W4A camp report: "2013 edition"
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Abstract
We provide pointers to the issues that are going to be hot topics in the following years according to our community. First, engineering accessibility through sound methodologies and sampling methods remains a challenge. Secondly, analysing behavioural data to infer barriers and emergent task models is a game changer that switches the paradigm from top-down to a bottom-up approach where users are not grouped by their abilities, but by their individual differences in an accessibility continuum. Finally, tackling the access needs in the developing regions will allow the explosion of crowdsourced applications that can potentially improve the living conditions of many. We argue that these issues should not be missed in a broader accessibility research agenda.
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ISBN:9781450326513
DOI:10.1145/2596695
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