“The less I type, the better”: How AI Language Models can Enhance or Impede Communication for AAC Users

S Valencia, R Cave, K Kallarackal, K Seaver… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Users of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices sometimes find it
difficult to communicate in real time with others due to the time it takes to compose …

State of the art in AAC: A systematic review and taxonomy

H Curtis, T Neate, C Vazquez Gonzalez - Proceedings of the 24th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
People with complex communication needs (CCNs) can use high-tech augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) devices and systems to compensate for communication …

Sense and accessibility: Understanding people with physical disabilities' experiences with sensing systems

SK Kane, A Guo, MR Morris - Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Sensing technologies that implicitly and explicitly mediate digital experiences are an
increasingly pervasive part of daily living; it is vital to ensure that these technologies work …

Speakfaster observer: long-term instrumentation of eye-gaze typing for measuring AAC communication

S Cai, S Venugopalan, K Tomanek, S Kane… - Extended Abstracts of …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Accelerating communication for users with severe motor and speech impairments, in
particular for eye-gaze-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) device …

Conversational agency in augmentative and alternative communication

S Valencia, A Pavel, J Santa Maria, S Yu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Augmented communicators (ACs) use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
technologies to speak. Prior work in AAC research has looked to improve efficiency and …

DuoRhythmo: Design and remote user experience evaluation (UXE) of a collaborative accessible digital musical interface (CADMI) for people with ALS (PALS)

BA Ivanyi, TB Tjemsland… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We present DuoRhythmo, a collaborative accessible digital musical interface (CADMI) that
gives people living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (PALS) the experience of remotely …

Telehealth experiences of providers and patients who use augmentative and alternative communication

E Beneteau, A Paradiso, W Pratt - Journal of the American …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Objective We explore the telehealth experiences of adults who use augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) and clinicians who work with people using AAC. Materials …

Who are you asking?: Qualitative methods for involving AAC users as primary research participants

E Beneteau - proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
When trying to understand people's perspectives, qualitative researchers in HCI often use
methods which assume participants can easily communicate verbally. There are few …

The design space of nonvisual word completion

H Nicolau, A Rodrigues, A Santos, T Guerreiro… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Word completion interfaces are ubiquitously available in mobile virtual keyboards; however,
there is no prior research on how to design these interfaces for screen reader users. In …

Cognitive load during eye-typing

T Bafna, JPP Hansen, P Baekgaard - ACM symposium on eye tracking …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we have measured cognitive load during an interactive eye-tracking task. Eye-
typing was chosen as the task, because of its familiarity, ubiquitousness and ease …