You can take it with you: profile transportability

ABSTRACT

This paper describes the Personal Portable Profile (P³) system, which captures the characteristics of a user profile from one computer and copies them to a second computer. This is accomplished through an auto-run program stored on a UD-RW flash drive device. Such a system will be useful for those with disabilities by allowing them to easily set the interaction characteristics of any computer they encounter to their "home" settings.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.1 MODELS AND PRINCIPLES
      H.1.2 User/Machine Systems
          Subjects: Human factors

General Terms:
Experimentation, Human Factors

Keywords:
assistive technology, user profile