An Approach to the Evaluation of Assistive Technology

R D Stevens; A D N Edwards

doi:10.1145/228347.228359

An Approach to the Evaluation of Assistive Technology

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Abstract

A valid criticism of may innovations in assistive technology is that they have not been evaluated. However, there are obstacles which make this form of technology difficult to evaluate according to conventional paradigms. The reasons behind this are discussed. A particular evaluation which endeavoured to circumvent those problems is described. The item evaluated was Mathtalk, a program to make mathematics accessible to blind people.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	{Proceedings of the 2nd Annual {ACM} Conference on Assistive technologies (Assets '96)}
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	64-71
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0-89791-776-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/228347.228359
Publication status	Published - 1996

Keywords

Evaluation
auditory interfaces
earcons
blind people
mathematics.

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