The information-theoretic analysis of unimodal interfaces and their multimodal counterparts

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 28-35

  Baljko, Melanie ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC); Interface Evaluation; Interventions for Communication Disorders; Multimodal Interfaces; Speech Generating Devices (SGD); Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCA)

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMANTICS;

AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); INTERVENTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; MULTIMODAL INTERFACES; SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES (SGD); VOICE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION AIDS (VOCA);

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 32344439412     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1090785.1090793     Document Type: Conference Paper

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