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Accessible Speech-Based and Multimodal Media Center Interface for Users with Physical Disabilities

2010; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-12397-9_5

1611-3349

Markku Turunen, Jaakko Hakulinen, Aleksi Melto, Juho Hella, Tuuli Laivo, Juha-Pekka Rajaniemi, Erno Mäkinen, Hannu Soronen, Mervi Hansen, Santtu Pakarinen, Tomi Heimonen, Jussi Rantala, Pellervo Valkama, Toni Miettinen, Roope Raisamo,

Digital Accessibility for Disabilities

We present a multimodal media center user interface with a hands-free speech recognition input method for users with physical disabilities. In addition to speech input, the application features a zoomable context + focus graphical user interface and several other modalities, including speech output, haptic feedback, and gesture input. These features have been developed in co-operation with representatives from the target user groups. In this article, we focus on the speech input interface and its evaluations. We discuss the user interface design and results from a long-term pilot study taking place in homes of physically disabled users, and compare the results to a public pilot study and laboratory studies carried out with non-disabled users.