Non-visual GUI access by UsiXML

This work consists in facilitating the non-visual access to a visual user interface by using the Abstract User Interface defined in UsiXML to render the user interface instead of relying on the code.

Ongoing work consists of using Petri nets to ensure verification and validation of the user interface of interactive systems. The user interface is specified in UsiXML and a Petri net-based approach is develop to reason about the properties of interest. A complete site dedicated to this problem is available.

Publications

• Van Hees, K., Engelen, J., Non-visual Access to GUIs: Leveraging Abstract User Interfaces, Proc. of 10th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs ICCHP\'2006 (Linz, July 11-13, 2006), K. Miesenberger, J. Klaus, W.L. Zagler, A.I. Karshmer (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4061, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2006, pp. 1063-1070.
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• Van Hees, K., Engelen, J., Abstracting the Graphical User Interface for Non-Visual Access, in \"Assistive technology from virtuality to reality\", Proc. of 8th European conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe, A. Pruski, H. Knops (Eds.), IOS Press, 2003, pp. 239-245.
  
• Van Hees, K., Engelen, J., Abstract UIs as a long-term solution for non-visual access to GUIs, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction UAHCI\'2005, Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, 2005.