Dynamic Accessibility: Detecting and Accommodating Differences in Ability and Situation

Amy Hurst, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Andrew Sears, and Shari Trewin


Abstract

Human abilities are idiosyncratic and may change frequently. Static one-size-fits-many accessibility solutions miss the opportunities that arise from careful consideration of an individual's abilities and fail to address the sometimes dynamic aspect of those abilities, such as when a user's activity or context causes a situational impairment. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners in accessibility, mobile HCI, and interactive intelligent systems who are pursuing agile, data-driven approaches that enable interactive systems to adapt or become adapted to the needs and abilities of a particular individual in a particular context.

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Amy Hurst, Krzysztof Z. Gajos, Leah Findlater, Jacob O. Wobbrock, Andrew Sears, and Shari Trewin. Dynamic accessibility: Detecting and accommodating differences in ability and situation. In CHI '11: CHI '11 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems, New York, NY, USA, 2011. ACM Press.

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