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Towards communication and information access for deaf people
(South African Computer Society, 2014)
In tightly circumscribed communication situations an interactive system resident on a mobile device can assist Deaf people with their communication and information needs. The Deaf users considered here use South African ...
Designing mobile multi-touch drum sequencing applications
(2015)
Digital music software can limit the forms of music we create by using interfaces that directly copy those of the analogue instruments that came before. In this study we report on a new multi-touch interface that affords ...
Designing with community health workers: feedback-integrated multimedia learning for rural community health
(2018)
Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an integral part of the rural health system, and it is imperative that their voices are accommodated in digital health projects. In the mobile health education project discussed in this ...
A comparison of socially-motivated discussion forum models for learning management systems
(2017)
This thesis seeks to contribute to the field of learning management system (LMS) development in tertiary educational institutions, particularly to advance the adoption of learning management systems (LMSes) by exploring ...
Grammars for generating isiXhosa and isiZulu weather bulletin verbs
(2018)
The Met Office has investigated the use of natural language generation (NLG) technologies to streamline the production of weather forecasts. Their approach would be of great benefit in South Africa because there is no fast ...
User perception of gaming element effectiveness in a corporate learning application
(2017)
This Conversion Masters in Information Technology thesis gathered users' perceptions about eight gaming elements to determine their effectiveness on aspects of playability, enjoyment and intrinsic motivation needed in a ...
Usability heuristics for fast crime data anonymization in resource-constrained contexts
(2018)
This thesis considers the case of mobile crime-reporting systems that have emerged as an effective and efficient data collection method in low and middle-income countries. Analyzing the data, can be helpful in addressing ...
Algorithms for efficiently and effectively matching agents in microsimulations of sexually transmitted infections
(2018)
Mathematical models of the HIV epidemic have been used to estimate incidence, prevalence and life-expectancy, as well the benefits and costs of public health interventions, such as the provision of antiretroviral treatment. ...
Enhancing colour-coded poll sheets using computer vision as a viable Audience Response System (ARS) in Africa
(2018)
Audience Response Systems (ARS) give a facilitator accurate feedback on a question posed to the listeners. The most common form of ARS are clickers; Clickers are handheld response gadgets that act as a medium of communication ...
Neuro-evolution behavior transfer for collective behavior tasks
(2018)
The design of effective, robust and autonomous controllers for multi-agent and multi-robot systems is a long-standing problem in the fields of computational intelligence and robotics. Whilst nature-inspired problem-solving ...