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2007

Archambault, D., Stöger, B., Batušić, M., Fahrengruber, C. and Miesenberger, K. Mathematical working environments for the Blind: what is needed now? Long version of the previous paper, published in the ICALT Workshop Proceedings. Proceedings of the Workshop on Advanced Learning Technologies for Disabled and Non-Disabled People (WALTD) held in: The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007), July 18-20, 2007, Niigata, Japan

Archambault, D., Stöger, B. Mathematical working environments for the Blind: what is needed now? The 7th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2007), July 18-20, 2007, Niigata, Japan, IEEE/CPS, p 915-916 (short version of the previous one)

Archambault, D., Stöger, B., Batušić, M., Fahrengruber, C. and Miesenberger, K. A Software Model to Support Collaborative Mathematical Work between Braille and Sighted Users. To be published in ASSETS 2007, October 15-17 2007, Ninth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Chêne, D. and Zijp-Rouzier, S. Haptic centred interface for geometry learning. ASSISTH'07, 1st International Conference on accessibility and assistive technology for people in disability situation, Toulouse, France

Crossan, A. and Brewster, S. Multimodal Trajectory Playback for Teaching Shape Information and Trajectories to Visually Impaired Computer Users, To appear in the ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, ACM Press, 2007.

Daunys, G. and Lauruska, V. Sonification System of Maps for Blind. HCI International 2007 Proceedings Volume 6, LNCS_4555, ISBN: 978-3-540-73280-8.

Evreinova, T.G., Evreinov, G. & Raisamo, R. A Camera-joystick for Sound-Augmented Non-Visual Navigation and Target Acquisition: a Case Study. To be published in journal: Universal Access in the Information Society. Springer.

Evreinova, T.G., Vesterinen, L.K., Evreinov, G. & Raisamo, R. An Exploration of Directional-Predictive Sounds for Non-Visual Interaction with Graphs. Extended version adopted for KAIS Journal, Springer, Special Issue.

Gouy-Pailler, C., Zijp-Rouzier, S., Vidal, S. and Chêne, D. A haptic based interface to ease visually impaired pupil's inclusion in geometry lessons. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction,HCI International 2007, Beijing, China.

Jansson, G. (2007). Haptics as a substitute for vision. In M. A. Hersh and M. A. Johnson (Eds.), Assistive technology for vision-impaired and blind (pp. 137-169). London: Springer.

Jansson, G. & Juhasz, I. (2007). The reading of virtual maps without vision. Paper at XXIII International Cartographic Conference, Moskva, 4-10 August, 2007 (ICC 2007), Theme 23 Maps for Blind and Visually Impaired. Available on Conference CD.

Jansson, G. and Raisamo,R. Haptic Interaction. In Constantine Stephanidis (Ed.), The Universal Access Handbook, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. (in press).

Lauruska, V. Seeing in Control. eStrategies Europa. vol 1. No3, p.p. 44-45, 2007.

Magnusson, C. and Rassmus-Gröhn, K. Force design for memory aids in haptic environments. ENACTIVE 07, Grenoble, France, November 19-22, 2007.

Magnusson, C., Rassmus-Gröhn, K. & Eftring, H. Drawing and guiding gestures in a mathematical task using the AHEAD application. ENACTIVE 07, Grenoble, France, November 19-22, 2007.

Martin, B, Pecci, I. & Pietrzak, T. Angle Recognition Cues using a new API dedicated to the VTPlayer Mouse. In Proceedings of HuMaN'07 (Human Machine iNteraction Conference), Conférence Internationale sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine, March 12-14, TIMIMOUN, Algerian Sahara, pp.119-126, 2007.

Pietrzak, T., Martin, B., Pecci, I., Saarinen, R., Raisamo, R. and Järvi, J. The MICOLE Architecture: Multimodal Support for Inclusion of Visually Impaired Children. In The Ninth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI' 07), Nagoya, Japan, 12-15 November, 8 pages, 2007. ACM Press.

Pietrzak, T., Pecci, I. & Martin, B. Un logiciel d’exploration de schémas de circuits électriques basé sur l’API MICOLE. IHM 2007, 19th French-speaking conference on Human-computer interaction, IRCAM, Paris, France, November 13-15, 2007, ACM Press, 4 pages, presented as demonstration.

Rassmus-Gröhn, K., Magnusson, C. & Eftring, H. AHEAD - Audio-Haptic Drawing Editor And Explorer for Education. HAVE 2007 - IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, Ottawa - Canada, 12-14 October 2007.

