Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 13th International Conference, ICCHP 2012, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part II (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (7383))

The two-volume set LNCS 7382 and 7383 constiutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2012, held in Linz, Austria, in July 2012. The 147 revised full papers and 42 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 364 submissions. The papers included in the second volume are organized in the following topical sections: portable and mobile systems in assistive technology; assistive technology, HCI and rehabilitation; sign 2.0: ICT for sign language users: information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration; computer-assisted augmentative and alternative communication; easy to Web between science of education, information design and speech technology; smart and assistive environments: ambient assisted living; text entry for accessible computing; tactile graphics and models for blind people and recognition of shapes by touch; mobility for blind and partially sighted people; and human-computer interaction for blind and partially sighted people. Front Matter....Pages - A Multimodal Approach to Accessible Web Content on Smartphones....Pages 1-8 Mobile Vision as Assistive Technology for the Blind: An Experimental Study....Pages 9-16 Camera-Based Signage Detection and Recognition for Blind Persons....Pages 17-24 The Crosswatch Traffic Intersection Analyzer: A Roadmap for the Future....Pages 25-28 GPS and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) as a Navigation System for the Visually Impaired....Pages 29-32 Visual Nouns for Indoor/Outdoor Navigation....Pages 33-40 Towards a Real-Time System for Finding and Reading Signs for Visually Impaired Users....Pages 41-47 User Requirements for Camera-Based Mobile Applications on Touch Screen Devices for Blind People....Pages 48-51 A Route Planner Interpretation Service for Hard of Hearing People....Pages 52-58 Translating Floor Plans into Directions....Pages 59-66 Harnessing Wireless Technologies for Campus Navigation by Blind Students and Visitors....Pages 67-74 Eyesight Sharing in Blind Grocery Shopping: Remote P2P Caregiving through Cloud Computing....Pages 75-82 Assessment Test Framework for Collecting and Evaluating Fall-Related Data Using Mobile Devices....Pages 83-90 NAVCOM – WLAN Communication between Public Transport Vehicles and Smart Phones to Support Visually Impaired and Blind People....Pages 91-98 Mobile-Type Remote Captioning System for Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing People and the Experience of Remote Supports after the Great East Japan Earthquake....Pages 99-104 Handheld “App” Offering Visual Support to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)....Pages 105-112 Cloud-Based Assistive Speech-Transcription Services....Pages 113-116 Developing a Voice User Interface with Improved Usability for People with Dysarthria....Pages 117-124 Wearable Range-Vibrotactile Field: Design and Evaluation....Pages 125-132 System Supporting Speech Perception in Special Educational Needs Schoolchildren....Pages 133-136 Designing a Mobile Application to Record ABA Data....Pages 137-144 Creating Personas with Disabilities....Pages 145-152 Eye Controlled Human Computer Interaction for Severely Motor Disabled Children....Pages 153-156 Gravity Controls for Windows....Pages 157-163 Addressing Accessibility Challenges of People with Motor Disabilities by Means of AsTeRICS: A Step by Step Definition of Technical Requirements....Pages 164-171 Indoor and Outdoor Mobility for an Intelligent Autonomous Wheelchair....Pages 172-179 Comparing the Accuracy of a P300 Speller for People with Major Physical Disability....Pages 180-183 Application of Robot Suit HAL to Gait Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients: A Case Study....Pages 184-187 Sign 2.0: ICT for Sign Language Users: Information Sharing, Interoperability, User-Centered Design and Collaboration....Pages 188-191 Toward Developing a Very Big Sign Language Parallel Corpus....Pages 192-199 Czech Sign Language – Czech Dictionary and Thesaurus On-Line....Pages 200-204 The Dicta-Sign Wiki: Enabling Web Communication for the Deaf....Pages 205-212 Sign Language Multimedia Based Interaction for Aurally Handicapped People....Pages 213-220 Meeting Support System for the Person with Hearing Impairment Using Tablet Devices and Speech Recognition....Pages 221-224 Dubbing of Videos for Deaf People – A Sign Language Approach....Pages 225-228 Towards a 3D Signing Avatar from SignWriting Notation....Pages 229-236 Sign Language Computer-Aided Education: Exploiting GSL Resources and Technologies for Web Deaf Communication....Pages 237-244 SignMedia....Pages 245-252 SignAssess – Online Sign Language Training Assignments via the Browser, Desktop and Mobile....Pages 253-260 Towards General Cross-Platform CCF Based Multi-modal Language Support....Pages 261-268 Developing an Augmentative Mobile Communication System....Pages 269-274 The Korean Web-Based AAC Board Making System....Pages 275-278 SymbolChat: Picture-Based Communication Platform for Users with Intellectual Disabilities....Pages 279-286 Developing AAC Message Generating Training System Based on Core Vocabulary Approach....Pages 287-294 New Features in the VoxAid Communication Aid for Speech Impaired People....Pages 295-302 AAC Vocabulary Standardisation and Harmonisation....Pages 303-310 Speaking and Understanding Morse Language, Speech Technology and Autism....Pages 311-314 Reverse-Engineering