Paper Info
Title
Designing Messenger Visual, an Instant Messaging Service for Individuals with Cognitive Disability.
Abstract
Considering the importance of Internet-based communications in our society, the lack of Instant Messaging (IM) services adapted to individuals with cognitive disabilities who have difficulties using written language creates a situation of exclusion that has a negative impact on their daily lives. To alleviate this situation we present Messenger Visual, an IM service that uses pictograms as the main communication system. Along the paper we introduce the main design aspects of an IM service to support pictogram-based communications, as well as the design and evaluation aspects of an IM client that takes into account both the pictogram-based communication and the user interface accessibility requirements of individuals with cognitive disabilities.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-21303-8_8
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Keywords
Field
DocType
instant messaging services,augmentative and alternative communication,cognitive disability,user-centered design
World Wide Web,Pictogram,Computer science,Communications system,Written language,Human–computer interaction,Cognitive disabilities,User interface,Multimedia,User-centered design,Augmentative and alternative communication,The Internet
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
6693.0
0302-9743
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.41
8
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Pere Tuset171.95
Juan Miguel López28710.15
Pere Barberán350.89
Léonard Janer451.22
Cristina Cervello-Pastor58916.71