...Cain CIS 110-OL1 17 October 2010 Computing Options for Physically Challenged Users The ever-increasing presence of computers in everyone’s lives has generated an awareness of the need to address computing requirements for those who have or may develop physical limitations. For these users, several different types of input and output methods can make their interactions with computers easier, more productive, and less frustrating. Various input devices are available for users with motor disabilities (Harkin 34-75). A keyguard is a metal or plastic plate placed over the keyboard that allows users to rest their hands on the keyboard without accidentally pressing any keys. Small trackballs that the user controls with a thumb or one finger can be attached to a table, mounted to a wheelchair, or held in the user’s hand. Another option for people with limited hand movement is a head-mounted pointer. To simulate the functions of a mouse button, a user works with a foot pedal, hand pad, or pneumatic instrument controlled by puffs of air. Hearing-impaired users can instruct programs to display words instead of sounds. With many Windows operating systems, users also can set options to make programs easier to use. The Magnifier command, for example, enlarges text and other items in a window on the computer screen (Mindar 104-108). The location of the line on the computer screen that contains the mouse pointer is magnified at the top of the screen. Visually impaired users can change Windows...
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...Trident University International ITM 433 Module 1 Case ITM 433 – Computer-Human Interaction Module 1: Why do we care about human-computer interaction? Case Assignment: Discuss the application of speech recognition as a tool for Human Computer Interaction Definitions Before getting too far into detail, here are some definitions this paper is based on. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is summarily, and loosly, defined as the interaction between people (users) and computers and can be referred to in several different manners. For instance; Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) or Human-Machine Interaction (HMI) are both virtually interchangeable with HCI. The phrase “speech recognition” is rarely, if ever, used outside the context of computer science. Speech recognition refers to the ability of computer-based software to convert spoken words into written (typed/digital) text. Together – HCI/CHI/HMI, etc., insert your acronym of choice but HCI will be used throughout this paper – HCI and speech recognition represent the present and rising future of end-user functionality. The next big thing will be the ability of computers or machines to read your mind instead of verbally instructing it to carry out your bidding… that is sarcasm, of course. However, this current reality of speech recognition software was not stumbled upon and did not happen by chance. A Short History The lever is widely regarded as the first “machine” “invented” and implemented by...
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...The Evolution of Human Computer Interface and Beyond Contents 1. Abstract 2 2. Introduction 3 3. Evolution of HCI 4 4. Important features and facts to ponder 5 4.1 Operating systems and their role in HCI 5 4.2 HCI in the making of a virtual reality 6 5. Glimpse towards the future of HCI 7 5.1 HCI for enhancing human life 7 5.2 Uses and Impacts of HCI 9 6. Conclusion 11 7. References 12 Abstract “HCI concept came into the spotlight after various researches; the improvement of GUIs paved the path for a better and advanced interaction between humans and computers. Interaction with computers has become so close; it almost devoured the human life styles. Future human life will be much dependent upon technology than ever before.” Introduction People live in a curious and modern world where they go to no lengths to embrace technology. It is people who pick and choose what to use more efficiently. HCI (Human Computer Interface) is one of the catalysts which revolutionised the computer technology to a greater extent during the past three decades. HCI concept came into the spotlight after various researches which had been done on various universities and other research labs mainly across USA. But HCI took the centre stage after the rapid growth of GUI (Graphical User Interface)...
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...frequent shopper database 2.3.6. HCI 2.3.7.6. This function would mostly be handled autonomously by the POS and Database software 2.3. Redemption Programs continuously Update and Changing 2.4.7. Hardware 2.4.8.7. Database server for maintaining the database of redemption programs, client-server infrastructure for interacting with the database software 2.4.8. Software 2.4.9.8. Database software, client computer database management software 2.4.9. HCI 2.4.10.9. Manager of the Frequent Shopper program will update the redemption programs through database management software 2.4. Customer Balances Will be Maintained 2.5.10. Hardware 2.5.11.10. Database Server 2.5.11. Software 2.5.12.11. SQL Server Software 2.5.12. HCI 2.5.13.12. Autonomous function 2. Frequent Shopper Loyalty Points Reporting 3.5. Hardware 3.6.13. Database server, client computer 3.6. Software 3.7.14. SQL Server Software, Cash Registers, Client computer data reporting software...
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...Ashley Hunter Ms.Lowry Eng. 1102 1 November 2012 Technology and Teaching Styles The concept of the newer technology is to improve the work done in classrooms and to give you a faster and more efficient way to research information without putting in that much work while still putting in your own ideas and thoughts. Today’s society use technology to handicap them, even in the classroom today. My question is will the different type of teaching styles used with or without technology affect students today? I believe yes, because technology is already making students lazy with just simply listening to music, doing research and other assignments done on the computer, and incorporating computers in the classroom setting will just hinder the students in the long run when it comes to knowing the information on paper. Think quest, an organization that studies the educational system of America in the colonial and post-colonial time period and author of the article American Elementary Schools in the early 1900s says the first formal school appeared in the 1630s. Boston Latin School was opened in 1635, and is considered to be the first town-supported school with a continuous history (par.1). In the middle colonies, such as Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, education was left to the governor and church groups (par.1). The rich children in the South had tutors that were from England. It wasn't hard to become a teacher, anyone who could read or write was allowed to teach...
