Nowadays, cultural institutions face the challenge of answering the requirements of a very diverse audience in order to be more socially inclusive, enabling everyone to have access to their cultural content. However, there are different barriers ...

This study aims to examine the critical role of the third-party partnership and extend the Extended Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) framework for restaurant customers’ adoption of self-service technologies (SSTs). The ...

Event management is a growing sector in the tourism industry and one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The sector contributes significantly to global economies and provides substantial employment opportunities. Events are spaces for ...

With so much confusion around use case modeling, software developers may be reluctant to apply it. However, use cases are easy to apply and have great benefits even in research settings with nonprofessional software developers involved. We report ...

Mental health professionals undergo continuous training throughout their careers. Their training consists in part of the supervision of cases by an entire healthcare team, a practice that allows them to consolidate their understanding of ...

In recent years, the interaction of a human operator with teleoperated robotic systems has been much improved. One of the factors influencing this improvement is the addition of force feedback to complement the visual feedback provided by ...

The development of Web 3.0 is aimed at utilizing available information to enhance users’ experiences of searching, allowing this process to be catered by different users to their own needs. However, websites do not make life easier for blind ...

The architectural experience of visiting a virtual building and exploring its contents requires tools to provide visitors with accessible and pleasurable ways to conduct their stroll and facilitate the contemplation and enjoyment of the contents ...

Personalization of suggestions of contents plays a key role in adaptive virtual learning environments. Good recommendations can raise the interest of students in the learning process, while, on the other hand, bad recommendations can have ...

The importance of using accessible learning objects in order to ensure access to education for all students is notable. The present work sought to bring an overview of the research on accessible learning objects for the visually impaired based on ...

Ambient assisted living (AAL) proposes a vision of the future in which older people can remain in their homes on their own for as long as possible, guaranteeing care and attention thanks to intelligent systems capable of making their lives easier. ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder that results in narrow interest and impairments in communication and social relationships. Usually, unknown contexts generate anxiety and frustration in persons with ASD, and great ...

The transmission of informational privacy has become a fertile ground for debate among competing actors affected by the proliferation of information communication technologies. Contexts are among the factors that shape the flow of informational ...

Designing serious games (SG) for children with a cognitive disorder like dyslexia presents some challenges. Indeed, understanding the needs of target users can provide guidelines for creating digital learning environments that attract their ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been providing an opportunity to demonstrate the importance and capability for e-learning to deliver quality learning for many universities. In higher education, e-learning systems, such as mobile learning (m-learning) ...

This paper reports the results of the automated accessibility evaluation of nearly three million web pages. The analysis of the evaluations allowed us to characterize the status of web accessibility. On average, we identified 30 errors per web ...

The adoption of mobile health technology can assist in enhancing the quality of life of elderly people. Over the last few years, though mHealth research has expanded, the usage of mHealth applications among elderly is still minimal. This study ...

The accuracy of satellite-based positioning systems is poor in indoor environments and around built environments. Reading and following visual cues still remain the most common mechanism for providing and receiving wayfinding information in such ...