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Publications by Stephen Furner (bibliography)

1998

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Colwell, Chetz, Petrie, Helen, Kornbrot, Diana, Hardwick, Andrew and Furner, Stephen (1998): Haptic Virtual Reality for Blind Computer Users. In: Third Annual ACM Conference on Assistive Technologies 1998. pp. 92-99.

“This paper describes a series of studies involving a haptic device which can display virtual textures and 3-D objects. The device has potential for simulating real world objects and assisting in the navigation of virtual environments. Three experiments investigated: (a) whether previous results from experiments using real textures could be replicated using virtual textures; (b) whether participants perceived virtual objects to have the intended size and angle; and (c) whether simulated real objects could be recognised. In all the experiments differences in perception by blind and sighted people were also explored. The results have implications for the future design of VEs in that it cannot be assumed that virtual textures and objects will feel to the user as the designer intends. However, they do show that a haptic interface has considerable potential for blind computer users.”

1991

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Sidhu, Charanjit K., Hewitt, Jill, Watkinson, Neil and Furner, Stephen (1991): User Centred Requirements Modelling for a Multi-User Spreadsheet. In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction 1991. pp. 455-459.

“Since their introduction, electronic spreadsheets have become a very popular tool in the office environment. This paper describes the application of the Generic Office Reference Model to carry out requirements capture for the introduction of spreadsheets in a teleconferencing environment.”

1988

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Hewitt, Jill and Furner, Stephen (1988): Text Processing by Speech: Dialogue Design and Usability Issues in the Provision of a System for Disabled Users. In: Jones, Dylan M. and Winder, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Specialist Group - People and Computers IV August 5-9, 1988, University of Manchester, UK. pp. 529-544.

“Commercial speech recognition systems are available as 'add-on' units for popular office micro-computers. A typical office system has been employed to provide a 'transparent' interface to an ordinary text processing package so that it can be used by the disabled. This paper describes the prototyping carried out to develop the dialogue offered by the system as a result of addressing its user performance characteristics.”

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