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Integrating new input-output modalities, such as speech, gaze, gestures, haptics, etc., in user interfaces is currently considered as a significant potential contribution to implementing the concept of Universal Access (UA) in the Information Society (see, for example, Oviatt, 2003). UA in this context means providing everybody, including disabled users, with easy human-computer interaction in any context of use, and especially in mobile contexts. However, the cost of developing an appropriate specific multimodal user interface for each interactive software is prohibitive. A generic design methodology, along with generic reusable components, are needed to master the complexity of the design and development of interfaces that allow flexible use of alternative modalities, in meaningful combinations, according to the constraints in the interaction environment or the user’s motor and perceptual capabilities. We present a design approach meant to facilitate the development of generic multimodal user interfaces, based on best practice in software and user interface design and architecture.
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Carbonell, N. (2005). Chapter 17 Multimodal Interfaces – A Generic Design Approach. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Health Telematics. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3041. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11424628_17
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