A voice-activated integrated development environment for manually disabled programmers.
OBJECTIVE
The paper presents the design and implementation of voice-based interface to support two types of application development activities (coding, and visual GUI design) by manually disabled programmers.


METHODS
Prototype programs were implemented, and tests were performed for both proposed voice-based interface models.


RESULTS
The interface design concepts, and the results and lessons learned of the usability studies are discussed.


CONCLUSIONS
The usability studies indicated that the interface models were sound, although the voice recognition aspects left something to be desired.
Langan
D D
DD
School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA. dlangan@usouthal.edu
Hain
T F
TF
Hubbell
T J
TJ
Frøseth
J
J
D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003196:Computer Graphics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012984:Software; D049250:Speech Recognition Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D014831:Voice