A set of selected publications on my main areas of research. For a complete list check my Google Scholar page.
2020
Gait kinematic parameters in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review
Journal of Parkinson's Disease, 2020
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Playing With Others: Depicting Multiplayer Gaming Experiences of People With Visual Impairments
ACM ASSETS 2020 - ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Virtual Event, Greece, October, 2020
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TACTOPI: a Playful Approach to Promote Computational Thinking for Visually Impaired Children
ACM ASSETS 2020 - ACM Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Virtual Event, Greece, October, 2020
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Carrier-pigeon Robot: Promoting Interactions Among Older Adults in a Care Home
HRI 2020 Late Breaking Work - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, Cambridge, UK, March, 2020
[ pdf ] [ best poster award ]
Exploring Accessible Programming with Educators and Visually Impaired Children
ACM IDC 2020 - ACM Interaction Design and Children, London, UK, June, 2020
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Open Challenges of Blind People using Smartphones
International Journal of Human Computer Interaction, 2020
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2019
A Tangible Math Game for Visually Impaired Children
ACM ASSETS 2019 - 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October, 2019
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The Design Space of Nonvisual Word Completion
ACM ASSETS 2019 - 21st International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, October, 2019
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Understanding the Authoring and Playthrough of Nonvisual Smartphone Tutorials
INTERACT 2019 - 17th IFIP TC13 International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Paphos, Cyprus, September, 2019
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Designing Personalized Therapy Tools For People with Dementia
W4A 2019 - 16th International Web for All Conference, San Francisco, USA, May, 2019
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DataPark: A Data-Driven Platform for Parkinson’s Disease Monitoring
WISH Symposium - Workgrounp on Interactive Systems in Healthcare, co-located with CHI'19, Glasgow, UK, May, 2019
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Chapter 38 in S. Harper & Y. Yesilada (eds.), Web Accessibility: A Foundation for Research (2nd ed.). London, England, Springer-Verlag.
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Designing Free-Living Reports for Parkinson's Disease
ACM CHI 2019 Late Breaking Work - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, UK, May, 2019
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MATY: Designing An Assistive Robot for People with Alzheimer's
ACM CHI 2019 Late Breaking Work - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, UK, May, 2019
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Vulnerability & Blame: Making Sense of Unauthorized Access to Smartphones
ACM CHI 2019 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Glasgow, Scotland, May, 2019
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Exploring Collaborative Interactions Between Robots and Blind People
HRI 2019 Videos - ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction, Daegu, Korea, March, 2019
[ pdf ] [ best video award ]
2018
ACM ASSETS 2018 - 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Galway, Ireland, October, 2018
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AidMe: Interactive Non-Visual Smartphone Tutorials
ACM MOBILECHI 2018 - 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Barcelona, Spain, September, 2018
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WAY 2018 - Who are you? Adventures in Authentication Workshop at SOUPS, Baltimore, USA, August, 2018
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Hybrid-Brailler: Combining Physical and Gestural Interaction for Mobile Braille Input and Editing
ACM CHI 2018 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada, May, 2018
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Enabling Biographical Cognitive Stimulation for People with Dementia
ACM CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada, May, 2018
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Data Donors: Sharing Knowledge for Mobile Accessibility
ACM CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada, May, 2018
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2017
In-context Q&A to Support Blind People Using Smartphones
ASSETS 2017 - 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October, 2017.
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Improving Smartphone Accessibility with Personalizable Static Overlays
ASSETS 2017 - 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October, 2017.
