Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 970, Taiwan, ROC.
Res Dev Disabil. 2011 Sep-Oct;32(5):1506-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.01.043. Epub 2011 May 14.
The latest research adopting software technology to improve pointing performance is through an Automatic Target Acquisition Program (ATAP), where the user can click on the mouse button when a dashed line is aimed at the desired target, instead of moving the cursor to the target. However, ATAP has one limitation--it cannot benefit from Mouseover effects because they only work when the cursor is over the target. This study evaluated whether two children with developmental disabilities would be able to improve their pointing performance through a Dual Cursor Automatic Target Acquisition Program (DCATAP), which solves the limitation of ATAP. At the beginning, both participants had baseline sessions. Then the first participant began his intervention sessions. New intervention occurred with the second participant when the first participant's performance was consolidated. Finally, both participants were exposed to the maintenance phase, in which their pointing performance improved significantly. With the assistance of DCATAP, participants can significantly improve their pointing performance, and can position targets quickly, easily, and accurately.
最新的研究采用软件技术来提高指向性能，是通过自动目标获取程序（ATAP），用户可以在对准目标的虚线时点击鼠标按钮，而无需将光标移动到目标上。但是，ATAP 有一个限制——它不能受益于鼠标悬停效果，因为它们只有在光标在目标上方时才起作用。本研究评估了两个发展性残疾儿童是否能够通过双光标自动目标获取程序（DCATAP）提高他们的指向性能，该程序解决了 ATAP 的限制。在开始时，两个参与者都进行了基线会话。然后，第一个参与者开始进行干预会话。当第一个参与者的表现得到巩固时，第二个参与者开始新的干预。最后，两个参与者都进入了维持阶段，在这个阶段，他们的指向性能显著提高。在 DCATAP 的帮助下，参与者可以显著提高他们的指向性能，并且可以快速、轻松、准确地定位目标。
