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11th ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 26-28, 2009
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

 

Technical Program

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday


Monday, October 26, 2009

Program for Monday, October 26th, 2009
Time Program

8:00

Opening of Registration Desk

8:45

Conference Opening

Session Chair: Shari Trewin (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA); Kathleen F. McCoy (University of Delaware, USA)

9:00-10:00

Opening Plenary: Using Information Technology to Assist People with Disabilities

Rory A. Cooper (University of Pittsburgh, USA)

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:30

Technical Paper Session 1: Cognitive Accessibility

Session Chair: Clayton Lewis (University of Colorado, USA)

Comparing Evaluation Techniques for Text Readability Software for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Matt Huenerfauth (City University of New York, USA), Lijun Feng (City University of New York, USA), Noemie Elhadad (Columbia University, USA)

Designing Judicious Interactions for Cognitive Assistance: The Acts of Assistance Approach

Jérémy Bauchet (Institut Telecom / Telecom SudParis, France), Hélène Pigot (U. of Sherbrooke, Canada), Sylvain Giroux (U. of Sherbrooke, Canada), Dany Lussier-Desrochers (U. of Trois-Rivières , Canada), Yves Lachapelle (U. of Trois-Rivières, Canada), Mounir Mokhtari (Institut Telecom / Telecom SudParis, France)

Context-Aware Prompting to Transition Autonomously Through Vocational Tasks for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

Yao-Jen Chang (Chung Yuan Christian University, Roc), Wan Chih Chang (Chung Yuan Christian University, Roc), Tsen-Yung Wang (National Yang Ming University, Roc)

Customizing Directions in an Automated Wayfinding System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairment

Alan Liu (University of Washington, USA), Harlan Hile (University of Washington, USA), Gaetano Borriello (University of Washington, USA), Pat Brown (University of Washington, USA), Mark Harniss (University of Washington, USA), Henry Kautz (University of Rochester, USA), Kurt Johnson (University of Washington, USA)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Posters & System Demonstrations Session I + Posters from Student Research Competition

Session Chair: Harriet Fell (Northeastern University, USA) + Faustina Hwang (University of Reading, UK)

Demonstrations

A Reconfigurable Augmentative Communication Device

Kris Schindler (University at Buffalo, USA), Robert Dygert (University at Buffalo, USA), Eric Nagler (University at Buffalo, USA)

An Improved, Low-cost Tactile Mouse for Use by Individuals who are Blind and Visually Impaired

Justin Owen (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Julie Petro (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Steve D'Souza (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Ravi Rastogi (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Dianne Pawluk (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Tactile and Visual Alerts for Deaf People by Mobile Phones

Hamed Ketabdar (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany), Tim Polzehl (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany)

Posters

3dScan: An Environment Control System Supporting Persons With Severe Motor Impairments

Torsten Felzer (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany), Stephan Rinderknecht (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)

A Cheap, Portable Haptic Device for Relaying 2-D Graphical Information to Individuals who are Visually Impaired

David Burch (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA), Dianne Pawluk (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Accessibility: Understanding Attitudes of CS Students

G.M. Poor (Bowling Green State University, USA), Laura.M. Leventhal (Bowling Green State University, USA), Julie Barnes (Bowling Green State University, USA), Duke R. Hutchings (Elon University, USA)

Accessible Videodescription On-Demand

Claude Chapdelaine (CRIM, Canada), Langis Gagnon (CRIM, Canada)

Assistive Device for the Blind Based on Object Recognition: an Application to Identify Currency Bills

Rémi Parlouar (IRIT - CNRS & UPS (University of Toulouse), France), Florian Dramas (IRIT - CNRS & UPS (University of Toulouse), France), Marc Macé (IRIT - CNRS & UPS (University of Toulouse), France), Christophe Jouffrais (IRIT - CNRS & UPS (University of Toulouse), France)

End-User Moderation of Cognitive Accessibility in Online Communities: Case Study of Brain Fog in the Lyme Community

Kateryna Kuksenok (Oberlin College, USA), Jennifer Mankoff (Carnegie Mellon, USA)

Evaluation of Software Tools with Deaf Children

Ornella Mich (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)

EYECane: Navigating with Camera Embedded White Cane for Visually Impaired Person

Jin Sun Ju (Konkuk University, South Korea), Eunjeong Ko (Konkuk University, South Korea), Eun Yi Kim (Konkuk University, South Korea)

