Original Press

Academic Coverage

1. Alice Skipton. Rethinking disability and advancing access. UW College of Engineering News, February 21, 2023.
2. Doug Parry. iSchool's Wobbrock honored for lasting impact. UW Information School News, December 6, 2022.
3. John Delaney. ACM Member News: Promoting accessibility through ability-based design. Communications of the ACM 65 (12), December 2022, p. 13.
4. Jim Davis. Class puts people first, technology second. UW Information School News, September 12, 2022.
5. Imma Perfetto. Data visualisations made more accessible to screen reader users. Cosmos, June 6, 2022.
6. Adam Zewe. Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals. M.I.T. News, June 2, 2022.
7. Sarah McQuate. VoxLens: Adding one line of code can make some interactive visualizations accessible to screen-reader users. University of Washington News, June 1, 2022.
8. Doug Parry. 'Your fingers are the keyboard': Ph.D. candidate builds innovative tool. UW Information School News, May 6, 2022.
9. Maggie Foote. iSchool researchers honored for excellence at CHI 2022. UW Information School News, April 29, 2022.
10. Staff. CREATE Co-Director Jacob O. Wobbrock named ACM Fellow. UW Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences News, January 27, 2022.
11. Staff. Three iSchool researchers honored for groundbreaking work. UW Information School News, January 19, 2022.
12. Jim Ormond. ACM names 71 Fellows for computing advances that are driving innovation. Association of Computing Machinery, January 19, 2022.
13. Staff. Faculty/staff honors: Energy-efficient computing, Cottrell Scholar, Google Inclusion Awards. University of Washington News, March 24, 2021.
14. Sara Hamidi. UW iSchool professor begins work on an ability-based design toolkit for more accessible technology. The Daily of the University of Washington, February 11, 2021.
15. Anh Nguyen. Jacob Wobbrock receives Google Inclusion Award to create accessibility toolkit. UW Information School News, December 16, 2020.
16. Staff. University of Washington AccessComputing faculty co-found new research center devoted to accessible technology. AccessComputing News, July 29, 2020.
17. Nicole Ursprunger. Microsoft invests $2.5M in UW CREATE, a center for accessible technology. The Daily of the University of Washington, July 6, 2020.
18. Paxtyn Merten. Microsoft investment leads establishment of UW accessible tech center. Puget Sound Business Journal, May 28, 2020.
19. Geoff Baker. New UW center bankrolled by Microsoft aims to make technology more accessible to disabled people. The Seattle Times, May 28, 2020.
20. Kurt Schlosser. Microsoft invests $2.5M in CREATE, a new center for accessible tech at the University of Washington. GeekWire, May 28, 2020.
21. Doug Parry. Q&A with Jacob Wobbrock on UW's new accessible technology research center. UW Information School News, May 28, 2020.
22. Jackson Holtz. UW launches new Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences with $2.5 million investment from Microsoft. University of Washington News, May 28, 2020.
23. Staff. Faculty/staff honors: Housing association nod, honorary doctorate, distinguished fellow, best conference paper. University of Washington News, December 2, 2019.
24. Staff. 2019 SIGACCESS ASSETS Paper Impact Award winner. SIGACCESS News, November 8, 2019.
25. Staff. Allen School accessibility researchers past and present shine at ASSETS 2019. UW Allen School News, November 6, 2019.
26. Rochelle Bowyer. iSchool ACE Lab challenges the lack of accessibility in technology. The Daily of the University of Washington, October 28, 2019.
27. Doug Parry. iSchool's Wobbrock honored for accessibility work on mobile touch screens. UW Information School News, September 30, 2019.
28. Doug Parry. iSchool, UW make another strong showing at CHI. UW Information School News, April 26, 2019.
29. Doug Parry. Friedman, Wobbrock among 3 UW faculty to earn top honor in HCI. UW Information School News, February 13, 2019.
30. Staff. UW's Jennifer Mankoff, Batya Friedman and Jacob Wobbrock elected to CHI Academy. UW Allen School News, February 13, 2019.
