A mechanism for blind-friendly user interface adaptation of mobile apps: A case study for improving the user experience of the blind people

A Khan, S Khusro - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized …, 2022 - Springer
Access to ubiquitous devices such as smartphones, smartwatches, and wearable assistive
bands is an emerging trend. Smartphones and smartwatches have become an essential tool …

The AM4I architecture and framework for multimodal interaction and its application to smart environments

N Almeida, A Teixeira, S Silva, M Ketsmur - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Technologies, such as smart sensors, actuators, and other kinds of devices, are often
installed in our environments (eg, our Homes) and available to integrate our daily lives …

Multi-device applications using the multimodal architecture

N Almeida, S Silva, A Teixeira, D Vieira - Multimodal Interaction with W3C …, 2017 - Springer
Nowadays, users have access to a multitude of devices at their homes, workplaces or that
they can carry around. Each of these devices, given its features (eg, interaction modalities …

Design and development of multimodal applications: a vision on key issues and methods

S Silva, N Almeida, C Pereira, AI Martins… - Universal Access in …, 2015 - Springer
Multimodal user interfaces provide users with different ways of interacting with applications.
This has advantages both in providing interaction solutions with additional robustness in …

Interactive, multi-device visualization supported by a multimodal interaction framework: Proof of concept

N Almeida, S Silva, BS Santos, A Teixeira - Human Aspects of IT for the …, 2016 - Springer
Nowadays, users can interact with a system using a wide variety of modalities, such as touch
and speech. Nevertheless, multimodal interaction has yet to be explored for interactive …

STL4IoT: A Statechart Template Library for IoT System Design

C Rempillo, S Mustafiz - arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.18175, 2023 - arxiv.org
The engineering of IoT systems brings about various challenges due to the inherent
complexities associated with such heterogeneous systems. In this paper, we propose a …

The role and importance of speech standards

P Baggia, DC Burnett, R Marchand… - Multimodal Interaction with …, 2017 - Springer
Within only a few years the landscape of speech and DTMF applications changed from
being based on proprietary languages to being completely based on speech standards. In …

Developing technologies for the elderly: To whom are we really developing?

S Silva - 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing number of older adults worldwide boosted the proposal of applications
specifically targeting their needs. While the elderly serve as the target audience, this article …

Foundations for distributing the interaction: facilitating universal access through Responsive Cross-Device Applications

F Albertos-Marco, VMR Penichet, JA Gallud - Universal Access in the …, 2019 - Springer
The emergence of the Internet of Things has created the prospect of a future in which
devices can always be connected. There is a trend for information to be available to anyone …

Interaction Modeling in PRACTICE-CTT Vs. SCXML-A Comparison of Two Practical Solutions Applying Interaction Modeling Techniques for Multimodal User-System …

M Sili, M Gira, M Müllner-Rieder… - … Conference on Information …, 2015 - scitepress.org
Nowadays, we are surrounded by various devices to interact with digital media and services.
Each device and its in-and output modalities can support users' abilities differently. Thus, it is …