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...Assignment 4 Submitted by: COMP INTERACTION AND DESIGN PROFESSOR MOSES COWAN 8/30/2014 Using technology in any field often causes side effects, strong, emotional states, which arise during computer interactions often, due to the installed applications of the computer. These applications, which initially evolve with a motive of satisfying some user requirements or pre-existing shortcoming of some other applications not only affect the need completion or interaction itself, but also the cause personal discontent and unintentional humility. In computing and information technology, user frustration is a persistent problem arising due to varied masses of users and ambience, workplace, differences. The quality of user experience and feedback is of utmost importance of success for any application. In this paper, we identify reasons for user frustrations and with special emphasis to disabled population suggest ways for better serving theses masses. Average users lose time due to frustrating experiences range from around 31% to approximately 46% of the time they spend on computers and mobile. Hence, we need to develop nomenclature of frustrating experiences, describe methods to identify user experiences as natural ones or due to poor system design and find ways to solve them. Computers and mobiles have beneficial impacts but also cause much unintentional dissatisfaction among the users because of many reasons, exasperation of losing unsaved work in case of a crash, complicated error...
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...LIBRARY USER'S STATISTICS SYSTEM OF TOMAS CLAUDIO MEMORIAL COLLEGE A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of College of Computer Science Tomas Claudio Memorial College Morong, Rizal In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science in Computer Science JOHN PAUL R. GONDRA MARIE ANTONETTE T. MORALES ADAM PATRICK L. PESTAÑO KIERAN CHRIS I. PILLAS Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction A library is a collection of books, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. The term "library" has itself acquired a secondary meaning: "a collection of useful material for common use," and in this sense is used in fields such as computer science, mathematics, statistics, electronics, and biology. This research is intended for public, institutions and researchers’, use as their resourceful information. In particular, this study will help the library personnel or the librarian in monitoring the books accurately. Further, the use of cataloguing will be made easier through an advance system provided by this study. The librarian is encountering problems in doing transactions like borrowing books, checking the availability of books, returning and accessioning of books because all the transactions are being done manually. The process is time consuming. The proponents decided to propose this system to help Tomas Claudio...
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...for decision making power is held in the hand of managers at the top the hierarchy. In the case of BDC, it could be revealed that the rigid structure with multi-layer hierarchy and centralization of power and authority has inhibited cross functional or inter-departmental teamwork and stifled business innovation, and become the major obstacle for encouraging initiative. There are three key problems that I have identified, which consist of organizational inflexibility, resistance to change, culture and motivation. Each problem is examined in details as following: Organizational Inflexibility - A computer-based business analysis system as an innovative product can enable customers to undertake their own database interrogation, and generate internal analysis reports. Such innovative product or service is aligned with company's strategy to promote the widespread use of computer within company, and offer customized product with a far better profit margins than conventional one. But as it can be perceived that BDC is a highly bureaucratic system of formalization with emphasize on rules and procedures to control and coordinate the activities of implementing a new idea; and more importantly, BDC's senior staffs are used to current work style and feel comfortable with time-consuming procedures to getting the approval for a new idea through a centralized and multi-level decision-making process. From the complaint of BDC's finance director, it is revealed that BDC is featured with...
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...Groups() - A group is defined as two or more individuals - Play an important roles in the lives. - Interacting and Interdependent, - Who have come together to achieve particular objectives. [pic] (Figure Shows Example of Groups, (Prof. Roger N. Nagel, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, 2006)) - Members similar or dissimilar.(Huczynski, Buchanan, 2001) -Groups can be either formal or informal means: Formal: The deliberate and systematic grouping of people in an organization. What does an organization do? The total no. of people working in an organization is divided into smaller groups (teams or sections or departments)and each group is responsible for fulfilling a task which would ultimately contribute to fulfilling the organization’s goal. This increases the efficiency of the organization. Example :KCB: If we take KCB as an example, we all know that we have a larger goal of training students for the engineering profession. But within this larger goal, we want students to be trained for computer engg, electrical, mech, etc. So this larger goal is divided into departments (example computer department), which is a formal group in this larger organization. So, all the departments together achieve the goal of efficiently training the students for engineering purpose. Informal: The natural and spontaneous grouping of people whenever they work together over a period of time. Whenever people interact and work together over...
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...Augmented Reality: Linking real and virtual worlds A new paradigm for interacting with computers Wendy E. Mackay Department of Computer Science Université de Paris-Sud ORSAY-CEDEX, FRANCE E-mail: mackay@lri.fr ABSTRACT A revolution in computer interface design is changing the way we think about computers. Rather than typing on a keyboard and watching a television monitor, Augmented Reality lets people use familiar, everyday objects in ordinary ways. The difference is that these objects also provide a link into a computer network. Doctors can examine patients while viewing superimposed medical images; children can program their own LEGO constructions; construction engineers can use ordinary paper engineering drawings to communicate with distant colleagues. Rather than immersing people in an artificiallycreated virtual world, the goal is to augment objects in the physical world by enhancing them with a wealth of digital information and communication capabilities. KEYWORDS: Augmented Reality, Interactive Paper, Design Space Exploration, Participatory Design INTRODUCTION Computers are everywhere: in the past several decades they have transformed our work and our lives. But the conversion from traditional work with physical objects to the use of computers has not been easy. Software designers may omit small, but essential, details from the original system that result in catastrophic failures. Even the act of typing is not benign: repetitive strain...
