André Rodrigues

I love taking on challenges where we can leverage technology in novel ways to help people.

Publications

Mobile Web PDF

10 different smartphone applications with 10 very different interfaces.

Guerreiro T., Carriço L., Rodrigues A. (2019) Mobile Web. In: Yesilada Y., Harper S. (eds) Web Accessibility. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London

Exploring Collaborative Interactions Between Robots and Blind People PDF

Two blind people doing a tagram puzzle with the help of a robot. One the robot is helping the user with its arms (Condition CAR); in the other the robot is still just providing audio instructions (Condition VOAR).

F. Correia, R. Oliveira, M. Bonani, A. Rodrigues, T. Guerreiro and A. Paiva, “Exploring Collaborative Interactions Between Robots and Blind People,” 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Daegu, Korea (South), 2019, pp. 365-365. doi: 10.1109/HRI.2019.8673312 - #f03c15 Best Video Award

2018

AidMe: Interactive Non-Visual Smartphone Tutorials PDF

André Rodrigues, Leonardo Camacho, Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro ACM MOBILECHI 2018 - 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Barcelona, Spain, September, 2018

What My Eyes Can’t See, A Robot Can Show Me: Exploring the Collaboration Between Blind People and Robots PDF

Blind person touching a robot extended arm

Mayara Bonani, Raquel Oliveira, Filipa Correia, André Rodrigues, Tiago Guerreiro, Ana Paiva ACM ASSETS 2018 - 20th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Galway, Ireland, October, 2018

Hybrid-Brailler: Combining Physical and Gestural Interaction for Mobile Braille Input and Editing PDF

Hybrid-Brailler prototype. A 3D printed case with 9 tactile buttons on the back of the device.

Daniel Trindade, André Rodrigues, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau ACM CHI 2018 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada, May, 2018 [Cite]

Data Donors: Sharing Knowledge for Mobile Accessibility PDF

Data donor poster

André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro ACM CHI 2018 Late Breaking Work - Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Montreal, Canada, May, 2018 [Cite]

Facilitating smartphone use for blind people through a human powered approach PDF

A blind person using an headset and exploring a smartphone touchscreen with explore by touch.

André Rodrigues Newsletter ACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing Homepage archive Issue 120, January 2018 [Cite]

2017

In-context Q&A to Support Blind People Using Smartphones PDF

Hint me prototype interface.

André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicolau, João Guerreiro and Tiago Guerreiro ASSETS 2017 - 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October, 2017. [Cite]

Improving Smartphone Accessibility with Personalizable Static Overlays PDF

André Rodrigues, André Santos, Kyle Montague and Tiago Guerreiro ASSETS 2017 - 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, October, 2017. [Cite]

Investigating Laboratory and Everyday Typing Performance of Blind Users PDF

Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Vicki Hanson ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 2017 [Cite]

2016

Effect of Target Size on Non-Visual Text-Entry PDF

Four keyboard sizes displayed with the larger one being the size of all the others and the smallest one fits in a smartwatch display.

André Rodrigues, Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Luís Carriço, Tiago Guerreiro MobileHCI 2016 - 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, Florence, Italy, September, 2016 [Cite] - #f03c15 Honourable Mention

Towards Inviscid Text-Entry for Blind People through Non-Visual Word Prediction Interfaces PDF

Kyle Montague, João Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Daniel Gonçalves ACM CHI 2016 Workshop on Inviscid Text Entry and Beyond, San Jose, USA, April, 2016

2015

Getting Smartphones to TalkBack: Understanding the Smartphone Adoption Process of Blind Users PDF

A blind person sitting on a park bench using its mobile device.

André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015 [Cite]

TabLETS Get Physical: Non-Visual Text Entry on Tablet Devices PDF

A scheme of a keyboard where users can have both fingers at the same time and the audio feedback is given according to the key position.

João Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, Hugo Nicolau, Daniel Gonçalves ACM CHI 2015 - ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Seoul, South Korea, April, 2015 [Cite]

TinyBlackBox: Recovering the Lost Interactions of Mobile In-the-Wild Studies PDF

A poster of TinyBlackBox.

Kyle Montague, André Rodrigues, Hugo Nicolau, Tiago Guerreiro ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015 [Cite]

Breaking Barriers with Assistive Macros PDF

A poster of Assistive Macros.

ASSETS ‘15 Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility Pages 351-352 [Cite]

Typing Performance of Blind Users: An Analysis of Touch Behaviors, Learning Effect, and In-Situ Usage PDF

A keyboard scheme with dots representing each of the collected touch points. Each key as dots from a different color.

Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, André Rodrigues, Tiago Guerreiro, Vicki Hanson ASSETS 2015 - 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. Lisboa, Portugal, October, 2015 [Cite]

HoliBraille: Multipoint Vibrotactile Feedback on Mobile Devices PDF

A case surrounding a mobile device and two hands holding the case with the device facing forward. Each hand has three fingers over a motor that provides haptic feedback.

Hugo Nicolau, Kyle Montague, Tiago Guerreiro, André Rodrigues, Vicki Hanson W4A 2015 - 12th International Web for All Conference, Florence, Italy, May, 2015 [Cite]

2014

SWAT: Mobile System-Wide Assistive Technologies PDF

A multi-impaired user with a mouse. It also shows two individual screens of a Android home screen with a grid scanning technique highlighted.

BCS-HCI ‘14 Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference on HCI 2014 - Sand, Sea and Sky - Holiday HCI [Cite]

Mobile system-wide assistive technology PDF

André Rodrigues, Advisor: Tiago Guerreiro MSc Dissertation 2014