Rassmus-Gröhn, K., Magnusson, C. & Eftring, H. Iterative design of an audio-haptic drawing application. CHI 2007 (Computer/Human Interaction 2007 ), Work In Progress, 28 April - 3 May, 2007 San Jose, California, USA.

Sallnäs, E-L., Moll, J., and Severinson Eklundh, K. (2007). Group Work about Geometrical Concepts among Blind and Sighted Pupils Using Haptic Interfaces. Proc. of World Haptics 2007 (pp. 330-335).

2006

Archambault, D. & Moço, V. Canonical MathML to simplify conversion of MathML to Braille mathematical notations. In Proceedings of ICCHP'2006 Conference (10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs) in Linz, Austria, July 2006. — Springer LNCS 4061, K. Miesenberger, J. Klaus, W. Zagler, A. Karshmer (Eds.). — pp. 1191-1198.

Crossan, A. & Brewster, S. Two-Handed Navigation in a Haptic Virtual Environment. Extended Abstracts of CHI 2006, Montreal, Canada. ACM Press.

Daunys, G. and Lauruska, V. Maps Sonification System Using Digitiser for Visually Impaired Children. K. Miesenberger, J. Klaus, W. Zagler, D. Burger(Eds.): ICCHP 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. ISBN-10 3-540-36020-4. ISSN 0302-9743. vol. 4061. p.p.12-15, 2006.

Evreinova, T.G., Evreinov, G. & Raisamo, R. An Alternative Approach to Strengthening Tactile Memory for Sensory Disabled People. Universal Access in Information Society. Vol 5, No 2.Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006. pp. 189 - 198.

Evreinova, T.G., Evreinov G. and Raisamo R. Evaluating the Length of Virtual Horizontal Bar Chart Columns Augmented with Wrench and Sound Feedback. In Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006 Austria, Linz, 10-14 July 2006, LNCS 4061, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006,pp. 353-360.

Evreinova, T.V., Evreinov, G. and Raisamo,R. Video as Input: Spiral Search with the Sparse Angular Sampling. In Proc. of ISCIS 2006 Levi, A. et al. (Eds.), Istanbul, Turkey, 1-3 Nov., LNCS 4263, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006, pp. 542 – 552.

Grammenos, D., Savidis, A. & Stephanidis C. Developing Inclusive e-Learning Systems. A Special Issue of the international journal Universal Access in the Information Society (UAIS) on Information Systems Accessibility (ISA), 2006.

Jansson, G., Juhasz, I. & Cammilton, A. (2006). Reading virtual maps with a haptic mouse: Effects of some modifications of the tactile and audio-tactile information. British Journal of Visual Impairment, 24, 60-66.

Juhasz I. A haptic mouse used for reading virtual maps. CVHI 2006, Conference and Workshop on Assistive Technology for People with Vision and Hearing Impairments, July 17-21, 2006. Kufstein, Austria

Kosonen, K. & Raisamo, R. Rhythm perception through different modalities. Proceedings of Eurohaptics 2006, 365-370.

Magnusson, C., Danielsson, H & Rassmus-Gröhn, K. Non Visual Haptic Audio Tools for Virtual Environments. in the Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, Glasgow, Scotland, 31st August - 1st September 2006[html]

Magnusson, C., Rassmus-Gröhn, K., Danielsson, H. & Eftring, H. Test of three different audio-haptic navigational tools. 2nd Enactive Workshop, May 25-27 2006 - McGill University, Canada[pdf]

Magnusson, C., Rassmus-Gröhn, K. & Eftring, H. A virtual haptic-audio line drawing program. 3rd International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, 20-21 November, 2006, Montpellier, France

McGookin, D. and Brewster, S.A. Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, First International Workshop. Springer LNCS Vol 4129, Berlin, Springer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-540-37595-1

Noble, N. & Martin, B. Shape discovering using tactile guidance. In the proceedings of the Eurohaptics International conference EuroHaptics 2006, pages 561-564.

Pietrzak, T., Noble, N., Martin, B & Pecci, I. Evaluation d'un logiciel d'exploration de circuits électriques pour déficients visuel. In 3rd french meeting of young researchers on Human Computer Interaction (3èmes Rencontres Jeunes Chercheurs en Interaction Homme-Machine), RJC-IHM 06, November 12-15, 2006. 4 pages, published on CD-Rom and presented as poster. [html]

Pietrzak, T., Pecci, I. & Martin, B. Static and dynamic tactile directional cues experiments with VTPlayer mouse. In the proceedings of the Eurohaptics International conference EuroHaptics 2006, pages 63-68.

