A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users

Calvin Luy; Jeremy Law; Lily Ho; Richard Matheson; Tracey Cai; Anuradha Madugalla; John Grundy

doi:10.1109/VL/HCC51201.2021.9576203

A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users

Calvin Luy, Jeremy Law, Lily Ho, Richard Matheson, Tracey Cai, Anuradha Madugalla, John Grundy

Department of Software Systems & Cybersecurity

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Abstract

Most prior research into adaptable and adaptive user interfaces primarily focuses on facilitating consistent user experiences across devices and pays less attention to facilitating universal access for diverse end users. We address this shortcoming by developing adaptable user interface components for a category of diverse users, the vision impaired. This paper presents a framework that supports run time adaptation of web components to suit vision impaired users by using a set of adaptable, reusable widgets. We developed a prototype using these components and evaluated its effectiveness. Our results show that an such an adaptable user interface provides significant benefit in many key W3C accessibility areas, helping to make the web more accessible for diverse end users.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2021
Editors	Kyle Harms, Jacome Cunha, Steve Oney, Caitlin Kelleher
Place of Publication	Piscataway NJ USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665445924
ISBN (Print)	9781665445931
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VL/HCC51201.2021.9576203
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 2021 - St. Louis, United States of America Duration: 10 Oct 2021 → 13 Oct 2021 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9575169/proceeding (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Volume	2010-October
ISSN (Print)	1943-6092
ISSN (Electronic)	1943-6106

Conference

Conference	IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 2021
Abbreviated title	VL/HCC 2021
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	St. Louis
Period	10/10/21 → 13/10/21
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9575169/proceeding (Proceedings)

Keywords

Accessibility
Adaptive user interface
Human computer interaction
Personalised UI
Visual impairment

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Luy, C., Law, J., Ho, L., Matheson, R., Cai, T., Madugalla, A., & Grundy, J. (2021). A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users. In K. Harms, J. Cunha, S. Oney, & C. Kelleher (Eds.), Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2021 (Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC; Vol. 2010-October). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/VL/HCC51201.2021.9576203

Luy, Calvin ; Law, Jeremy ; Ho, Lily et al. / A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users. Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2021. editor / Kyle Harms ; Jacome Cunha ; Steve Oney ; Caitlin Kelleher. Piscataway NJ USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2021. (Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC).

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Luy, C, Law, J, Ho, L, Matheson, R, Cai, T, Madugalla, A & Grundy, J 2021, A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users. in K Harms, J Cunha, S Oney & C Kelleher (eds), Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2021. Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC, vol. 2010-October, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway NJ USA, IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing 2021, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, 10/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/VL/HCC51201.2021.9576203

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Luy C, Law J, Ho L, Matheson R, Cai T, Madugalla A et al. A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users. In Harms K, Cunha J, Oney S, Kelleher C, editors, Proceedings - 2021 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC 2021. Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2021. (Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, VL/HCC). doi: 10.1109/VL/HCC51201.2021.9576203

A toolkit for building more adaptable user interfaces for vision-impaired users

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