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January 2025
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November 2024
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This study investigates the accessibility of the Ruter mobile app, a major digital platform provided by the public transport authority for Oslo and Akershus counties in Norway. By employing a combination of case study analysis, accessibility audits, and user experience testing, the research evaluates the app’s compliance with WCAG and its overall usability for individuals with disabilities. Despite the inclusion of several accessibility features, the findings reveal significant areas for improvement, particularly in contrast handling, form field support, and logical sequencing. Feedback from a group of six participants highlights the necessity for continuous enhancement of the app design to ensure it is user-friendly and accessible. This research emphasizes the importance of universal design principles and suggests that with targeted enhancements, Ruter AS can significantly improve the inclusivity and accessibility of its digital platforms.
November 2024
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This study explores the proposition of requiring students to hand in universally designed coursework and the transferrable benefits of accessibility audits. Coursework that adheres to universal design (UD) principles will be more accessible to fellow students and teachers. In this study we investigate if the universal design perspective can have positive side effects as a vessel for plagiarism detection. An experiment confirmed that an accessibility checking tool indeed can help flag some cheating attempts that go undetected by the plagiarism detection tool, but not all. Universal designed coursework requirements may prevent students from exploiting several of these cheating techniques. Through the process of preparing universally designed assignments, students will gain practice, knowledge, increased competence, and awareness of UD.
September 2024
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June 2024
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June 2024
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June 2024
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April 2024
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Purpose: Individuals with reduced vision may rely on handheld magnifiers for near reading of texts on household items such as food packaging and far reading of information notices and signposts. Smartphones have become favoured magnification devices due to their pervasiveness. Users typically take a photo of the text, view the image with magnification and explore details by panning in two-dimensions. However, two-dimensional panning is cumbersome, confusing and slow. Materials and methods: To improve the magnification experience, we implemented a proof-of-concept magnifier that reflows text to fit the device's viewport width. The user navigates through the text by scrolling up/down. Our implementation relies on a novel pixel-based text reflow image analysis algorithm. Results: The prototype can successfully reflow text printed on sheets of paper such as notices. Initial tests showed that users preferred the smart digital magnifier over ordinary magnification. Conclusions: More work is needed to successfully handle other important use cases such as electronic information boards and household product packaging. We discuss open challenges and future directions for smart magnifiers.
January 2024
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International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics
January 2024
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International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics
... Like other GPT models, ChatGPT is trained on a vast amount of text data to understand language patterns and generate coherent responses" (date of reply: March 19, 2024). The potential of ChatGPT for science studies has been the object of several studies in the informetric community (see Farhat et al., 2024;Lund & Wang, 2023;Ray, 2023; for a review) and a debate has emerged on its advantages and problems (Gordijn & ten Have, 2023;Korzynski et al., 2023;Rahman & Watanobe, 2023;Sandnes, 2024). ...
November 2023
Scientometrics
... AI-based smartphone navigation assistants present a cost-effective alternative. These systems can provide detailed information about obstacles and environments without the need for external data networks or substantial infrastructure [59]. Smartphone-based systems [60] are easy for VIPs to hold or wear. ...
September 2023
... Inequality (INE) among people within countries and worldwide has been hypothesized to cause political instability, e.g., Roe and Siegel (2011), decrease economic growth, e.g., Michalek and Vybostok (2019), and contrast with what people regard as morally right, Rözer et al. (2022). Peoples' perception of inequality of pay has also been found to be strongly connected to their political standpoint (Bratanova et al. 2016;Fisman et al. 2017;Sandnes et al. 2023). However, Hoy et al. (2024, data from Australia) show that the opinions of right-leaning voters change when misconceptions are corrected. ...
March 2023
Compensation & Benefits Review
... According to the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness [2], by 2050, the number of VI individuals will reach 1.758 billion, including 61 million with blindness and 474 million with moderate to severe VI. With the advent of the artificial intelligence era, many efforts have been made to develop assistive models and systems for the VI community [3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]. However, existing works still have certain limitations, and this paper continues to focus on assistive LMMs for the VI community. ...
August 2022
Expert Systems with Applications
... For instance, when a symbol is interpreted as a division operator instead of a fraction bar, the OCR model can examine the symbols before and after the fraction bar to identify the correct interpretation based on the context [13]. Utilizing information about the mathematical domain and the relationships between the symbols also enables OCR models to enhance error correction accuracy [52]. ...
June 2022
... The social dimension of inclusion is also positively impacted by navigation systems, as they guide users to recreational venues, dining establishments, cultural events, and other social gatherings, thus mitigating feelings of isolation and augmenting their overall quality of life [16][17][18]. Navigation systems make significant contributions to fostering a sense of independence among visually impaired individuals [19][20][21][22]. By providing guidance and real-time information, they reduce their dependence on others for transportation and daily navigation tasks, thereby not only empowering them but also preserving a greater degree of control over their lives [23,24]. ...
June 2022
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
... Taxonomia d'animació funcional en disseny d'interfícies: validació en l'àmbit educatiu reducir la velocidad de lectura (Vital et al., 2022). Por otra parte, el diseño de las animaciones utilizadas en los indicadores de progreso puede afectar, positiva o negativamente, a la percepción del tiempo de espera en función de variables como la velocidad de la animación o el modo en que se representa la evolución del proceso (Li y Chen, 2019). ...
June 2022
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
... Due to a typically sedentary lifestyle [8,9], regular movement and physical activity are essential in preventing secondary health issues for MWUs, such as pressure sores, cardiovascular disease, and musculoskeletal problems [3,4]. This is especially important to MWUs as they have an increased rate of injury risk when compared to powered wheelchair users [10][11][12]. Rehabilitation specialists must be able to effectively and easily monitor their patients' CMP to best assign treatments and therapy for recovery. ...
June 2022
Rehabilitation Research and Practice
... Conventional rule-based methods and manually designed scene templates inadequately capture the complex visual details in many indoor environments [14,15]. Enhancing scene recognition can substantially improve robotic automation by allowing robots to accurately detect, understand, and adapt to their environment [16,17]. ...
October 2021
... Such opportunities to control one's own viewing experiences also appear to be prevalent in educational settings where students learn from pre-recorded audio-only and/or audio-visual lectures as part of massive online open courses (MOOCs) or as supplements to in-person instruction (e.g., students can rewatch lectures to take more detailed notes or study for exams; Du, 2023). As instructional tools, pre-recorded lectures have generally been viewed favorably by the student population, largely due to their accessibility-by allowing students to choose when, where, and how they study, pre-recorded lectures address a variety of student needs (e.g., working part-or full-time, family responsibilities, etc.) while also accounting for learning preferences and backgrounds (Andrade et al., 2022;Ness et al., 2021). For instance, since students can choose at what speed to learn information with pre-recorded lectures, those who may be unfamiliar with course content or have a different language background may opt to watch lectures at slower speeds while those with a high course workload or prior knowledge in the topic may want to accelerate lectures to save time (Cardall et al., 2008). ...
January 2021
Lecture Notes in Computer Science