This PhD report explores how automatic accessibility assessment benefits both accessibility experts and end-users.
Automatic Assessment of Contextual Web Accessibility from an Evaluation, Measurement and Adaptation Perspectives
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Intelligent Interfaces Enabling Blind Web Users to Build Accessibility Into the Web
This dissertation explores novel intelligent interfaces enabling blind people to independently improve web content.
Developing Web Accessibility: Section 508 Compliance of Post-Secondary Educational Web Site Home Pages
This research studied Web accessibility of education department home pages of institutions accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
A Study of Human-Robot Interaction With an Assistive Robot to Help People With Severe Motor Impairments
The thesis research aims to further the study of human-robot interaction (HRI) issues, especially regarding the development of an assistive robot designed to help individuals possessing motor impairments.
Human-Computer Interaction with Older People: From Factors to Social Actors
This dissertation proposes a different paradigm: from factors towards interaction based on older people as social actors.
Instructional eLearning Technologies for the Vision Impaired
Using as a reference Certified Cisco Network Associate (CCNA) and IT Essentials courses, a study has been made of tools that can access such on-line systems and transcribe the materials into a form suitable for vision impaired learning.
2009 Best Student Paper
ClassInFocus: Enabling Improved Visual Attention Strategies for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students
2009 Best Paper
Hironobu Takagi, Shinya Kawanaka, Masatomo Kobayashi, Daisuke Sato and Chieko Asakawa
The Spoken Impact Project: Using Audio & Visual Feedback to Impact Vocalization in Non-Verbal Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder
In this research, called the Spoken Impact Project (SIP), we explore the effects of audio and visual feedback on vocalization in low-functioning children with ASD