A simple solution: Solution migration from disabled to small device context

YILMAZ Y., Chen T., Harper S.

International Cross Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, W4A 2010, Raleigh, NC, United States Of America, 26 - 27 April 2010, (Full Text) identifier

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
  • Doi Number: 10.1145/1805986.1806023
  • City: Raleigh, NC
  • Country: United States Of America
  • Keywords: error correction, small-device, solution migration, typing error
  • Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Our studies with small - device users show that they experience common input errors with motor impaired Desktop users. When small - device users are mobile their error rates increase to the same magnitude with, in some cases higher than, that of motor impaired desktop users. To address such common errors, we propose migrating solutions from motor impaired to small - device users domain. To demonstrate the benefits of such solution migration, we propose a prototype system that encodes solutions for long key press error, bounce error, additional key error, and key ambiguity error. This paper is different from other challenge papers as it does not demonstrate a prototype for disabled users, but it demonstrates how research and development for disabled users can benefit all. © 2010 ACM.