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June 2010 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available

The June 2010 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

  1. A Note from the Editor
    Jinjuan Heidi Feng
  2. NTID International Symposium on Technology and Deaf Education - A Review
    Anna Cavender and Richard E. Ladner
  3. Participation of High School and Undergraduate Students who are Deaf in Research on American Sign Language Animation
    Matt Huenerfauth
  4. Anomaly Detection for Travelling Individuals with Cognitive Impairments
    Yao-Jen Chang

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Posted On: Thursday, July 15, 2010

January 2010 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available

The January 2010 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

  1. A Note from the Editor
    Sri Kurniawan and Jinjuan Heidi Feng
  2. Persuasive Mobile Exercise Companion for Teenagers with Weight Management Issues
    Sonia Arteaga
  3. Widget Identification and Modification for Web 2.0 Access Technologies (WIMWAT)
    Alex Q. Chen
  4. Sign Language Synthesis: Skeleton Modelling for More Realistic Gestures
    Maxime Delorme
  5. AudioNav: A Mixed Reality Navigation System for Individuals Who Are Visually Impaired
    Navid Fallah
  6. Using Interactive Objects for Speech Intervention
    Foad Hamidi
  7. Assistive Systems for Children with Dyslexia and Autism
    Harini Sampath, Jayanthi Sivaswamy, and Bipin Indurkhya
  8. MobileAccessibility: Camera Focalization for Blind and Low- Vision Users On the Go
    Chandrika Jayant
  9. Modeling Animations of American Sign Language Verbs through Motion-Capture of Native ASL Signers
    Pengfei Lu
  10. An Online Multimedia Language Assistant for People with Aphasia and Other Language Barriers
    Xiaojuan Ma
  11. Haptic/Audio Based Exergaming for Visually Impaired Individuals
    Anthony Morelli
  12. Improving Vocabulary Organization in Assistive Communication Tools: A Mixed-Initiative Approach
    Sonya Nikolova
  13. ASSETS 2010: The 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Posted On: Monday, February 15, 2010

September 2009 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available

The September 2009 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

  1. A Note from the Editors
    Adam J Sporka and Sri Kurniawan
  2. MyLexics: An Assistive Courseware for Dyslexic Children to Learn Basic Malay Language
    Muhammad Haziq Lim Abdullah, Syariffanor Hisham, and Shahril Parumo
  3. Designing Smart Home Interfaces for the Elderly
    Zoraida Callejas, Ramón López-Cózar
  4. Development Framework for Pervasive Computing Applications
    Václav Slovácek, Miroslav Macík, Martin Klíma

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Posted On: Monday, November 02, 2009

June 2009 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available

The June 2009 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

  1. A Note from the Editor
    Sri Kurniawan
  2. Web Toolkits Accessibility Study
    Zdenek Mikovec, Jan Vystrcil and Pavel Slavík
  3. Pitch in Non-verbal Vocal Input
    Adam J. Sporka
  4. Combating Obesity Trends in Teenagers through Persuasive Mobile Technology
    Sonia M. Arteaga, Mo Kudeki, and Adrienne Woodworth
  5. CFP: Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Posted On: Tuesday, August 04, 2009

January 2009 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available

The January 2009 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

  1. A Note from the Editor
    Sri Kurniawan
  2. Automatic Assessment and Adaptation to Real World Pointing Performance
    Amy Hurst
  3. Improving Computer Interaction for Older Adults
    Nic Hollinworth
  4. Common Input Devices for Malaysian Computer Users with Motor Impairments
    Hasni Hassan
  5. Critically Analyzing Workplace Discourse to Inform AAC Device Design
    Carrie Bruce
  6. A Study of Sign Language Coarticulation
    Jérémie Segouat
  7. Context-Enhanced Interaction Techniques for More Accessible Mobile Phones
    Shaun K. Kane
  8. ICT-Related Skills and Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired People
    Carolina van Puffelen
  9. Generation of Accessible Diagrams by Semantics Preserving Adaptation
    Cagatay Goncu
  10. Good Visual Aesthetics Equals Good Web Accessibility
    Grace Mbipom
  11. Automatic Readability Assessment for People with Intellectual Disabilities
    Lijun Feng
  12. ASSETS ’08 Trip Report
    Karyn Moffatt

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Posted On: Thursday, March 12, 2009

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