current State of Agile User-Centered Design: A Survey

      • Zahid Hussain, Wolfgang Slany, Andreas Holzinger
      Pages 416-427

  4. Applications and Analyses: Interaction, Assistive Technologies and Virtual Environments

    1. Predicting Pointing Time from Hand Strength

      • Pradipta Biswas, Peter Robinson
      Pages 428-447

    2. Analyzing Interaction Techniques Using Mouse and Keyboard for Preschool Children

      • Bettina Grünzweil, Michael Haller
      Pages 448-456

    3. The Use of ICT to Support Students with Dyslexia

      • Nadia Diraä, Jan Engelen, Pol Ghesquière, Koen Neyens
      Pages 457-462

    4. Investigating of Memory – Colours of Intellectually Disabled Children and Virtual Game Addict Students

      • Cecília Sik Lányi
      Pages 463-475

  5. Analyses and Investigations: Communication, Interfaces and Haptic Technology

    1. A Sign Language Screen Reader for Deaf

      • Oussama El Ghoul, Mohamed Jemni
      Pages 476-483

    2. Spoken Dialogue Interfaces: Integrating Usability

      • Dimitris Spiliotopoulos, Pepi Stavropoulou, Georgios Kouroupetroglou
      Pages 484-499

    3. Usability and Accessibility of eBay by Screen Reader

      • Maria Claudia Buzzi, Marina Buzzi, Barbara Leporini, Fahim Akhter
      Pages 500-510

    4. Video Relay Service for Signing Deaf - Lessons Learnt from a Pilot Study

      • Christophe Ponsard, Joelle Sutera, Michael Henin
      Pages 511-522

    5. Using a Log Analyser to Assist Research into Haptic Technology

      • Fannar Freyr Jónsson, Ebba Þóra Hvannberg
      Pages 523-531
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of HCI and Usability for e-Inclusion, held as the 5th Symposium of the Workgroup Human-Computer Interaction and Usability Engineering of the Austrian Computer Society, USAB 2009, in Linz, Austria, in November 2009. The 12 revised full papers and 26 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on gender and cognitive performance, usefulness, usability, accessibility, emotion, confidence and elderly, usability testing, evaluation, measurement, education, learning and e-inclusion, design for adaptive content processing, grounded theory, activity theory and situated action, smart home, health and ambient assistent living, user centred design and usability practice, interaction, assistive technologies and virtual environments, communication, interfaces and haptic technology as well as new technologies and challenges for people with disabilities.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Unit HCI4MED, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation (IMI) Auenbruggerplatz 2/V, Medical University of Graz (MUG), Graz, Austria

    Andreas Holzinger

  • Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

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