Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
21 results found tagged word prediction.
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SIBYLLE: a system for alternative communication adapting to the context and its user
This paper describes the latest version of SIBYLLE, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) system developed at the Université François Rabelais and the Université Européenne de Bretagne for users with severe motor and speech impairments …
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Corpus Studies in Word Prediction
This paper from the University of Delaware investigates how the choice and combination of training corpora affects the performance of statistical word prediction systems for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices. The fundamental ch…
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From Letters to Words: Efficient Stroke-based Word Completion for Trackball Text Entry
This paper presents a significant extension to Trackball EdgeWrite, a unistroke text entry method designed for people who use trackballs as their primary pointing device. The original Trackball EdgeWrite allowed users to enter text one character at a…
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User Modeling for Individuals with Disabilities: A Pilot Study of Word Prediction
This short paper describes the development of user models that predict how word prediction (WP) systems affect text entry performance for individuals with disabilities. The research addresses a practical clinical problem: clinicians who assess assist…
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Semantic Knowledge in Word Completion
This paper proposes an integrated word-completion system that combines semantic knowledge with traditional n-gram statistical models to produce more contextually appropriate predictions for users with linguistic or physical disabilities. Standard wor…
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Using Handhelds to Help People with Motor Impairments
This paper presents the Pebbles project from Carnegie Mellon University, which developed software allowing handheld computers (Palm PDAs) to substitute for a PC's mouse and keyboard for people with muscular dystrophy and similar neuromuscular disorde…
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Adapting Word Prediction to Subject Matter without Topic-Labeled Data
This paper proposes a method for adapting word prediction systems to the current topic of discourse without requiring human-labeled topic categories in the training data. Word prediction is a key feature of Augmentative and Alternative Communication …
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Joystick Text Entry with Word Prediction for People with Motor Impairments
This short paper presents a joystick-based text entry system enhanced with word completion and next word prediction, designed for people with motor impairments who cannot use conventional keyboards and mice. Existing joystick text entry methods — typ…
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iSCAN: A Phoneme-based Predictive Communication Aid for Nonspeaking Individuals
This paper presents iSCAN (Interactive Sound-based Communication Aid for Non-speakers), a phoneme-based predictive communication system designed for people with severe speech impairments (SSI) who lack conventional literacy skills. The core problem i…
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How Someone with a Neuromuscular Disease Experiences Operating a PC (and How to Successfully Counteract That)
This experience report describes the first author's personal journey as a computer scientist with Friedreich's Ataxia (FA), a progressive neuromuscular disease diagnosed at age 15 that causes ataxia of limbs, dysarthria, and muscle weakness. Despite …