TY - GEN
T1 - The cost of turning heads
T2 - 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, ASSETS 2016
AU - Yasmeen, Faroqi Shah
AU - Williams, Kristin
AU - Moffatt, Karyn
AU - Hong, Jonggi
AU - Findlater, Leah
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
©2016 ACM..
PY - 2016/10/23
Y1 - 2016/10/23
N2 - Current symbol-based dictionaries providing vocabulary support for persons with the language disorder, aphasia, are housed on smartphones or other portable devices. To employ the support on their attention he neglect of l inflection. A HWDs) as an nobtrusive, and id not directly o address this n a HWD to s of overall success. Lastly, might be better contributes (1) these external devices requires the user to divertaway from their conversation partner, to tconversation dynamics like eye contact or verbaprior study investigated head-worn displays (alternative form factor for supporting glanceable, ualways-Available conversation support, but it dcompare the HWD to a control condition. Tlimitation, we compared vocabulary support oequivalent support on a smartphone in termexperience, perceived focus, and conversational we elicited critical discussion of how each device designed for conversation support. Our work evidence that a HWD can support more efficient communication, (2) preliminary results that a HWD can provide a better overall experience using assistive vocabulary, and (3) a characterization of the design features persons with aphasia value in portable conversation support technologies. Our findings should motivate further work on head-worn conversation support for persons with aphasia.
AB - Current symbol-based dictionaries providing vocabulary support for persons with the language disorder, aphasia, are housed on smartphones or other portable devices. To employ the support on their attention he neglect of l inflection. A HWDs) as an nobtrusive, and id not directly o address this n a HWD to s of overall success. Lastly, might be better contributes (1) these external devices requires the user to divertaway from their conversation partner, to tconversation dynamics like eye contact or verbaprior study investigated head-worn displays (alternative form factor for supporting glanceable, ualways-Available conversation support, but it dcompare the HWD to a control condition. Tlimitation, we compared vocabulary support oequivalent support on a smartphone in termexperience, perceived focus, and conversational we elicited critical discussion of how each device designed for conversation support. Our work evidence that a HWD can support more efficient communication, (2) preliminary results that a HWD can provide a better overall experience using assistive vocabulary, and (3) a characterization of the design features persons with aphasia value in portable conversation support technologies. Our findings should motivate further work on head-worn conversation support for persons with aphasia.
KW - AAC
KW - Accessibility
KW - Aphasia
KW - Conversational support
KW - Head-worn display
KW - Wearable computing
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U2 - 10.1145/2982142.2982165
DO - 10.1145/2982142.2982165
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85006698987
T3 - ASSETS 2016 - Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
SP - 111
EP - 120
BT - ASSETS 2016 - Proceedings of the 18th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Y2 - 24 October 2016 through 26 October 2016
ER -