Universal Acess in Human Computer Interaction. Coping with Diversity

1. Part I: Designing for Universal Access

   1. Scenario-Based Design as an Approach to Enhance User Involvement and Innovation

      • Veikko Ikonen

      Pages 164-173

   2. Customer-Centered Product and Brand Experience Design in China – What HP Is Learning

      • Linn Johnk, Zhengxuan Zhao, Nan-Xiang Sheng

      Pages 174-178

   3. A Study of Motivated Interface Based on Human Centered Design

      • Atsuko Kuramochi, Chiharu Yamamoto

      Pages 179-186

   4. Children – Computer Interaction: An Inclusive Design Process for the Design of Our Future Playground

      • Lee Yanki

      Pages 187-196

   5. Local Voice in a Global World – User-Centered Design in Support of Everyday Practices

      • Kirsti Lehtimäki, Taina Rajanti

      Pages 197-206

   6. Designing “Height” into Daily Used Products - A Case Study of Universal Design

      • Rungtai Lin, Shih-Wei Yang, Wun-Sin Siao, Han-yu Lin, Yen-Yu Kang

      Pages 207-216

   7. Designing Data to be Inclusive: Enabling Cross-Disciplinary and Participative Processes

      • Alastair S. Macdonald, David Loudon

      Pages 217-223

   8. The UD Phenomenon in Japan: Product Innovation Through Universal Design

      • Alastair S. Macdonald

      Pages 224-233

   9. Search String Analysis from a Socio-economic Perspective

      • Theo McDonald, Pieter Blignaut

      Pages 234-242

   10. A Conceptual Model of Inclusive Technology for Information Access by the Rural Sector

       • K. Pitula, T. Radhakrishnan

       Pages 243-252

   11. Focussing on Extra-Ordinary Users

       • Graham Pullin, Alan Newell

       Pages 253-262

   12. Augmented Cognition Foundations and Future Directions—Enabling “Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere” Applications

       • Leah M. Reeves, Dylan D. Schmorrow

       Pages 263-272

   13. Privacy and Interruptions in Team Awareness Systems

       • Carsten Röcker, Carsten Magerkurth

       Pages 273-283

   14. On Developing Validator Software XValid for Testing Home Pages of Universal Design

       • Cecília Sik Lányi, Sándor Forrai, Nóra Czank, Ágnes Hajgató

       Pages 284-293

   15. Accessibility, Usability, Safety, Ergonomics: Concepts, Models, and Differences

       • Klaus Peter Wegge, Dirk Zimmermann

       Pages 294-301

   16. How Inclusively Designed Mainstream Products Can Lead to Fresh Thinking in Home Adaptation

       • Alison Wright

       Pages 302-311

   17. Designing for Participation in Socio-technical Software Systems

       • Yunwen Ye, Gerhard Fischer

       Pages 312-321

2. Part II: Universal Access Methods, Techniques and Tools

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 323-323

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   2. Towards a Walkthrough Method for Universal Access Evaluation

      • Margherita Antona, Alexandros Mourouzis, Constantine Stephanidis

      Pages 325-334

   3. An Architecture for Adaptive and Adaptable Mobile Applications for Physically Handicapped People

      • Matthias Betz, Mahmudul Huq, Volkmar Pipek, Markus Rohde, Gunnar Stevens, Roman Englert et al.

      Pages 335-344

The 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2007, was held in Beijing, P.R. China, 22-27 July 2007, jointly with the S- posium on Human Interface (Japan) 2007, the 7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, the 2nd International Conf- ence on Virtual Reality, the 2nd International Conference on Usability and Inter- tionalization, the 2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 3rd International Conference on Augmented Cognition, and the 1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling. A total of 3403 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and g- ernmental agencies from 76 countries submitted contributions, and 1681 papers, judged to be of high scientific quality, were included in the program. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlightthe human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation th- oughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major - vances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. This volume, edited by Constantine Stephanidis, contains papers in the thematic area of Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, addressing the following major topics: • Designing for Universal Access • Universal Access Methods, Techniques and Tools • Understanding Diversity: Motor, Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities • Understanding Diversity: Age

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• Eye-Tracking
• HCI
• Multimedia
• Usability
• adaptive interfaces
• computer mouse
• design modelling
• disability
• extreme programming
• haptic perception
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• human-computer interaction (HCI)

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