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Karyn Moffatt
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 55
Citations - 1467
Karyn Moffatt is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aphasia & Computer science. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 46 publications receiving 1189 citations. Previous affiliations of Karyn Moffatt include University of British Columbia & University of Toronto.
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Persuasive technology for health and wellness: State-of-the-art and emerging trends.
Rita Orji,Karyn Moffatt +1 more
TL;DR: This paper provides an empirical review of 16 years (85 papers) of literature on persuasive technology for health and wellness to answer important questions regarding the effectiveness and uncover pitfalls of existing persuasive technological interventions forhealth and wellness.
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The participatory design of a sound and image enhanced daily planner for people with aphasia
TL;DR: A participatory design approach was used to develop ESI Planner (the Enhanced with Sound and Images Planner) for use on a PDA and subsequently evaluated it in a lab study.
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Ephemeral adaptation: the use of gradual onset to improve menu selection performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce ephemeral adaptation, a new adaptive GUI technique that improves performance by reducing visual search time while maintaining spatial consistency, and demonstrate the benefit of this technique on a broad range of visually complex tasks.
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Participatory design with proxies: developing a desktop-PDA system to support people with aphasia
Jordan Boyd-Graber,Sonya Nikolova,Karyn Moffatt,Kenrick Kin,Joshua Y. Lee,Lester Mackey,Marilyn Tremaine,Maria Klawe +7 more
TL;DR: A hybrid desktop-handheld system developed to support individuals with aphasia allows its users to develop speech communication through images and sound on a desktop computer and download this speech to a mobile device that can then support communication outside the home.
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Developing steady clicks: a method of cursor assistance for people with motor impairments
TL;DR: If used in conjunction with existing techniques for cursor positioning, all of the major sources of clicking errors observed in empirical studies would be addressed, enabling faster and more effective mouse use for those who currently struggle with the standard mouse.