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This paper presents our research work on the accessibility of assistive technologies dedicated to peoples having severe disabilities. The objective is to provide quantitative and qualitative evaluations methodologies on human-machine interaction while getting access to a computer. We aim to design compensation strategies developed by people having sever motor disabilities in order to use physical input devices to control a computer. The study developed in this paper is based on a quantitative evaluation method when using pointing devices such as mouse, Trackballs, Joysticks, etc. The preliminary results presented corresponds to one month of evaluation with 8 patients mainly having spinal cord injuries and muscular dystrophies from the rehabilitation hospital of Garches and from French Muscular dystrophies Association (AFM).
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Kadouche, R., Abdulrazak, B., Mokhtari, M. (2004). Designing an Evaluation Method for Computer Accessibility for People with Severe Disabilities. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W.L., Burger, D. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3118. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27817-7_124
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