TY - CHAP A1 - Kakousis, Konstantinos A1 - Mettouris, Christos A1 - Papadopoulos, George A1 - Ossmann, Roland A1 - Pecyna, Karol A1 - Veigl, Christoph A1 - Weiss, Christoph T1 - AsTeRICS: Assistive Technology for All T2 - eChallenges e-2011 Conference - Florence, Italy - October 26 - 28, 2011 KW - Assistive Technologies Y1 - 2019 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Weiß, Christoph A1 - Veigl, Christoph T1 - AsTeRICS - A Rapid Prototyping Platform for Assistive Technologies T2 - The International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping (VRAP 2011), 28 September - 1 October 2011 KW - Assistive Technologies Y1 - 2019 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ossmann, Roland A1 - Thaller, David A1 - Nussbaum, Gerhard A1 - Pühretmair, Franz A1 - Veigl, Christoph A1 - Weiß, Christoph T1 - AsTeRICS, a Flexible Assistive Technology Construction Set T2 - 4th International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI'2012), UTAD - University de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal KW - Assistive Technologies Y1 - 2019 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Veigl, Christoph A1 - Klaus, Benjamin A1 - Aigner, Benjamin A1 - Wagner, Manuel T1 - Universal Access Panel: A Novel Approach for Accessible Smart Homes and IoT T2 - Computers Helping People with Special Needs / Proceedings of the 18th International Conference ICCHP-AAATE 2022, July 11-15, 2022, Lecco, Italy N2 - Although various standards and guidelines for accessible design exist, many modern digital devices lack even basic accessibility features. In particular, touchscreens without haptic feedback and a highly complex menu navigation impose serious hurdles for many people – especially for people with disabilities and elderly persons. In this work, we present the Universal Access Panel (UAP) for enabling barrier-free access to home appliances and IoT devices. The system offers a novel, radically simple, multimodal user interface consisting of just a few interaction elements for accessing dedicated functions of the connected home. Using established APIs and communication protocols such as HomeConnect or OpenHab, various domestic appliances, consumer products and smart home devices can be controlled from a single, multimodal interaction console. The system has been designed in cooperation with visually impaired accessibility experts and a user study was conducted with people from the target group. The results show a high overall usability of the prototype. KW - Home Appliances KW - Accessibility KW - Multimodal User Interface KW - Smart Homes KW - Internet-of-Things Y1 - U6 - http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08645-8_18 SP - 148 EP - 158 ER -