Understanding how to improve the accessibility of computers through cursor control studies

Keates, Simeon; Clarkson, P. John; Robinson, Peter

Abstract

People with motion-impairments often find it difficult to perform many of the actions required to interact with a computer. This paper presents the results of an on-going series of experiments designed to understand how using force feedback affects interaction for motion-impaired users. Point and click tasks were analyzed using new cursor control measures. The results showed significant improvement in throughput for all users with force-feedback and the cursor control measures were effective in capturing the differences between the conditions.

Citation

Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (2002, April). Understanding how to improve the accessibility of computers through cursor control studies. Presented at CHI '02 Human Factors in Computing Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: CHI '02 Human Factors in Computing Systems
• Start Date: Apr 20, 2002
• End Date: Apr 25, 2002
• Publication Date: Apr 20, 2002
• Deposit Date: Feb 5, 2019
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Pages: 766-767
• Book Title: Proceeding CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems: changing the world, changing ourselves
• ISBN: 1581134541
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/506443.506587
• Keywords: Cursor control, accessibility, force feedback, motion-impaired users,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1497445