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Towards a gaze-contingent reading assistance for children with difficulties in reading

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ASSETS '20: Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Article No.: 83, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3373625.3418014

Published: 29 October 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Reading is a key skill in learning, working and participating in society on all levels. However, in 2018, 20% of German school students possessed only insufficient levels of reading proficiency. Frustration associated with these difficulties results in avoidance of reading, such that struggling readers will often not overcome them on their own. We present a first approach towards an assistance system that recognizes reading difficulties by analyzing the user's gaze behavior and offers dynamic adaptation of the text presentation. In a formative study, including 34 fifth-grade students, letter- and syllabication-based assistance significantly and substantially increased children's motivation to read. Based on these findings, gaze-contingent assistance presents a promising approach in improving struggling readers’ reading experience and motivation to read.

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Towards a gaze-contingent reading assistance for children with difficulties in reading
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Computer vision
      1. Computer vision problems
        Tracking
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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ASSETS '20: Proceedings of the 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

October 2020

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ISBN:9781450371032

DOI:10.1145/3373625

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McGill University, Canada

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Wang RPotter ZHo YKillough DZeng LMondal SZhao Y(2024)GazePrompt: Enhancing Low Vision People's Reading Experience with Gaze-Aware AugmentationsProceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613904.3642878(1-17)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Ding JZhao BHuang YWang YShi Y(2023)GazeReader: Detecting Unknown Word Using Webcam for English as a Second Language (ESL) LearnersExtended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544549.3585790(1-7)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544549.3585790
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