31. Rebekah Denn. In the era of spellcheck and auto-correct, does it matter that my son can't spell? The Washington Post, January 29, 2019.
32. Staff. MSIM student digs into research on small icons, big data. UW Information School News, December 7, 2017.
33. Herb Weisbaum. UW student hopes to make touch screen technology accessible to more people. KOMO Midday News, September 25, 2017.
34. Andrew Leibs. Free Windows software to make PC more accessible. ThoughtCo.com, July 31, 2017.
35. Staff. New leader takes helm of popular Informatics program. UW Information School News, July 27, 2017.
36. Arunabh Satpathy. Why the United Airlines debacle was just bad service design. Medium.com, May 4, 2017.
37. Staff. HCII alumnus Jacob Wobbrock to receive the SIGCHI Social Impact Award at CHI 2017. Human-Computer Interaction Institute News & Events, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2, 2017.
38. Staff. Slide to unlock. Interactive Feature for the University of Washington Be Boundless Campaign, April 3, 2017.
39. Tamanna Mishra. Multitasking is certainly possible, but only if done right. YourStory, March 1, 2017.
40. Staff. Wobbrock, MAD Lab make technology accessible for all. UW Information School News, February 21, 2017.
41. Staff. Jacob Wobbrock honored with SIGCHI Social Impact Award. UW Information School News, February 17, 2017.
42. Aysha Khan. How Project Sidewalk is making DC more accessible. Technical.ly, November 30, 2016.
43. IANS. Baidu’s Deep Speech 2 recognition software can write text messages faster than humans: Study. BGR India, August 30, 2016.
44. IANS. Smartphone speech recognition software can write three times faster than humans. Ummid.com, August 29, 2016.
45. Carmen Triola. This speech recognition software is much faster than human typists. Mashable, August 29, 2016.
46. Abhimanyu Ghoshal. Stanford speech recognition study suggests you should give dictation apps a chance. TNW Insider, August 27, 2016.
47. Nick Lavars. Hey Siri, study says speech recognition software blitzes humans at texting. New Atlas, August 26, 2016.
48. Jasmine Solana. Quick pro quo: Software writes text 3x faster than any human can. Futurism, August 25, 2016.
49. Staff. Study: Talking to your smartphone is 3X faster than typing. UW Information School News, August 25, 2016.
50. Alex Perala. Dictation faster, more accurate than texting: Study. Mobile ID World, August 24, 2016.
51. Eric David. Voice recognition now faster and more accurate than typing, says Stanford study. SiliconANGLE, August 24, 2016.
52. Adam Rowe. Study: Voice recognition software officially types better than humans. Tech.Co, August 24, 2016.
53. Luke Dormehl. Smartphone speech recognition can text 3 times faster than you can type. Digital Trends, August 24, 2016.
54. Aarti Shahani. Voice recognition software finally beats humans at typing, study finds. All Things Considered, NPR News, August 24, 2016.
55. Bjorn Carey. Smartphone speech recognition can write text messages three times faster than human typing. Stanford News, August 24, 2016.
56. Michele Debczak. 8 ways to refresh during your lunch break. Mental Floss, June 21, 2016.
57. Ian Mills. Meditation in the workplace – Making staff more productive. Huffpost Business, May 24, 2016.
58. Staff. Smart Touch accessibility work earns Best Paper Award at CHI. UW Information School News, March 17, 2016.
59. Staff. Best paper awards for the iSchool at CHI. UW Information School News, March 10, 2015.
60. Harry Bradford. These 4 genius hacks let you use an iPhone with gloves on. The Huffington Post, Tech section, January 26, 2015.
61. University of Washington Continuing Education. UW Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design. December 10, 2014.
62. Michelle Burbick. A millennial minute: My take as a young, digital worker. No Jitter: Insight for the Connected Enterprise, November 17, 2014.