Rassmus-Gröhn, K. Enabling Audio-Haptics. Licentiate Thesis, Certec 2:2006, Department of Design Sciences, Lund University, September 2006, Lund, Sweden

Rassmus-Gröhn, K., Eriksson, J. & Magnusson, C. Two haptic-auditory applications for persons with visual impairments. 2nd Enactive Workshop, May 25-27 2006 - McGill University, Canada[pdf]

Rassmus-Gröhn, K., Magnusson, C. & Eftring, H. User evaluations of a virtual haptic-audio line drawing prototype. In the Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, Glasgow, Scotland, 31st August - 1st September 2006

Sallnäs, E-L, Bjerstedt-Blom, K., Winberg, F., & Severinson Eklundh, K. (2006) Navigation and control in haptic applications shared by blind and sighted users. MULTIVIS workshop on Audio and Haptic Interaction Design, Aug. 31-Sept 1 2006, Glasgow.

Sallnäs, E-L., Moll, J., and Severinson Eklundh, K. (2006). Haptic Interface for Collaborative Learning Among Sighted and Visually Impaired Pupils in Primary School. Proc. of the Third Internationsal Conference on Enactive Interfaces.

Savidis, A., Stamou, A. & Stephanidis, C. An accessible Multimodal Pong Game Space. 9th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All", Bonn, September 2006

Stoeger,B., Batusic, M., Miesenberger, K. & Haindl, P. Supporting Blind Students in Navigation and Manipulation of Mathematical Expressions: Basic Requirements and Strategies. In Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006 Austria, Linz, 10-14 July 2006, LNCS 4061, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006,pp. 1235-1242.

Winberg, F. (2006) Supporting cross-modal collaboration: adding a social dimension to accessibility. MULTIVIS workshop on Audio and Haptic Interaction Design, Aug. 31-Sept 1 2006, Glasgow.

Yfantidis, G. and Evreinov G. The Amodal Communication System through an Extended Directional Input. In Proc. of the 10th Int. Conf. on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006 Austria, Linz, 10-14 July 2006, LNCS 4061, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006, pp 1079-1086.

2005

Archambault, D., Batušić, M., Berger,F., Fitzpatrick, D., Miesenberger, K., Moço, V. & Stöger, B. The Universal Maths Conversion Library: an attempt to build an Open Software Library to Convert Mathematical Contents in various Formats. In Proceedings of 3nd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (joint with HCI International 2005) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2005. — 9 pages (proceedings on CD-Rom).

Archambault, D., Berger, F. & Moço, V. Overview of the Universal Maths Conversion Library In Proceedings of the AAATE'05 "Assistive Technology: From Virtuality to Reality", Lille, France September 2005. — IOS Press, Pruski A., Knops H. (Eds), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. — pp. 256-260.

Bjerstedt-Blom, K. (2005) Studie av samarbete mellan blinda och seende personer i haptiska gränssnitt. (A study of collaboration between blind and sighted persons in haptic interfaces). Report TRITA-NA-E05028, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

Crossan, A. & Brewster, S. MICOLE - Inclusive Interaction for Data Creation, Visualisation and Collaboration, Hands on Haptics Workshop. CHI 2005, April 3-4, 2005.[pdf]

Evreinov, G., Evreinova, T.G. & Raisamo, R. An Exploration of Directional-Predictive Sounds for Non-Visual Interaction with Graphs. In Proceedings of International Workshop on Multimodal Interaction for the Visualization and Exploration of Scientific Data. 3 October 2005, Trento, Italy, ITC-irst, 2005, pp. 79-84.

Grammenos, D., Savidis, A. & Stephanidis C. UA-Chess: A universally accessible board game. UAHCI 2005, the 3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, July 22-27, 2005.

Gutierrez, T., Avizzano, C., Jansson, G. & Magnusson, C. Haptic and audio interfaces for blind people. First ENACTIVE Workshop. Pisa, March 21-22, 2005

Jansson, G. & Pedersen, P. (2005). Obtaining geographical information from a virtual map with a haptic mouse. Paper at the International Cartographic Conference (Theme “Maps for Blind and Visually Impaired”) 9-16 July, A Coruna, 2005, Spain. Available on conference CD-ROM.

Jansson, G. Poster about Perceptual aspects of new ways of presenting map information to the visually impaired. Vision 2005, April 4-7, 2005.

