Enhancing multi-touch table accessibility for wheelchair users

Chris Creed; Russell Beale

doi:10.1145/2661334.2661388

Enhancing multi-touch table accessibility for wheelchair users

Chris Creed, Russell Beale

The University of Birmingham

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Abstract

Wheelchair users can find accessing digital content on large multi-touch tables particularly difficult and frustrating due to their limited reach. We present work in progress that is exploring the potential of enhancing touch table accessibility through the use of mid-air gesturing technology. An overview of an experimental prototype is provided along with the key findings from an evaluation conducted with fifteen wheelchair users at a public library and heritage centre.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ASSETS14 - Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	255-256
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450327206
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661388
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 2014
Event	16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2014 - Rochester, United States Duration: 20 Oct 2014 → 22 Oct 2014

Conference

Conference	16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Rochester
Period	20/10/14 → 22/10/14

Keywords

Assistive technology
Digital accessibility
Mid-air gesturing
Multi-touch tables
Physical impairment
Wheelchair users

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Human-Computer Interaction
Software
Hardware and Architecture

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Creed, C & Beale, R 2014, Enhancing multi-touch table accessibility for wheelchair users. in ASSETS14 - Proceedings of the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Association for Computing Machinery , pp. 255-256, 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2014, Rochester, United States, 20/10/14. https://doi.org/10.1145/2661334.2661388

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