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Automating accessibility: the dynamic keyboard

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Assets '04: Proceedings of the 6th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

Pages 71 - 78

https://doi.org/10.1145/1028630.1028644

Published: 01 September 2003 Publication History

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People with motor disabilities may need to adjust the configuration of their input devices, but often find this an obscure and difficult process. The Dynamic Keyboard exemplifies a potential solution. It continuously adjusts fundamental keyboard accessibility features to suit the requirements of the current user, based on a keyboard use model. Early field results indicate that users have not chosen to take control of these accessibility features from the Dynamic Keyboard, and that a variety of settings are being used. A more detailed ongoing study suggests that automatic adjustment of the key repeat delay feature is acceptable to users, while the debounce feature may not be appropriate for dynamic adjustment.

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Automating accessibility: the dynamic keyboard
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens

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Assets '04: Proceedings of the 6th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility

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ISBN:158113911X

DOI:10.1145/1028630

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