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Characterizing Social Insider Attacks on Facebook
ACM CHI 2017 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Denver, Colorado, USA, May, 2017
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Investigating Laboratory and Everyday Typing Performance of Blind Users
ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 2017
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2016
IHC 2016 - Simpósio Brasileiro sobre Fatores Humanos em Sistemas Computacionais
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Towards Inviscid Text-Entry for Blind People through Non-Visual Word Prediction Interfaces
ACM CHI 2016 Workshop on Inviscid Text Entry and Beyond, San Jose, USA, April, 2016
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Snooping on Mobile Phones: Prevalence and Trends
SOUPS 2016 - Twelfth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security, Denver, USA, June, 2016
[ pdf ] [ distinguished paper award ]
Effect of Target Size on Non-Visual Text-Entry
MobileHCI 2016 - 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Florence, Italy, September, 2016
[ pdf ] [ honourable mention ]
2015
Getting Smartphones to TalkBack: Understanding the Smartphone Adoption Process of Blind Users
ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015
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Usage of Subjective Scales in Accessibility Research
ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015
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HoliBraille: Multipoint Vibrotactile Feedback on Mobile Devices
W4A 2015 - 12th International Web for All Conference, Florence, Italy, May, 2015
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Physical Intrusion Detection for Android Smartphones
INFORUM 2015 - Simpósio de Informática. Beira Interior, Portugal, Setembro, 2015
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OptimusWeb: Selective Delivery of Desktop or Mobile Webpages
W4A 2015 - 12th International Web for All Conference, Florence, Italy, May, 2015
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A terapia de reminiscência em Portugal: oportunidades para ferramentas de suporte digital
INFORum 2015 - Simpósio de Informática
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ITS 2015 - ACM International Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces, Madeira, Portugal, Novembro, 2015
[ pdf ] [ best paper award ]
TabLETS Get Physical: Non-Visual Text Entry on Tablet Devices
ACM CHI 2015 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2015
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TinyBlackBox: Recovering the Lost Interactions of Mobile In-the-Wild Studies
ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015
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ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015
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2014
Mobile Touch Screen User Interfaces: Bridging the Gap between Motor Impaired and Able-Bodied Users
Universal Access in the Information Society, Springer. To appear.
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B#: Chord-based Correction for Multitouch Braille Input
ACM CHI 2014 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada, April, 2014
[ pdf ] [ best paper award ]
Measuring Snooping Behavior with Surveys: It's How you Ask About It
ACM CHI 2014 - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada, April, 2014
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Duress Unlock: Using Covert Signals to Restrict Access to Mobile Devices
CHI 2014 Workshop on Inconspicuous Interaction, Toronto, Canada, April, 2014
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Mobile Text-Entry and Visual Demands: Reusing and Optimizing Current Solutions
Universal Access in the Information Society, Springer. 2014.
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Supporting Autism Therapists: Co-Designing Interventions
ACM CHI 2014 - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Toronto, Canada, April, 2014
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SWAT: Mobile System-Wide Assistive Technologies
HCI 2014 - 28th International British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference, SouthPort, UK, September, 2014
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2013
UbiBraille: Designing and Evaluating a Vibrotactile Braille-Reading Device
ASSETS 2013 - 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Bellevue, USA, October, 2013
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The Today and Tomorrow of Braille Learning
ASSETS 2013 - 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Bellevue, USA, October, 2013
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Under the Table: Tap Authentication for Smartphones
HCI 2013 - 27th International British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference. London, UK, September, 2013
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Towards Ubiquitous Awareness Tools for Blind People
HCI 2013 - 27th International British Computer Society Human Computer Interaction Conference. London, UK, September, 2013
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Augmenting Braille Input through Multitouch Feedback
UIST 2013 - 26th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, St. Andrews, United Kingdom, October, 2013
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2012
Guiding Blind People with Haptic Feedback
Pervasive 2012 workshop on Frontiers in Accessibility for Pervavise Computing , Newcastle, UK, June, 2012
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A Web-Based Application to Address Individual Interests of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
DSAI 2012: 4th International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion, Douro, Portugal, July 2012
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Audio-Based Mobile Puzzle Gaming for Blind People
MOBACC 2012: Mobile Accessibility Workshop at MobileHCI 2012, San Francisco, USA, September 2012
