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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">109</journal-id>
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        <journal-title xml:lang="en">JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title xml:lang="en">jucs</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="ppub">0948-695X</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">0948-6968</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Journal of Universal Computer Science</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3217/jucs-023-10-0992</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23602</article-id>
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        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
          <subject>Research Article</subject>
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="scientific_subject">
          <subject>H.5.1 - Multimedia Information Systems</subject>
          <subject>H.5.2 - User Interfaces</subject>
          <subject>K.3.1 - Computer Uses in Education</subject>
        </subj-group>
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Shortages and Challenges in Augmentative Communication through Tangible Interaction Using a User-centered Design and Assessment Process</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group content-type="authors">
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Sanz</surname>
            <given-names>Cecilia</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:type="simple">csanz@lidi.info.unlp.edu.ar</email>
          <uri content-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9471-0008</uri>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Artola</surname>
            <given-names>Veronica</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A1">1</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Guisen</surname>
            <given-names>Andrea</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A2">2</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Marco</surname>
            <given-names>Javier</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Cerezo</surname>
            <given-names>Eva</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
          <name name-style="western">
            <surname>Baldassarri</surname>
            <given-names>Sandra</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="A3">3</xref>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="A1">
        <label>1</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad Nacional de La Plata</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">La Plata</addr-line>
        <country>Argentina</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A2">
        <label>2</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">CONICET, Paraná, Argentina</addr-line>
        <institution>CONICET</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Paraná</addr-line>
        <country>Argentina</country>
      </aff>
      <aff id="A3">
        <label>3</label>
        <addr-line content-type="verbatim">Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain</addr-line>
        <institution>Universidad de Zaragoza</institution>
        <addr-line content-type="city">Zaragoza</addr-line>
        <country>Spain</country>
      </aff>
      <author-notes>
        <fn fn-type="corresp">
          <p>Corresponding author: Cecilia Sanz (<email xlink:type="simple">csanz@lidi.info.unlp.edu.ar</email>).</p>
        </fn>
        <fn fn-type="edited-by">
          <p>Academic editor: </p>
        </fn>
      </author-notes>
      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2017</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>28</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2017</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>23</volume>
      <issue>10</issue>
      <fpage>992</fpage>
      <lpage>1016</lpage>
      <uri content-type="arpha" xlink:href="http://openbiodiv.net/E147B724-5906-5E55-A097-8D163472B0E1">E147B724-5906-5E55-A097-8D163472B0E1</uri>
      <uri content-type="zenodo_dep_id" xlink:href="https://zenodo.org/record/5505683">5505683</uri>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>09</month>
          <year>2016</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>21</day>
          <month>10</month>
          <year>2017</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Cecilia Sanz, Veronica Artola, Andrea Guisen, Javier Marco, Eva Cerezo, Sandra Baldassarri</copyright-statement>
        <license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="" xlink:type="simple">
          <license-p>This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.</license-p>
        </license>
      </permissions>
      <abstract>
        <label>Abstract</label>
        <p>In this article, we present an assessment process on a tangible interaction application oriented to individuals with complex communication needs, called ACoTI, and details about the main results obtained thus far. The process is based on a set of decisions that have been surveyed as key elements for assessing this type of experiences, based on a background review that was carried out. In addition to that, it has taken into account the contribution of key players from the special education field and it is the foundation for the user-centered and evolutionary design of the application. A number of findings and challenges that open up the door to keep contributing to this specific area was presented. For instance, creating an authoring tool that is available for the educators to be able to generate themselves customized activities for their students, considering the specific needs of each of them.</p>
      </abstract>
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