Jansson, G. Two recommendations for tactile/haptic displays: One for all kinds of presentations and one for the development of haptic displays. GOTHI'05, October 24-26, 2005, Saskatoon, SC, Canada

Jansson, G., Juhasz, I. & Cammilton, A. A virtual map read with a haptic mouse: Effects of some tactile and audio-tactile information options. Tactile Graphics 2005, 1-2 December 2005, Jurys Inn, Birmingham, UK

Johansson, G., Davies, R.C., Eriksson, J., Klercker, af, J., Magnusson, C., Rassmus Gröhn K. & Wallergård, M. Virtual Reality technology - a tool for behavioural studies involving disabled people. Measuring Behavior 2005, 5th International Conference on Methods and Techniques in Behavioral Research, August 30 - September 2 2005. Wageningen, The Netherlands

Lauruska, V. Smart House: Enhancing Independence for the Disabled. Journal of Vibroengineering. Proceedings of the 6th Lithuanian Scientific Seminar Biomdlore’05 “Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Organs, Locomotion, Ortophedics, Rehabilitation”. Volume 7, Number 3. p.p. 19-22. ISSN 1392-8716.

Lauruska, V. Smart House for the Disabled. Proceedings of HCI International 2005, volume 5. Mira, Digital Publishing. CD-ROM.

Magnusson, C. & Rassmus-Gröhn, K. Audio haptic tools for navigation in non visual environments. ENACTIVE 05, The 2nd International Conference on Enactive Interfaces. Genoa, Italy. November 17-18, 2005.

Magnusson, C. & Rassmus-Gröhn, K. A Virtual Traffic Environment for People with Visual Impairments. Visual Impairment Research, pp 1-12 Vol 7. No 1. 2005

Magnusson, C. Audio haptic navigational tools for non-visual environments. First ENACTIVE Workshop, Pisa, March 21-22, 2005.

Martin, B. VirHKey: a VIRtual Hyperbolic KEYboard with gesture interaction and visual feedback for mobile devices. MobileHCI 05. Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices & services, pages 99-106.

Martin, B. VirHKey: un clavier gestuel hyperbolique avec retour visuel. IHM 2005, Proceedings of the 17th conference on 17ème Conférence Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine, pages 19-26.

Noble, N. & Martin, B. Preliminary study of tactile feedback devices featuring quick discrimination. ENACTIVE 05, The 2nd International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, November 17-18, 2005.

Noble, N. & Martin, B. Etude préliminaire de différents retours tactiles à discrimination rapide. IHM 2005: 17th French-speaking conference of human computer interaction

Pietrzak, T., Martin, B. & Pecci, I. Affichage d'informations par des impulsions haptiques. IHM 2005, Proceedings of the 17th French-speaking conference on Human-computer interaction (Conférence Francophone sur l'Interaction Homme-Machine), September 27-30, 2005, pages 223-226, ACM Press.

Pietrzak, T., Martin, B. & Pecci, I. Information display by dragged haptic bumps. ENACTIVE 05, The 2nd International Conference on Enactive Interfaces, November 17-18, 2005.(CD-rom proceedings)

Saarinen, R., Järvi, J., Raisamo, R. & Salo, J. Agent-Based Architecture for Implementing Multimodal Learning Environments for Visually Impaired Children. ICMI'05, International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, October 04-06, 2005.

Savidis, A. & Stephanidis, C. Developing Inclusive e-learning and e-entertainment to effectively accommodate learning difficulties. IBM Symposium, NY. October 2005. [php]

Stöger, B., Miesenberger, K., Batušić, M. & Archambault, D. Multimodal Interaction with Mathematical Formulae: Access, Communication and Support for Blind People in Doing Mathematics. In Proceedings of 3nd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (joint with HCI International 2005) in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 2005. — 8 pages (proceedings on CD-Rom).

Wall, S., Brewster, S. "Hands on Haptics: Exploring Non-visual Visualisation Using the Sense of Touch", In Vol II Proceedings of ACM CHI 2005 (Portland, Oregon, USA). ACM Press, pp 2140-2141

Vesterinen, L.K. & Evreinov, G. Sonification of Interaction with Hidden Graphs. In proceedings of the 2nd Int. Conference on Enactive Interfaces, Enactive 2005. Genoa, Italy, November 17-18, 2005.

Zijp-Rouzier, S. & Petit, E. Teaching geometry to visually impaired pupils using haptics and sound. HCI 2005, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction conference, July 22-27, 2005.[doc]

2004

Grammenos, D., Savidis, A. & Stephanidis, C. An Accessible Two-player Multi-modal Board Game. ERCIM News No. 57, April 2004.[html]

Stöger, B., Miesenberger, K. & Batusic, M. Mathematical Working Environment for the Blind - Motivation and Basic Ideas. Computers Helping People with Special Needs. 2004.