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2011
TROCAS: Communication Skills Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders via ICT
Proceedings of INTERACT 2011 - 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2011
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Blind People and Mobile Touch-based Text-Entry: Acknowledging the Need for Different Flavors
Proceedings of ASSETS 2011 - 13th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Dundee, Scotland, October, 2011
[ pdf ] [ best student paper award ]
BrailleType: Unleashing Braille over Touch Screen Mobile Phones
Proceedings of INTERACT 2011 - 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2011
[ pdf ] [ peoples' best short paper award ]
HEALTHINF 2011 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics. Rome, Italy, January, 2011
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Blind People and Mobile Keypads: Accounting for Individual Differences
Proceedings of INTERACT 2011 - 13th IFIP TC13 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2011
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Computer-Assisted Rehabilitation: Towards Effective Evaluation
International Journal of Cognitive Performance Support, October, 2011
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2010
Towards Accessible Touch Interfaces
ASSETS 2010 - Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Orlando, Florida, USA, October, 2010
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Assessing mobile touch screen interfaces for tetraplegics
Mobile HCI 2010 - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Lisboa, Portugal, 09/2010. Lisboa, Portugal, September, 2010
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Identifying the individual ingredients for an (in)successful non-visual mobile experience
ECCE 2010 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ACM DL, Delft,Netherlands, August, 2010
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Proficient blind users and mobile text-entry
ECCE 2010 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ACM DL. Delft,Netherlands, August, 2010
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A Narrative-Based Alternative to Tagging
Hypertext 2010 - Proceedings of the 21st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia. Toronto, Canada, June, 2010
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SmarterPhone: Supporting meeting in a mobile context
NordiCHI 2010 - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. Reykjavik, Iceland, October, 2010
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Laying the Groundwork for Assisted Rehabilitation
ECCE 2010 - Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ACM DL. Delft, Netherlands, August, 2010
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2009
Assessing Electromyographic Interfaces
Journal of Virtual Reality and Broadcasting, Vol. 5 (12), January, 2009
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NavTap: a Long Term Study with Excluded Blind Users
ASSETS 2009 - Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Pittsburgh, USA, October, 2009
[ pdf ] [ jose luis encarnação award ]
Mnemonical Body Shortcuts for Interacting with Mobile Devices
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Gesture-Based Human-Computer Interaction and Simulation, LNAI 5085, ISBN 978-3-540-92864-5, (Eds.) Miguel Sales Dias, Sylvie Gibet and Marcelo Wander, January, 2009
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Designing Guides for Blind People
DSAI 2009 - International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion. Porto Salvo, Portugal, June, 2009
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An Haptic based Immersive Environment for Shape Analysis and Modeling
Journal of Real-Time Image Processing, ISSN\: 1861-8200, Springer. Special Issue on Improving Display and Rendering Technology for Virtual Environments. Eds. João António Madeiras Pereira and Pedro Santos, October, 2009
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This Just In! Your Life in the Newspaper
Interact 2009 - Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science, 12th IFIP TC13 Conference in Human-Computer Interaction. Uppsala, Sweden, August, 2009
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Storytags: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Photo
ACM CHI 2009 - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Boston, MA, USA, April, 2009
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Blobby: How to Guide a Blind Person
ACM CHI 2009 - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Boston, MA, USA, April, 2009
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2008
NavTap and BrailleTap: Non-Visual Texting Interfaces
RESNA 2008 - Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Conference. Arlington, Virginia, USA, June, 2008
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RealFind: Managing Personal Items in the Physical World
ACM CHI 2008 - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Florence, Italy, April, 2008
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Mnemonical Body Shortcuts: Improving Mobile Interaction
ECCE 2008 - European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics, ACM DL. Madeira, Portugal, September, 2008
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From Tapping to Touching: Making touch screens accessible to blind users
IEEE Multimedia, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 48-50, Oct-Dec, December, 2008
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Mobile Text-Entry Models for People with Disabilities
ECCE 2008 - Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics. Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September, 2008
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2006
EMG as a Daily Wearable Interface
GRAPP 2006: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications Conference on Computer Science Education. Setúbal, Portugal, February, 2006
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