Toward Goldilocks' pointing device: Determining a "just right" gain setting for users with physical impairments

ASSETS 2005 - The Seventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 84-89

  Koester, Heidi Horstmann ^a   LoPresti, Edmund ^a   Simpson, Richard C ^b  

^a Koester Performance Research   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive computer interfaces; Assistive technology; Computer pointing devices; Physical impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INPUT OUTPUT PROGRAMS;

ADAPTIVE COMPUTER INTERFACES; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER POINTING DEVICES; INPUT DEVICE AGENT (IDA); PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 32344434080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1090785.1090802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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