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The present paper introduces a framework that enforces the accessibility of products and services by enabling automatic simulated accessibility assessment at all the stages of the development. The proposed framework is based on a new virtual user modelling technique describing in detail all the physical parameters of a user with disability(ies). The proposed user modelling methodology generates a dynamic and parameterizable virtual user model that is used by a simulation framework to assess the accessibility of virtual prototypes. Experimental results illustrate the use of the proposed framework in a realistic application scenario.
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Kaklanis, N., Moschonas, P., Moustakas, K., Tzovaras, D. (2011). A Framework for Automatic Simulated Accessibility Assessment in Virtual Environments. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling. ICDHM 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6777. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21799-9_34
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