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Universal Access in the Information Society

Subject Areas: Computer Networks and Communications
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals
ISSN: 1615-5289
SJR: 46

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Journal Article

Voicing barriers: accessibility for visually impaired voiceover users on audio chat platforms

Liljeström, Linda; Bern, Charlotte; Ferati, Mexhid

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01096-0

Social media is to a large extent focused on visual elements, negatively affecting accessibility for visually impaired users. Touchscreens, designed to be handled by visual keys, add complexity to the interaction. This study aims to investigate what influences the accessibility for visually...
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Turning manual web accessibility success criteria into automatic: an LLM-based approach

López-Gil, Juan-Miguel; Pereira, Juanan

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01108-z

Web accessibility evaluation is a costly process that usually requires manual intervention. Currently, large language model (LLM) based systems have gained popularity and shown promising capabilities to perform tasks that seemed impossible or required programming knowledge specific to a given...
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Beyond one-size-fits-all: speech rate personalization as a key to inclusive video lecture design

Díaz, Martín; Recabarren, Matías

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01106-1

The increasing importance of video lectures in diverse educational settings underscores the need for further research on designing universally accessible and effective learning experiences. While several design guidelines have been proposed, a consensus on optimal values for certain features...
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VR multi-sensory Zaltman's metaphor elicitation technique: a new method for exploring the needs of older adults in social virtual reality

Shao, Dan; Lee, I-Jui

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01099-x

Loneliness has serious effects on the health of the aged population. Especially, when geographic barriers were created due to the COVID-19 outbreak, older adults were in dire need of social care. This emphasized the importance of social virtual reality (Social VR), a remote social immersion...
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Empowering deaf communication: a novel LSTM model for recognizing Indonesian sign language

Caraka, Rezzy Eko; Supardi, Khairunnisa; Kurniawan, Robert; Kim, Yunho; Gio, Prana Ugiana; Yuniarto, Budi; Mubarok, Faiq Zakki; Pardamean, Bens

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01095-1

Sign language plays a pivotal role in facilitating communication for the deaf community, bridging the gap with the broader society. Nevertheless, mastering sign language poses significant challenges due to the intricate nuances of body movements, hand gestures, and facial expressions. Sign...
Open Access

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Exploring technology acceptance patterns of users of the mixed-reality sport technology Zwift: antecedents and consequences of technology acceptance

Methlagl, Michael; Mairhofer, Samuel; Michlmayr, Friederike

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01094-2

The use of digital technologies in sports is increasing. The current paper deals with the technology acceptance of users of a mixed-reality sport technology called Zwift. The purpose of this study is to identify distinct profiles of Zwift users based on indicators of technology acceptance. Latent...
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Let us hear the voice of the audience: groups facing the risk of cultural exclusion and cultural accessibility in Vojvodina province, Serbia

Kovačić, Sanja; Pivac, Tatjana; Solarević, Milica; Blešić, Ivana; Cimbaljević, Marija; Vujičić, Miroslav; Stankov, Uglješa; Besermenji, Snežana; Ćurčić, Nevena

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01102-5

Nowadays, cultural institutions face the challenge of answering the requirements of a very diverse audience in order to be more socially inclusive, enabling everyone to have access to their cultural content. However, there are different barriers to participation in culture and unequal access to...
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Considerations on generating facial nonmanual signals on signing avatars

McDonald, John

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01090-6

Signing avatars continue to be an active field of research in Deaf-hearing communication, and while their ability to communicate the extemporaneous signing has grown significantly in the last decade, one are continues to be commented on consistently in user tests: the quality, quantity or...
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Game-based collaborative decision-making training: a framework and behavior analysis for a remote collaborative decision-making skill training game using multidimensional scaffolding

Kuo, Chih-Chen; Hou, Huei-Tse

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01103-4

Decision-making is considered an essential competence of the twenty-first century skills. Remote synchronous collaborative problem-solving has gained much attention especially for decision-making training. We designed a framework to promote decision-making training with a multidimensional...
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A framework to improve the accessibility of social media account content

Alzahrani, Rana Khalid; Al-Aama, Arwa Yousuf

2024 Universal Access in the Information Society

doi:10.1007/s10209-024-01093-3

Nowadays, access to social media platforms is a necessity and no longer a luxury, as organizations and governments use them as the primary method to deliver important information. However, it is unfortunate that the number of people with disabilities is increasing with time, while they are still...

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