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Computers Helping People with Special Needs

13th International Conference, ICCHP 2012, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part I

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Editors:
  1. Klaus Miesenberger

    1. Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

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  2. Arthur Karshmer

    1. University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

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  3. Petr Penaz

    1. Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

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  4. Wolfgang Zagler

    1. Institute "integriert studieren", Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 7382)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

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Table of contents (106 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. ULD - Universal Learning Design

    1. Towards a Visual Speech Learning System for the Deaf by Matching Dynamic Lip Shapes

      • Shizhi Chen, D. Michael Quintian, YingLi Tian
      Pages 1-9

    2. Teaching Support Software for Hearing Impaired Students Who Study Computer Operation

      • Makoto Kobayashi, Takuya Suzuki, Daisuke Wakatsuki
      Pages 10-17

    3. The Hybrid Book – One Document for All in the Latest Development

      • Petr Hladík, Tomáš Gůra
      Pages 18-24

    4. Dealing with Changes in Supporting Students with Disabilities in Higher Education

      • Andrea Petz, Klaus Miesenberger
      Pages 25-32

  3. Putting the Disabled Student in Charge: User Focused Technology in Education

    1. Putting the Disabled Student in Charge: Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

      • Lisa Featherstone, Simon Ball
      Pages 33-35

    2. Biblus – A Digital Library to Support Integration of Visually Impaired in Mainstream Education

      • Lars Ballieu Christensen, Tanja Stevns
      Pages 36-42

    3. Alternative Approaches to Alternative Formats – Changing Expectations by Challenging Myths

      • Alistair McNaught, Lisa Featherstone
      Pages 43-50

    4. Access Toolkit for Education

      • Mike Wald, E. A. Draffan, Russell Newman, Sebastian Skuse, Chris Phethean
      Pages 51-58

    5. Community-Based Participatory Approach: Students as Partners in Educational Accessible Technology Research

      • Poorna Kushalnagar, Benjamin Williams, Raja S. Kushalnagar
      Pages 59-64

    6. Applying New Interaction Paradigms to the Education of Children with Special Educational Needs

      • Paloma Cantón, Ángel L. González, Gonzalo Mariscal, Carlos Ruiz
      Pages 65-72

    7. InStep: A Video Database Assessment Tool

      • Fern Faux, David Finch, Lisa Featherstone
      Pages 73-76

    8. SCRIBE: A Model for Implementing Robobraille in a Higher Education Institution

      • Lars Ballieu Christensen, Sean J. Keegan, Tanja Stevns
      Pages 77-83

    9. Identifying Barriers to Collaborative Learning for the Blind

      • Wiebke Köhlmann
      Pages 84-91

    10. Deaf and Hearing Students’ Eye Gaze Collaboration

      • Raja S. Kushalnagar, Poorna Kushalnagar, Jeffrey B. Pelz
      Pages 92-99

    11. The Musibraille Project – Enabling the Inclusion of Blind Students in Music Courses

      • José Antonio Borges, Dolores Tomé
      Pages 100-107

    12. Important New Enhancements to Inclusive Learning Using Recorded Lectures

      • Mike Wald
      Pages 108-115

    13. Development of New Auditory Testing Media with Invisible 2-Dimensional Codes for Test-Takers with Print Disabilities

      • Mamoru Fujiyoshi, Akio Fujiyoshi, Akiko Ohsawa, Toshiaki Aomatsu, Haruhiko Sawazaki
      Pages 116-123

  4. Access to Mathematics and Science

    1. More Accessible Math

      • John Gardner, Courtney Christensen
      Pages 124-129

    2. Accessible Authoring Tool for DAISY Ranging from Mathematics to Others

      • Katsuhito Yamaguchi, Masakazu Suzuki
      Pages 130-137
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About this book

The two-volume set LNCS 7382 and 7383 constiutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2012, held in Linz, Austria, in July 2012. The 147 revised full papers and 42 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 364 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following topical sections: universal learning design; putting the disabled student in charge: user focused technology in education; access to mathematics and science; policy and service provision; creative design for inclusion, virtual user models for designing and using inclusive products; web accessibility in advanced technologies, website accessibility metrics; entertainment software accessibility; document and media accessibility; inclusion by accessible social media; a new era for document accessibility: understanding, managing and implementing the ISO standard PDF/UA; and human-computer interaction and usability for elderly.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  • University of San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

    Arthur Karshmer

  • Support Centre for Students with Special Needs, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penaz

  • Institute "integriert studieren", Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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