Scanning Keyboards....Pages 315-322 A Communication System on Smart Phones and Tablets for Non-verbal Children with Autism....Pages 323-330 Assessment of Biosignals for Managing a Virtual Keyboard....Pages 331-337 Applying the Principles of Experience-Dependent Neural Plasticity: Building up Language Abilities with ELA ® -Computerized Language Modules....Pages 338-345 Assistive Technology: Writing Tool to Support Students with Learning Disabilities....Pages 346-352 Communication Access for a Student with Multiple Disabilities: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Approach....Pages 353-360 Multimedia Advocacy....Pages 361-368 How Long Is a Short Sentence? – A Linguistic Approach to Definition and Validation of Rules for Easy-to-Read Material....Pages 369-376 CAPKOM – Innovative Graphical User Interface Supporting People with Cognitive Disabilities....Pages 377-384 A Real-Time Sound Recognition System in an Assisted Environment....Pages 385-391 Gestures Used by Intelligent Wheelchair Users....Pages 392-398 Augmented Reality Based Environment Design Support System for Home Renovation....Pages 399-406 Fall Detection on Embedded Platform Using Kinect and Wireless Accelerometer....Pages 407-414 Controlled Natural Language Sentence Building as a Model for Designing User Interfaces for Rule Editing in Assisted Living Systems – A User Study....Pages 415-418 MonAMI Platform in Elderly Household Environment....Pages 419-422 Modeling Text Input for Single-Switch Scanning....Pages 423-430 DualScribe: A Keyboard Replacement for Those with Friedreich’s Ataxia and Related Diseases....Pages 431-438 Easier Mobile Phone Input Using the JusFone Keyboard....Pages 439-446 Automatic Assessment of Dysarthric Speech Intelligibility Based on Selected Phonetic Quality Features....Pages 447-450 Adaptation of AAC to the Context Communication: A Real Improvement for the User Illustration through the VITIPI Word Completion....Pages 451-458 Tackling the Acceptability of Freely Optimized Keyboard Layout....Pages 459-466 Measuring Performance of a Predictive Keyboard Operated by Humming....Pages 467-474 Dysarthric Speech Recognition Error Correction Using Weighted Finite State Transducers Based on Context–Dependent Pronunciation Variation....Pages 475-482 Text Entry Competency for Students with Learning Disabilities in Grade 5 to 6....Pages 483-489 Vision SenS....Pages 490-496 Computer-Aided Design of Tactile Models....Pages 497-504 Three-Dimensional Model Fabricated by Layered Manufacturing for Visually Handicapped Persons to Trace Heart Shape....Pages 505-508 Viable Haptic UML for Blind People....Pages 509-516 Non-visual Presentation of Graphs Using the Novint Falcon....Pages 517-520 Towards a Geographic Information System Facilitating Navigation of Visually Impaired Users....Pages 521-528 Combination of Map-Supported Particle Filters with Activity Recognition for Blind Navigation....Pages 529-535 AccessibleMap....Pages 536-543 Design and User Satisfaction of Interactive Maps for Visually Impaired People....Pages 544-551 A Mobile Application Concept to Encourage Independent Mobility for Blind and Visually Impaired Students....Pages 552-559 Do-It-Yourself Object Identification Using Augmented Reality for Visually Impaired People....Pages 560-565 An Assistive Vision System for the Blind That Helps Find Lost Things....Pages 566-572 Designing a Virtual Environment to Evaluate Multimodal Sensors for Assisting the Visually Impaired....Pages 573-580 A Segmentation-Based Stereovision Approach for Assisting Visually Impaired People....Pages 581-587 KinDectect: Kinect Detecting Objects....Pages 588-595 A System Helping the Blind to Get Merchandise Information....Pages 596-598 Accessibility for the Blind on an Open-Source Mobile Platform....Pages 599-606 Accessibility of Android-Based Mobile Devices: A Prototype to Investigate Interaction with Blind Users....Pages 607-614 TypeInBraille: Quick Eyes-Free Typing on Smartphones....Pages 615-622 Real-Time Display Recognition System for Visually Impaired....Pages 623-629 A Non-visual Interface for Tasks Requiring Rapid Recognition and Response....Pages 630-635 Reaching to Sound Accuracy in the Peri-personal Space of Blind and Sighted Humans....Pages 636-643 Hapto-acoustic Scene Representation....Pages 644-650 Efficient Access to PC Applications by Using a Braille Display with Active Tactile Control (ATC)....Pages 651-658 Applications of Optically Actuated Haptic Elements....Pages 659-663 Trackable Interactive Multimodal Manipulatives: Towards a Tangible User Environment for the Blind....Pages 664-671 Introduction of New Body-Braille Devices and Applications....Pages 672-675 Back Matter....Pages - The two-volume set LNCS 7382 and 7383 constiutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2012, held in Linz, Austria, in July 2012. The 147 revised full papers and 42 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 364 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following topical sections: universal learning design; putting the disabled student in charge: user focused technology in education; access to mathematics and science; policy and service provision; creative design for inclusion, virtual user models for designing and using inclusive products; web accessibility in advanced technologies, website accessibility metrics; entertainment software accessibility; document and media accessibility; inclusion by accessible social media; a new era for document accessibility: understanding, managing and implementing the ISO standard PDF/UA; and human-computer interaction and usability for elderly