63. Erin Van Bronkhorst. UW names 5 profs to be key mentors for health care enterprise. Puget Sound Business Journal, July 2, 2014.
64. Staff. Wobbrock and Ko appointed 2014 Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows. UW Information School News, June 30, 2014.
65. Clare LaFond. UW appoints 2014 Presidential Entrepreneurial Faculty Fellows. UW Center for Commercialization News, June 30, 2014.
66. Staff. David McDonald to chair HCDE; new HCI faculty bring data visualization and design expertise. UW Information School News, June 20, 2014
67. Staff. Jacob Wobbrock receives Google Faculty Research Award. UW Information School News, March 3, 2014.
68. Elisha Goldstein. New research says mindful-multitasking leads to more focus and calm. The Huffington Post, Healthy Living section, May 7, 2013.
69. Nic Halverson. Gesture reader lets blind decipher documents. Discovery News, May 1, 2013.
70. Zahra Barnes. Overwhelmed? (Don’t answer that.) Meditation will help. Stay with us here. Self Magazine, May 2013, p. 120.
71. Amy Busch. Meditations on the Information Age. The Daily of the University of Washington, April 30, 2013.
72. Douglas Eby. Creative thinking and popular psychology books. Psych Central, December 19, 2012.
73. Linda Melone. 12 gifts of good health. The Costco Connection 27 (12), December 2012, p. 65.
74. Maria Konnikova. The power of concentration. The New York Times, December 15, 2012, p. SR8.
75. Will Knight. What comes after the touch screen? M.I.T. Technology Review, October 11, 2012.
76. Staff. Jacob Wobbrock awarded $500K NSF grant to design more accessible mobile devices. UW Information School News, September 11, 2012.
77. UW TV. University of Washington campus tour 2012. August 29, 2012. (The Angle Mouse is featured from 1:53 – 1:56.)
78. UW TV. iOn the future. August 10, 2012. (The Angle Mouse and Pointing Magnifier are featured from 20:55 – 25:35.)
79. Anita Bruzzese. Meditation can keep you more focused at work, study says. USA Today, Money section, July 8, 2012.
80. Mónica Guzmán. No app for applying ourselves mindfully: Drowning in tech distractions? Meditation can help. The Seattle Times, Local News section, June 16, 2012.
81. Molly Brown. New research: Meditation makes you a better geek. GeekWire, June 13, 2012.
82. Peter Kelley. Mindful multitasking: Meditation first can calm stress, aid concentration. University of Washington News, June 13, 2012.
83. Jim Giles. Touchscreens learn your habits to help you type faster. New Scientist, May 30, 2012.
84. Staff. UW President Michael Young attends dub retreat. UW CSE News, April 27, 2012.
85. Joon Yi. Two UW students named Facebook Fellows. The Daily of the University of Washington, February 22, 2012.
86. Todd Bishop. Better typing while walking, and other cool stuff from UW. GeekWire, October 20, 2011.
87. Eric Smalley. Portico takes tablets off-screen. C|NET News, October 12, 2011.
88. Duncan Graham-Rowe. Taking touch beyond the touch screen. M.I.T. Technology Review, September 23, 2011.
89. June Simms. A better computer mouse cursor for the disabled. Voice of America, Science and Technology section, April 17, 2011.
90. Mark Gibbs. Improved mouse control for users with disabilities. PC World, Business Center section, April 16, 2011.
91. Mark Huffman. Free software makes using a mouse easier: Designed for people with motor disabilities. ConsumerAffairs.com, April 13, 2011.
92. Staff. Pointing Magnifier and Angle Mouse – Mouse apps for older computer users. Bill Mullins' Weblog, April 13, 2011.
93. Staff. Making mouse clicking easier. Kurzweil Network, April 11, 2011.
94. Roblimo. Free software helps disabled use mouse. Slashdot.com, Hardware section, April 10, 2011.
95. Darren Quick. Researchers tackle mouse control from a different angle. New Atlas, April 10, 2011.
96. Catherine O'Donnell. Free software makes computer mouse easier for people with disabilities. University of Washington News, April 7, 2011.