Eye-writing Communication for Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Jang-Zern Tsai (National Central University, Roc), Tsai-Shih Chen (National Central University, Roc)

Johar: A Framework for Developing Accessible Applications

James H. Andrews (University of Western Ontario, Canada), Fatima Hussain (University of Western Ontario, Canada)

SmartKey: A Multi Purpose Target Expansion Based Virtual Keyboard

Khaldoun Al Faraj (University of Toulouse, France), Nadine Vigouroux (University of Toulouse, France), Mustapha Mojahid (University of Toulouse, France)

The One Octave Scale Interface for Graphical Representation for Visually Impaired People

Ikuko Egucdhi Yairi (Sophia University, Japan), Yoshiteru Azuma (Sophia University, Japan), Masamitsu Takano (Sophia University, Japan)

Student Research Competition Posters

A Respite Care Information System for Families with Developmental Delay Children through Mobile Networks

Jyun-Yan Yang (National Central University, Roc)

Defining Virtualization Based System Abstractions for an Indoor Assistive Living for Elderly Care

Nova Ahmed (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)

Designing AAC Interfaces for Commercial Brain-Computer Interaction Gaming Hardware

Stephen Steward (University of Delaware, USA)

Haptic User Interface Design for Students with Visual Impairments

Hyung Nam Kim (Virginia Tech, USA)

iSET: Enabling In Situ and Post Hoc Video Labeling

Mish Madsen (MIT Media Lab, USA), Abdelrahman N. Mahmoud (American University in Cairo, Egypt), Youssef Kashef (American University in Cairo, Egypt)

MGuider: Mobile Guiding and Tracking System in Public Transit System for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments

Wei-Hsun Chen (Chung Yuan Christian University, Roc)

Real-Time Anomaly Detection for Traveling Individuals

Tian-Shyan Ma (Chung Yuan Christian University, Roc)

Sensation Augmentation to Relieve Pressure Sore Formation in Wheelchair Users

Raphael P. Rush (Queen's University, Canada)

14:45-15:15

Break

15:15-17:15

Technical Paper Session 2: Getting Around and Having Fun

Session Chair: Laura Leventhal (Bowling Green State University, USA)

Usability of a Multimodal Videogame to Improve Navigation Skills for Blind Children

Jaime Sánchez (University of Chile, Chile), Mauricio Sáenz (University of Chile, Chile), Miguel Ripoll (University of Concepción, Chile)

Instant Tactile-Audio Map: Enabling Access to Digital Maps for People with Visual Impairment

Zheshen Wang (Arizona State University, USA), Baoxin Li (Arizona State University, USA), Terri Hedgpeth (Arizona State University, USA), Teresa Haven (Arizona State University, USA)

Rock Vibe: Rock Band® Computer Games for People with No or Limited Vision

Troy Allman (UC Santa Cruz, USA), Rupinder Dhillon (UC Santa Cruz, USA), Molly Landau (UC Santa Cruz, USA), Sri Kurniawan (UC Santa Cruz, USA)

TextSL: A Command-Based Virtual World Interface for the Visually Impaired

Eelke Folmer (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Bei Yuan (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Dave Carr (University of Nevada, Reno, USA), Manjari Sapre (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)

19:00

Conference Reception

 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Program for Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
Time Program

8:00

Opening of Registration Desk

8:30-10:00

Technical Paper Session 3: Visual Language

Session Chair: Vicki Hanson (University of Dundee, UK)

ClassInFocus: Enabling Improved Visual Attention Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Anna C. Cavender (University of Washington, USA), Jeffrey P. Bigham (University of Rochester, USA), Richard E. Ladner (University of Washington, USA)

Spatial and Temporal Pyramids for Grammatical Expression Recognition of American Sign Language

Nicholas Michael (Rutgers University, USA), Dimitris Metaxas (Rutgers University, USA), Carol Neidle (Boston University, USA)

Accessible Motion-Capture Glove Calibration Protocol for Recording Sign Language Data from Deaf Subjects

Pengfei Lu (City University of New York, USA), Matt Huenerfauth (City University of New York, USA)

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:30

Technical Paper Session 4: Text Entry and Mobile Devices

Session Chair: Jaime Sánchez (University of Chile, Chile)

The One-key Challenge: Searching for a Fast One-key Text Entry Method

I. Scott MacKenzie (York University, Canada)

NavTap: a Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users

Tiago Guerreiro (IST/INESC-ID, Portugal), Hugo Nicolau (IST/INESC-ID, Portugal), Joaquim Jorge (IST/INESC-ID, Portugal), Daniel Gonçalves (IST/INESC-ID, Portugal)

