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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clear Communication Index – A Tool for Developing and Assessing CDC Public Communication Products 

~ John Rochford

The Clear Communication Index (Index) provides research-based criteria to develop and assess public communication products. The Index supports the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to comply with the Plain Writing Act of 2010.  Helps to achieve goals set forth in the National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy and the … Continue reading Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clear Communication Index – A Tool for Developing and Assessing CDC Public Communication Products 

AI Web Text Simplification: CSUN 2019

~ John Rochford

I will soon present part of my AI-Driven Web Text Simplification research. My talk: is “Creating Simple Web Text for People with ID to Train AI;” will be at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, the largest such conference in the world; and will focus on a pilot study my partners and I recently completed. We tested if … Continue reading AI Web Text Simplification: CSUN 2019

AI-Driven Web Text Simplification: Intro

~ John Rochford

Research Goal Make Web text so simple people understand it the first time they read it. Background Text comprises the vast majority of Web content. Poor reading comprehension presents significant challenges to many populations, including people with cognitive disabilities, non‐native speakers, and people with low literacy. Text simplification aims to reduce text complexity while retaining its meaning. Manual … Continue reading AI-Driven Web Text Simplification: Intro

Multi-Modal Content Delivery for People with Cognitive Disabilities

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Description of the Technologies Textual content can be delivered in different modes to help people with cognitive disabilities comprehend it. These modes can include: text to speech (TTS) video; text with contextually-relevant images; text with consistent icons and graphics; and/or text replaced or augmented by symbol sets. Challenges for People with Cognitive Disabilities Difficulty of … Continue reading Multi-Modal Content Delivery for People with Cognitive Disabilities

Online Security & Privacy for People with Cognitive Disabilities: Challenges & Solutions

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Description of the Technologies Most user interfaces are designed to help users complete tasks. However, web security and privacy technologies intentionally introduce barriers to task completion. They require users to perceive more and to do more to complete tasks. Three examples of these technologies are passwords, CAPTCHA, and 2-Factor Authentication. Passwords are words or character … Continue reading Online Security & Privacy for People with Cognitive Disabilities: Challenges & Solutions