Universal Usability: Designing Computer Interfaces for Diverse User Populations

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Editor's Note vii Preface ix Ben Shneiderman 1. Introduction to Universal Usability 1 Jonathan Lazar 2. Designing Searching and Browsing Software for Elementary-Age Children 13 Hilary Hutchinson, Allison Druin and Benjamin B. Bederson 3. The Why and How of Senior-Focused Design 43 Theresa A. O'Connell 4. Online Redesign of a Web Site's Information Architecture to Improve Accessibility for Users Who are Blind 93 Vanessa Evers and Hans Hillen 5. Listening to Choropleth Maps: Interactive Sonification of Geo-referenced Data for Users with Vision Impairment 141 Haixia Zhao, Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant 6. Improving the Screen Reading Experience for Blind Users on the Web 175 Jonathan Lazar and Aaron Allen 7. Web Fun Central: Online Learning Tools for Individuals with Down Syndrome 195 Assadour Kirijian, Matt Myers, and Sylvie Charland 8. Using Virtual Peer Technology as an Intervention for Children with Autism 231 Andrea Tartaro and Justine Cassell 9. Evidence-Based Computer-Assisted Instruction for Autism Spectrum Disorders 263 Christina Whalen, Lars Liden, Brooke Ingersoll, and Sven Liden 10. Making Software Accessible for Users with Dementia 299 Norman Alm, Richard Dye, Arlene Astell, Maggie Ellis, Gary Gowans, and Jim Campbell 11. Designing a Cognitive Aid for and with People Who Have Anterograde Amnesia 317 Mike Wu, Ron Baecker and Brian Richards 12. Memories of a Life: A Design Case Study for Alzheimer's Disease 357 Tira Cohene, Ron Baecker, Elsa Marziali, and Simona Mindy 13. Interaction Techniques for Users with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Speech-Based Solution 389 Jinjuan Feng and Andrew Sears 14. Adding Gestural Text Entry to Input Devices for People with Motor Impairments 421 Jacob O. Wobbrock and Brad A. Myers 15. The Creating Community Connections Project: Social and Cultural Approaches for Engaging Low-Income Communities 457 Randal D. Pinkett 16. Implementing Community-Based Participatory Research to Reduce Health and Technology Disparities Among Low-Income African-American Women 491 Diane Maloney-Krischmar, Eleanor Walker, David Bushnell, and Sadanand Sirvastava 17. Evaluating the Usability and Accessibility of an Online Form for Census Data Collection 517 Elizabeth D. Murphy, Lawrence A. Malakhoff, and David A. Coon 18. Internationalizing Greenstone: A Multilingual Tool for Building Digital Libraries 559 David M. Nichols, Te Taka Keegan, David Bainbridge, Sally Jo Cunningham, Michael Dewship, and Ian H. Witten 19. Making Universal Access Truly Universal: Looking Toward the Future 587 Jennifer Preece Index.

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