• DocumentCode
    2351631
  • Title

    Keynote requirements for maintaining web access for hearing-impaired individuals: A ten-year perspective

  • Author

    Berry, Daniel M.

  • Author_Institution
    Cheriton Sch. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    30-30 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    97
  • Lastpage
    98
  • Abstract
    The first part of the title (after "Keynote:") is the title of a paper and talk presented by the speaker at WSE 2001, ten years ago in Florence, Italy. The abstract for the 2001 paper was: The current textual and graphical interfaces to computing, including the Web, is a dream come true for the hearing impaired. However, improved technology for voice and audio interface threaten to end this dream. Requirements are identified for continued access to computing for the hearing impaired. Consideration is given also to improving access to the sight impaired. In the keynote, the author plan to report everything that the author have learned to date about the subject.
  • Keywords
    Internet; graphical user interfaces; handicapped aids; hearing; Web access maintenance; audio interface; graphical interfaces; hearing-impaired individuals; textual interfaces; voice interface; Auditory system; Conferences; Google; IEEE Computer Society; World Wide Web; YouTube; Google; WWW; YouTube; automatic captions; closed captions; video;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Web Systems Evolution (WSE), 2011 13th IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Williamsburg, VI
  • ISSN
    2160-6153
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0699-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WSE.2011.6081826
  • Filename
    6081826