Haptic Handheld Wayfinder with Pseudo-Attraction Force for Pedestrians with Visual Impairments

Tomohiro Amemiya (NTT Corporation, Japan), Hisashi Sugiyama (Kyoto City Fire Department, Japan)

Freedom to Roam: Mobile Device Opportunities and Challenges for People with Visual and Motor Impairments

Shaun K. Kane (University of Washington, USA), Chandrika Jayant (University of Washington, USA), Jacob O. Wobbrock (University of Washington, USA), Richard E. Ladner (University of Washington, USA)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Technical Paper Session 5: Web Accessibility I

Session Chair: Yeliz Yesilada (University of Manchester, UK)

Enriching Web Information Scent for Blind Users

Markel Vigo (University of the Basque Country, Spain), Barbara Leporini (ISTI- Italian National Research Council, Italy), Fabio Paternò (ISTI- Italian National Research Council, Italy)

Validity of Web Accessibility Guidelines

Giorgio Brajnik (University of Udine, Italy)

14:30-15:15

Student Research Competition Presentations

Session Chair: Faustina Hwang (University of Reading, UK)

Presentations by the top student research competition entrants.

15:15-15:45

Break

15:30-17:00

Posters & System Demonstrations Session 2 + Posters from the Doctorial Consortium

Session Chair: Harriet Fell (Northeastern University, USA) + Richard Ladner (University of Washington, USA)

Demonstrations

Fall and Emergency Detection with MobilePhones

Hamed Ketabdar (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany), Tim Polzehl (Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany)

Naming Practice for People with Aphasia as a Mobile Web Application

Skye Chandler (Jackson State University, USA), Jesse Harris (Jackson State University, USA), Alex Moncrief (Jackson State University, USA), Clayton Lewis (University of Colorado, USA)

VocaliD: Personalizing Text-to-Speech Synthesis for Individuals with Severe Speech Impairment

Camil Jreige (Northeastern University, USA), Rupal Patel (Northeastern University, USA), Timothy H. Bunnell (A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, USA)

Posters

3D Sound for Human-Computer Interaction: Regions with Different Limitations in Elevation Localization

Armando Barreto (Florida International University, USA), Kenneth J. Faller (Florida International University, USA), Malek Adjouadi (Florida International University, USA)

Approaches to Locating Areas of Interest Related to Questions in a Document for Non-Visual Readers

Debra Yarrington (University of Delaware, USA), Kathleen McCoy (University of Delaware, USA)

Don't Listen! I Am Dictating My Password!

Shaojian Zhu (UMBC, USA), Yao Ma (Towson University, USA), Jinjuan Feng (Towson University, USA), Andrew Sears (UMBC, USA)

Dundee User Centre - A Space Where Older People and Technology Meet

Paula Forbes (University of Dundee, UK), Lorna Gibson (University of Dundee, UK), Vicki L. Hanson (University of Dundee, UK), Peter Gregor (University of Dundee, UK), Alan F. Newell (University of Dundee, UK)

Learning How Older Adults Undertake Computer Tasks

Nic Hollinworth (University of Reading, UK), Faustina Hwang (University of Reading, UK)

Providing Synthesized Audio Description for Online Videos

Masatomo Kobayashi (IBM Research, Japan), Kentarou Fukuda (IBM Research, Japan), Hironobu Takagi (IBM Research, Japan), Chieko Asakawa (IBM Research, Japan)

Towards Identifying Distinguishable Tactons for Use with Mobile Devices

Huimin Qian (UMBC, USA), Ravi Kuber (UMBC, USA), Andrew Sears (UMBC, USA)

Doctorial Consortium Posters

An Online Multimedia Language Assistant for People with Aphasia and Other Language Barriers

Xiaojuan Ma (Princeton University, USA)

Assistive Systems for Children with Dyslexia and Autism

Harini Sampath (International Institute of Information Technology, India)

AudioNav: A Mixed Reality Navigation System for Individuals who are Visually Impaired

Navid Fallah (University Of Nevada, Reno, USA)

Generating Animations of American Sign Language through Motion-Capture and Participation of Native ASL Signers

Pengfei Lu (City University of New York, USA)

Haptic/Audio Based Exergaming for Visually Impaired Individuals

Anthony Morelli (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)

