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Accessibility of Co-Located Meetings

Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

Authors : Andreas Kunz, Reinhard Koutny, Klaus Miesenberger

Published in: Computers Helping People with Special Needs

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Non-verbal communication is an important carrier of information. Even though the spoken word can be heard by blind and visually impaired persons, up to 60% of the overall information still remains inaccessibly to them due to its visual character [11]. However, there is a wide spectrum of non-verbal communication elements, and not all of them are of the same importance. In particular for group meetings, facial expressions and pointing gestures are relevant, which need to be captured, interpreted and output to the blind and visually impaired person.

This session first gives a systematic approach to gather the accessibility requirements for blind and visually impaired persons, from which two typical requirements are selected and discussed in more detail. Here, solutions for capturing and interpreting are provided, and finally the session introduces a concept for accessible user interfaces.

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Title: Accessibility of Co-Located Meetings
Authors: Andreas Kunz
Reinhard Koutny
Klaus Miesenberger
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Print ISBN: 978-3-031-08647-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-031-08648-9

Copyright Year: 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_33

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