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 ...

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 ...

There is broad consensus that audio description (AD) is a modality of intersemiotic translation, but there are different views in relation to how AD can be more precisely conceptualised. While Benecke (Audiodeskription als partielle Translation. ...

This study examines whether the use of AI-Pengtalk, an AI-based Conversational English programme, provided by a broadcasting company (EBS) that specializes in public education can significantly improve conversational English skills and bridge the ...

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 ...

Traditional face-to-face education has shifted to online education to prevent large gatherings and crowds from spreading the COVID-19 virus. Several online platforms like Zoom, GoToMeeting, Microsoft Teams, and WebEx restore traditional teaching ...

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 ...

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 aim of this study was to design user-friendly off-line human–robot interactions based on a telephonic conversation database (TCD), and to provide the elderly living alone independently (ELAI) with psychological support. A TCD was established ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder that is very common among older adults. In truth, taking care of Alzheimer’s patients can be a very tedious job that requires a lot of time and effort. On the other hand, smartphone ...

The purpose of the current study is threefold. First, it evaluates the accessibility of banking websites in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Second, it examines the effect of bank size and prior performance on the implementation of web accessibility. ...