Improving Vocabulary Organization in Assistive Communication Tools: A Mixed-Initiative Approach

Sonya Nikolova (Princeton University, USA)

MobileAccessibility: Camera Focalization and Human Web Services for Blind and Low-Vision Users On the Go

Chandrika Jayant (University of Washington, USA)

Persuasive Mobile Exercise Companion for Teenagers with Weight Management Issues

Sonia Arteaga (University of California, USA)

Promoting Sharing Behaviors in Children Through the Use of a Customized Novel Computer System (ECHOEs)

Rachel Menzies (University of Dundee, UK)

Sign Language Synthesis : Skeleton Modelling for More Realistic Gestures

Maxime Delorme (Paris XI University, France)

Using Interactive Objects for Speech Intervention

Foad Hamidi (York University, Canada)

Widget Identification and Modification for Web 2.0 Access Technologies (WIMWAT)

Alex Qiang Chen (University of Manchester, UK)

17:10

SIGACCESS Business Meeting

18:30-20:30

Visit to Quality of Life Technology Center (QoLT). (Meet in hotel foyer)

QoLT is a unique partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. It's mission is to create intelligent systems to give greater independence to older adults and people with disabilities. We are delighted to offer ASSETS attendees the opportunity to see some of their latest exciting projects. Attendees will meet with QoLT researchers over light refreshments generously provided by QoLT.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Program for Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Time Program

8:00

Opening of Registration Desk

8:30-10:00

Technical Paper Session 6: Working and Learning

Session Chair: Armando Barreto (Florida International University, USA)

Evaluating Prosodic Cues as a Means to Disambiguate Algebraic Expressions: An Empirical Study

Ed Gellenbeck (Central Washington University, USA), Andreas Stefik (Central Washington University, USA)

Making Microsoft Excel Accessible: Multimodal Presentation of Charts

Iyad Abu Doush (New Mexico State University, USA), Enrico Pontelli (New Mexico State University, USA), Dominic Simon (New Mexico State University, USA),  Ou Ma (New Mexico State University, USA)

Including Accessibility Within and Beyond Undergraduate Computing Courses

Annalu Waller (University of Dundee, UK), Vicki Hanson (University of Dundee, UK), David Sloan (University of Dundee, UK)

10:00-10:30

Break

10:30-12:30

Technical Paper Session 7: Assisted Communication

Session Chair: Jennifer Mankoff (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)

Speaking Through Pictures: Images vs. Icons

Xiaojuan Ma (Princeton University, USA), Jordan Boyd-Graber (Princeton University, USA), Sonya Nikolova (Princeton University, USA), Perry R. Cook (Princeton University, USA)

Better Vocabularies for Assistive Communication Aids: Connecting Terms using Semantic Networks and Untrained Annotators

Sonya Nikolova (Princeton University, USA), Jordan Boyd-Graber (Princeton University, USA), Christiane Fellbaum (Princeton University, USA), Perry Cook (Princeton University, USA)

Let's Stay in Touch: Sharing Photos for Restoring Social Connectedness Between Rehabilitants, Friends and Family

Margit Biemans (Novay, Netherlands), Betsy van Dijk (University of Twente, Netherlands), Pavan Dadlani (Philips Research, Netherlands), Aart van Halteren (Philips Research, Netherlands)

Talking Points: The Differential Impact of Real-Time Computer Generated Audio/Visual Feedback on Speech-like and Non-Speech-like Vocalization of Low Functioning Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Joshua Hailpern (University of Illinois, USA), Karrie Karahalios (University of Illinois, USA), Laura DeThorne (University of Illinois, USA), Jim Halle (University of Illinois, USA)

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Technical Paper Session 8: Web Accessibility II

Session Chair: Andrew Sears (UMBC, USA)

Collaborative Web Accessibility Improvement: Challenges and Possibilities

Hironobu Takagi (IBM Research, Japan), Shinya Kawanaka (IBM Research, Japan), Masatomo Kobayashi (IBM Research, Japan), Daisuke Sato (IBM Research. Japan), Chieko Asakawa (IBM Research, Japan)

How Much Does Expertise Matter? A Barrier Walkthrough Study with Experts and Non-Experts

Yeliz Yesilada (University of Manchester, UK), Giorgio Brajnik (University of  Udine, Italy), Simon Harper (University of Manchester, UK)

14:30-15:00

Conference Closing and Awards

15:00

Conference Close

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