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...Collaborations * Panopto Recordings * Library Guides * My Dashboard * IS215 (21546) * Assignments * MidTerm Exam MidTerm Exam * ------------------------------------------------- Due Mar 8 by 11:59pm ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- Points 200 ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- Submitting a text entry box or a file upload ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- Available Mar 8 at 6:30pm - Mar 8 at 11:59pm about 5 hours This assignment was locked Mar 8 at 11:59pm. Eastern Michigan University Computer Information Systems Department IS215 Introduction to Information Systems Information Systems for Business Winter 2016 Exam #1 Take Home Option This exam consists of 34 Multiple Choice and True/False Questions worth 3 points each. The second section will...
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...AI robot: how machine intelligence is evolving No computer can yet pass the 'Turing test' and be taken as human. But the hunt for artificial intelligence is moving in a different, exciting direction that involves creativity, language – and even jazz • Comments (109) • Marcus du Sautoy • The Observer, Saturday 31 March 2012 • Article history [pic] Marcus du Sautoy with one of Luc Steels's language-making robots. Photograph: Jodie Adams/BBC 'I propose to consider the question "Can machines think?"' Not my question but the opening of Alan Turing's seminal 1950 paper which is generally regarded as the catalyst for the modern quest to create artificial intelligence. His question was inspired by a book he had been given at the age of 10: Natural Wonders Every Child Should Know by Edwin Tenney Brewster. The book was packed with nuggets that fired the young Turing's imagination including the following provocative statement: "Of course the body is a machine. It is vastly complex, many times more complicated than any machine ever made with hands; but still after all a machine. It has been likened to a steam machine. But that was before we knew as much about the way it works as we know now. It really is a gas engine; like the engine of an automobile, a motor boat or a flying machine." If the body were a machine, Turing wondered: is it possible to artificially create such a contraption that could think like he did? This year is Turing's centenary so would he...
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...MIS Concepts & Design by Seema Sirpal Delhi University Computer Centre Information is Critical The information we have is not what we want, The information we want is not the information we need, The information we need is not available. Information is a Resource It is scarce It has a cost It has alternative uses There is an opportunity cost factor involved if one does not process information Why need Information? To ensure effective and efficient decision - making leading to prosperity of the Organisation. What is MIS? Short for Management Information System – MIS refers broadly to a computer-based system that provides managers with the tools for organizing, evaluating and efficiently running their departments. What is MIS? Right Information To the right person At the right place At the right time In the right form At the right cost Management Information System The three sub-components Management, Information and System - together bring out the focus clearly & effectively. System emphasizing a fair degree of integration and a holistic view; Information stressing on processed data in the context in which it is used by end users; Management focusing on the ultimate use of such information systems for managerial decision making. The Concept of MIS Processing Logic Computers Data Data Data Human Beings Database Information Judgement / Intution Skill / Experience External Environment Decision Intelligence Design Choice ...
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...Technology to advance sales for Nutz n Boltz Hardware Corporation Mohsin Ahsan Managerial Applications of Information Technology 535 Keller Graduate School of Management August 1, 2013 Professor Jorge Echavarria Technology to advance sales for Nutz n Boltz Hardware Corporation 1.0 Abstract This paper will address the role of information systems in a new startup hardware store, Nutz n Boltz Corporation. The company intends to utilize its ability to use information technology and ability to implement corporate strategies and achieve its corporate goals as well. The company has decided to invest heavily in information systems to achieve several strategic objectives: operational excellence, services, customer and supplier intimacy, improve decision making, competitive advantage, and survival. In order for the start-up hardware business to be successful, the company will have to overcome several obstacles. There are several methods and options that the company can choose from. This paper addresses each problem and then discusses the best solutions that will tackle each problem. These solutions will allow the company to be successful. 2.0 Brief Company Background Nutz n Boltz Corporation is a hardware store located in downtown Los Angeles, California. The business is a startup. Their mission is to put their customers first by providing the best customer service, most complete selection, and the highest in stock level at the right price through friendly, motivated...
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...I, as the researcher, have noticed an increased tendancy among my peers as well as children from younger grades for prolonged use of electronics. Electronic devices may include laptops, computer games, cellular phones as well as any access to the internet. It is compulsory for pupils in Oakhill High School to bring a device to school, for educational purposes. The researcher is concerned about the health impact, as well as the impact on a student’s education due to possible uncontrollable electronic device use. Humans have struggled with addictions for thousands of years. With addiction being such an easily susceptible condition, the majority of our society live through an addiction, may it be drugs, alcohol or even gambling, during some...
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