Universal Access and Assistive Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Keynote Commercial Perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Commercial Perspectives on Universal Access and Assistive Technology

      • J. Coy

      Pages 3-10

3. Design Issues for Universal Access and Assistive Technology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Defining Design Exclusion

      • S. Keates, P. J. Clarkson

      Pages 13-22

   3. Quantifying Design Exclusion

      • P. J. Clarkson, S. Keates

      Pages 23-32

   4. Countering Design Exclusion

      • S. Keates, P. J. Clarkson

      Pages 33-42

   5. Inclusive Design — Developing Theory Through Practice

      • R. R. Gheerawo, C. S. Lebbon

      Pages 43-52

   6. A Systematic Basis for Developing Cognitive Assessment Methods for Assistive Technology

      • R. Adams, P. Langdon, P. J. Clarkson

      Pages 53-62

   7. Control of Virtual Environments for People with Intellectual Disabilities

      • P. J. Standen, T. L. Lannen, D. J. Brown

      Pages 63-72

4. Enabling Computer Access and New Technologies

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Why Are Eye Mice Unpopular? — A Detailed Comparison of Head and Eye Controlled Assistive Technology Pointing Devices

      • R. Bates, H. O. Istance

      Pages 75-86

   3. Cursor Characterisation and Haptic Interfaces for Motion-impaired Users

      • F. Hwang, P. Langdon, S. Keates, P. J. Clarkson, P. Robinson

      Pages 87-96

   4. Web-based Multimodal Graphs for Visually Impaired People

      • W. Yu, D. Reid, S. Brewster

      Pages 97-108

   5. Automatically Rearranging Structured Data for Customised Special-Needs Presentations

      • S. S. Brown, P. Robinson

      Pages 109-118

   6. Bridging the Education Divide

      • M. Pieper, H. Morasch, G. Piéla

      Pages 119-130

   7. Contextual On-line Help: A Contribution to the Implementation of Universal Access

      • A. Capobianco, N. Carbonell

      Pages 131-140

   8. 3rd Age Interfaces: A Usability Evaluation of the ‘Your Guide’ Kiosk Prototype from an Older User’s Perspective

      • R. T. P. Young

      Pages 141-150

   9. Virtual Environments for the Training of the Visually Impaired

      • D. Tzovaras, G. Nikolakis, G. Fergadis, S. Malassiotis, M. Stavrakis

      Pages 151-160

   10. User Involvement in the Design of a New Multimedia Communication Service

       • N. Hine, J. L. Arnott, W. Beattie, P. Sergeant

       Pages 161-170

The first Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) was held at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in March 2002. It was inspired by the earlier, highly successful Cambridge Workshops on Rehabilitation Robotics organised by the late Robin Jackson. Robin was the founder of Rehabilitation Research at Cambridge which now continues in the Engineering Design Centre within the Department of Engineering, led by John Clarkson and Simeon Keates, and in the Rainbow Group within the Computer Laboratory led by Peter Robinson. CWUAAT represents the first in a new series of workshops that we are aiming to hold every two years which, reflecting the spirit of recent moves to extend the rights for universal accessibility, will encourage discussion of a broad range of interests. There will be a general focus on product/solution development. Hence it is intended that the principal requirements for the successful design of assistive technology shall be addressed, where these range from the identification and capture of the needs of the users, through to the development and evaluation of truly usable and accessible systems for users with special needs. The best submissions received for the first CWUAAT are contained in this book, where the contributors are all leading researchers in the fields of Universal Access and Assistive Technology and represent a large part of the international research community. They include, though not exclusively, computer scientists, designers, engineers, industrial representatives, ergonomists and sociologists.

• Opening
• Spirit
• Universal access
• assistive technology
• control
• haptics
• human-computer interaction
• humanoid robot
• inclusive design
• rehabilitation
• rehabilitation robotics
• robot
• robotics
• sensor
• usability

• Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  Simeon Keates, Patrick Langdon, P. John Clarkson

• Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

  Peter Robinson

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