HandiMathKey: Mathematical Keyboard for Disabled Person

Multidisciplinary Experience Feedback on the Use of the HandiMathKey Keyboard in a Middle School

“…The ASEI Jean Lagarde Centre in Toulouse and the IRIT laboratory have implemented the User Centred Design Method [8] and the ISO 9241-210 [9] standard for the codesign of the HandiMathKey (HMK) mathematical input keyboard. This HMK keyboard aims to address the limitations of use that users with disabilities encountered with dedicated mathematical editors or integrated in text editors (see [3]). The HMK keyboard is a multi-block integrated keyboard composed of sub keyboards (See Fig.…”

“…This HMK keyboard aims to address the limitations of use that users with disabilities encountered with dedicated mathematical editors or integrated in text editors (see [ 3 ]). The HMK keyboard is a multi-block integrated keyboard composed of sub keyboards (See Fig.…”

“…Assistive technologies are often inappropriate or even abandoned due to the lack of inclusion of end-users or their ecosystem [ 1 ], especially in the field of inclusive education [ 2 ]. A numerical keyboard for mathematical input, HandiMathKey (HMK), was designed by implementing a co-design method in which teachers and occupational therapists expressed the demands for such an innovation based on their expertise, starting from the observation of the difficulties of young adolescents in school for the production of mathematical writings [ 3 ]. The purpose of this paper is to describe the observation method implemented in a 4th grade class at the Centre Jean Lagarde in Toulouse and to report few results on usability of HMK.…”