CSE 590 W - Accessibility Research Seminar - Winter 2015

Time and Place

  • Winter Quarter 2015
  • Wednesdays, 9:30 - 10:20
  • CSE 203

Instructors

Organization

Each week one or two papers will be assigned for reading. A student in the seminar will take the lead in first summarizing the papers and giving an initial critique. The lead student will then lead a discussion about the paper. Students should sign up for 2 credits maximum. There will be occasional talks by researchers.

Schedule

  • January 7, 2015 - Accessible text entry led by Alex Fiannaca
    • Felzer, Torsten, Ian Scott MacKenzie, and Stephan Rinderknecht. "Efficient computer operation for users with a neuromuscular disease with OnScreenDualScribe." Journal of Interaction Science 2.1 (2014): 1-10. Paper (UWNetID required)
    • Felzer, Torsten, Ian Scott MacKenzie, Philipp Beckerle, and Stephan Rinderknecht. "Qanti: a software tool for quick ambiguous non-standard text input." In Computers Helping People with Special Needs, pp. 128-135. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. Paper (UWNetID required)
  • January 14, 2015 - Game interfaces for people with disabilities led by Erin Peach
    • Javier Torrente. 2012. Reusable game interfaces for people with disabilities. In Proceedings of the 14th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility (ASSETS '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 301-302. Paper (UWNetID required)
    • Kathrin M. Gerling, Regan L. Mandryk, and Michael R. Kalyn. 2013. Wheelchair-based game design for older adults. In Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '13). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 27 , 8 pages. Paper (UWNetID required)
  • January 21, 2015 - Supporting blind programmers led by Catie Baker
    • Sánchez, Jaime, and Fernando Aguayo. "Blind learners programming through audio." In CHI'05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp. 1769-1772. ACM, 2005. Paper (UWNetID required)
    • Mealin, Sean, and Emerson Murphy-Hill. "An exploratory study of blind software developers." Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC), 2012 IEEE Symposium on. IEEE, 2012. Paper (UWNetID required)
  • January 28, 2015 - The blind driver challenge led by Kyle Rector
  • February 4, 2015 - Accessibility in the developing World led by Aditya Vashistha
    • Ted McCarthy, Joyojeet Pal, Tanvi Marballi, and Edward Cutrell. 2012. An analysis of screen reader use in India. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 149-158. Paper (UWNetID required)
    • Joyojeet Pal and Meera Lakshmanan. 2012. Assistive technology and the employment of people with vision impairments in India. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 307-317 Paper (UWNetID required)
  • February 11, 2015 - Support for those with Alzheimer's led by Vinod Rathnam
    • Donnelly, Mark, Chris Nugent, Sally Mcclean, Bryan Scotney, Sarah Mason, Peter Passmore, and David Craig. "A Mobile Multimedia Technology to Aid Those with Alzheimer's Disease." IEEE Multimedia 17.2 (2010): 42-51. Paper (UWNetID required)
  • February 18, 2015 - From pixels to access led by Anat Caspi
    • Tom Yeh, Tsung-Hsiang Chang, Bo Xie, Greg Walsh, Ivan Watkins, Krist Wongsuphasawat, Man Huang, Larry S. Davis, and Benjamin B. Bederson. 2011. Creating contextual help for GUIs using screenshots. In Proceedings of the 24th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 145-154. Paper (UWNetID required)
    • Morgan Dixon, Alexander Nied, and James Fogarty. 2014. Prefab layers and prefab annotations: extensible pixel-based interpretation of graphical interfaces. In Proceedings of the 27th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (UIST '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 221-230. Paper (UWNetID required)
  • February 25, 2015 - Accessible Participatory Design Strategies, Design for Empowerment led by Cindy Bennett
    • Julia Galliers, Stephanie Wilson, Abi Roper, Naomi Cocks, Jane Marshall, Sam Muscroft, and Tim Pring. 2012. Words are not enough: empowering people with aphasia in the design process. In Proceedings of the 12th Participatory Design Conference: Research Papers - Volume 1 (PDC '12), Kim Halskov, Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Yanki Lee, Jesper Simonsen, and Keld Bodker (Eds.), Vol. 1. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 51-60. Paper (UWNetID required)
    • Video describing the GeST system found in the paper.
  • March 4, 2015 - Designing for people with dementia led by Rebecca Hazen
    • Stephen Lindsay, Katie Brittain, Daniel Jackson, Cassim Ladha, Karim Ladha, and Patrick Olivier. 2012. Empathy, participatory design and people with dementia. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 521-530. Paper (UWNetID required)
  • March 11, 2015 - Technology for mental health led by Katie O'Leary
    • Gavin Doherty, David Coyle, and John Sharry. 2012. Engagement with online mental health interventions: an exploratory clinical study of a treatment for depression. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '12). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 1421-1430. Paper (UWNetID required)