Toward automatic adjustment of keyboard settings for people with physical impairments

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Koester, Heidi Horstmann ^a   Lopresti, Edmund ^a,b   Simpson, Richard C ^c,d  

^a Koester Performance Research   (United States)

^b AT Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; assistive technology; computer access; evaluation study; keyboard; physical disability; physical impairment; repeat rate; StickyKeys; user computer interface

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MIDDLE AGED; SELF HELP;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; DECISION MAKING; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-HELP DEVICES;

EID: 63349112815     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17483100701284265     Document Type: Article

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