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Pub. period:2005-2011
Pub. count:10
Number of co-authors:10



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Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:

Wai Yu:9
Ravi Kuber:6
Emma Murphy:5

 

 

Productive colleagues

Graham McAllister's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:

Wai Yu:22
Judith Good:20
Ravi Kuber:13
 
 
 
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2011
 
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White, Gareth R., Mirza-babaei, Pejman, McAllister, Graham and Good, Judith (2011): Weak inter-rater reliability in heuristic evaluation of video games. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2011. pp. 1441-1446.

“Heuristic evaluation promises to be a low-cost usability evaluation method, but is fraught with problems of subjective interpretation, and a proliferation of competing and contradictory heuristic lists. This is particularly true in the field of games research where no rigorous comparative validation has yet been published. In order to validate the available heuristics, a user test of a commercial game is conducted with 6 participants in which 88 issues are identified, against which 146 heuristics are rated for relevance by 3 evaluators. Weak inter-rater reliability is calculated with Krippendorff's Alpha of 0.343, refuting validation of any of the available heuristics. This weak reliability is due to the high complexity of video games, resulting in evaluators interpreting different reasonable causes and solutions for the issues, and hence the wide variance in their ratings of the heuristics.”

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2008
 
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Murphy, Emma, Kuber, Ravi, McAllister, Graham, Strain, Philip and Yu, Wai (2008): An empirical investigation into the difficulties experienced by visually impaired Internet users. In Universal Access in the Information Society, 7 (1) pp. 79-91.

“In this paper, an empirical based study is described which has been conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the visually impaired community when accessing the Web. The study, involving 30 blind and partially sighted computer users, has identified navigation strategies, perceptions of page layout and graphics using assistive devices such as screen readers. Analysis of the data has revealed that current assistive technologies impose navigational constraints and provide limited information on web page layout. Conveying additional spatial information could enhance the exploration process for visually impaired Internet users. It could also assist the process of collaboration between blind and sighted users when performing web-based tasks. The findings from the survey have informed the development of a non-visual interface, which uses the benefits of multimodal technologies to present spatial and navigational cues to the user.”

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Murphy, Emma, Kuber, Ravi, McAllister, Graham, Strain, Philip and Yu, Wai (2008): An empirical investigation into the difficulties experienced by visually impaired Internet users. In Universal Access in the Information Society, 7 (1) pp. 79-91.

“In this paper, an empirical based study is described which has been conducted to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the visually impaired community when accessing the Web. The study, involving 30 blind and partially sighted computer users, has identified navigation strategies, perceptions of page layout and graphics using assistive devices such as screen readers. Analysis of the data has revealed that current assistive technologies impose navigational constraints and provide limited information on web page layout. Conveying additional spatial information could enhance the exploration process for visually impaired Internet users. It could also assist the process of collaboration between blind and sighted users when performing web-based tasks. The findings from the survey have informed the development of a non-visual interface, which uses the benefits of multimodal technologies to present spatial and navigational cues to the user.”

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Kuber, Ravi, Yu, Wai and McAllister, Graham (2007): Towards developing assistive haptic feedback for visually impaired internet users. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007. pp. 1525-1534.

“Haptic technologies are thought to have the potential to help blind individuals overcome the challenges experienced when accessing the Web. This paper proposes a structured participatory-based approach for developing targeted haptic sensations for purposes of web page exploration, and reports preliminary results showing how HTML elements can be represented through the use of force-feedback. Findings are then compared with mappings from previous studies, demonstrating the need for providing tailored haptic sensations for blind Internet users. This research aims to culminate in a framework, encompassing a vocabulary of haptic sensations with accompanying recommendations for designers to reference when developing inclusive web solutions.”

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Tan, Chui Chui, Yu, Wai and McAllister, Graham (2007): An adaptive & adaptable approach to enhance web graphics accessibility for visually impaired people. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2007 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2007. pp. 1539-1542.

“To date, efforts have been made to enable visually impaired people to gain access to graphics on the Internet. However, these studies only offer a solution for a specific type of graphic by using a fixed set of hardware. To address this, a design approach of an adaptive and adaptable architecture is introduced which adapts to different graphical content, input/output devices (including assistive technologies) and user's profile and preferences. This system brings the opportunity to visually impaired people to gain access to graphics via different modalities by providing an adequate accessibility interface and interaction based on their profiles and needs.”

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Kuber, Ravi, Yu, Wai and McAllister, Graham (2007): A Non-visual Approach to Improving Collaboration Between Blind and Sighted Internet Users. In: Stephanidis, Constantine (ed.) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Applications and Services, 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007 Held as Part of HCI International 2007 Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007 Proceedings, Part July 22-27, 2007, Beijing, China. pp. 913-922.

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McAllister, Graham, Staiano, Jacopo and Yu, Wai (2006): Creating Accessible Bitmapped Graphs for the Internet. In: McGookin, David K. and Brewster, Stephen A. (eds.) HAID 2006 - Haptic and Audio Interaction Design - First International Workshop August 31 - September 1, 2006, Glasgow, UK. pp. 92-101.

 
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Murphy, Emma, Pirhonen, Antti, McAllister, Graham and Yu, Wai (2006): A Semiotic Approach to the Design of Non-speech Sounds. In: McGookin, David K. and Brewster, Stephen A. (eds.) HAID 2006 - Haptic and Audio Interaction Design - First International Workshop August 31 - September 1, 2006, Glasgow, UK. pp. 121-132.

 
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Yu, Wai, Kuber, Ravi, Murphy, Emma, Strain, Philip and McAllister, Graham (2006): A novel multimodal interface for improving visually impaired people's web accessibility. In Virtual Reality, 9 (2) pp. 133-148.

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Yu, Wai, McAllister, Graham, Strain, Philip, Kuber, Ravi and Murphy, Emma (2005): Improving web accessibility using content-aware plug-ins. In: Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2005. pp. 1893-1896.

“This paper describes a novel approach to improve blind and visually impaired people's access to the Web by using a content-aware Web browser plug-in coupled with audio and haptic tools. The Web plug-in accesses the current mouse position on-screen, and makes the co-ordinates available to the audio and haptic modalities. This allows the user to be informed when they are in the vicinity of an image or hyperlink; previously they would only have been informed when they are physically on the link. Thus, when the user is close to an image or hyperlink, haptics and audio will be used to inform and guide them to the actual spatial position. The Web browser plug-in and the associated audio and haptic feedback tools are described in the paper. Finally, results from a pilot study on the usability of this system are also presented.”

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Publication statistics

Pub. period:2005-2011
Pub. count:10
Number of co-authors:10



Co-authors

Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:

Wai Yu:9
Ravi Kuber:6
Emma Murphy:5

 

 

Productive colleagues

Graham McAllister's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:

Wai Yu:22
Judith Good:20
Ravi Kuber:13
 
 
 
May 26

“ The theory gives the answers, not the theorist. ”

-- Allen Newell

 
 

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Read the fascinating history of Wearable Computing, told by its father, Steve Mann

Read Steve's chapter !

 
 

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