Title
An Activity Centered Approach to Nonvisual Computer Interaction
Abstract
AbstractIn this work, we apply an activity theory lens to analyze nonvisual computing for blind and low-vision computer users. Our analysis indicates major challenges for users in translating the activities they are working towards into specific tasks to be completed in a system comprehensible manner. Specifically, blind and low-vision students learning to use accessible technologies struggled with organizing their activities, tracking the history and status of their operations, and understanding how the system was acting underneath these interactions. We discuss how activity-centered design can be applied to nonvisual interfaces to better match user behavior in a computational system.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1145/3374211
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Accessibility, visual impairment, blindness, activity theory, activity based computing, assistive technology
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1073-0516
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
32
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark S. Baldwin171.79
Jennifer Mankoff22727230.05
Bonnie A. Nardi31369208.56
Gillian Hayes41852155.64