97. Staff. UW, iSchool dominate CHI awards. UW Information School News, April 5, 2011.
98. Staff. Record year for iSchool, dub at CHI 2011. UW Information School News, February 17, 2011.
99. Staff. Shaun Kane: Success by design. UW Information School News, November 8, 2010.
100. Staff. Drs. Ko, Wobbrock earn best paper at VL/HCC. UW Information School News, September 24, 2010.
101. Hannah Hickey. Deaf, hard-of-hearing students do first test of sign language by cell phone. University of Washington News, August 19, 2010. Story picked up by KING 5 and KCPQ 13 local television news.
102. Jean Patterson. Junior faculty blaze path forward for iSchool. UW Information School News, July 16, 2010.
103. Justin Rattner. Research@Intel Day 2010 keynote with Intel CTO Justin Rattner. June 30, 2010. (Portico is featured by the Intel CTO from 10:20 – 11:15.)
104. CmdrTaco. Demo of laptop/tabletop hybrid UI. Slashdot.com, Hardware section, April 14, 2010.
105. KING 5 News. UW student named Facebook Fellow. KING5.com, Local News section, April 14, 2010.
106. Larry Larsen. Using your voice to paint. Channel 9 from MSDN. April 1, 2010.
107. Nick Eaton. Tabletop UI, wireless power and more from Intel Labs Seattle. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Blogs. September 30, 2009.
108. Staff. Tuning technology to special needs. UW Information School News, May 28, 2009.
109. Larry Greenemeier. Microsoft tries to get a grip on touch computing with Surface. Scientific American, 60-Second Science Blog, April 11, 2009.
110. Ina Fried. Microsoft puts finger on better gestures. C|NET News, April 6, 2009.
111. Ivanhoe Newswire. Pimp my program: Help for the disabled. Television news release, March 2009.
112. Richard Seven. Researchers work on developing sign language for cellphones. The Seattle Times, Health section, December 2, 2008.
113. Richard Seven. UW creates a computer mouse driven by sound. The Seattle Times, Business/Technology section, October 6, 2008.
114. Robert P. Bennett. Squaring off with EdgeWrite. Disaboom, Tech & Tools section, September 23, 2008.
115. Lee Bruno. An interface for your eyes only. The Guardian (U.K.), August 27, 2008.
116. Hannah Hickey. Signing by cell: Can you see me now? University of Washington News, August 21, 2008.
117. Hannah Hickey. For your eyes only: Custom interfaces make computer clicking faster, easier. University of Washington News, July 15, 2008.
118. Staff. The Dobbs Challenge contest winners announced. Gamasutra.com, June 19, 2008. Mr. Spiff's Revenge by POW Studios, which heavily utilizes the $1 gesture recognizer, wins Best Windows Game.
119. Lynne Harris. NISH recognizes college engineers for inventions designed to help people with disabilities in the workplace. National press release, June 11, 2008.
120. Staff. iSchool garners three Best Paper Awards at CHI 2008. UW Information School News, April 3, 2008.
121. Virginia Gold. SIGCHI announces Best of CHI 2008 award winners. ACM News Release, April 3, 2008.
122. Staff. Dominating DUB. Etc: Campus News & Notes. University Week 25 (18), February 28, 2008, p. 3.
123. Staff. COMPUTER: Malen mit der Stimme. Der Spiegel 43, October 22, 2007, p. 215.
124. Patrick Pettibon. CMU, Pitt receive $15 million research grant. The Tartan, August 28, 2006, pp. A-4, A-5.
125. Holly Witteman. Perspectives on CHI 2006. SIGCHI Bulletin 38 (3), July 2006.
126. Ivanhoe Broadcast News. Hi-tech typing. Television news release, October 2005.
127. Vicki Contavespi. NISH announces winners of 2004-2005 National Scholar Awards for Workplace Innovation & Design. National press release, May 2005.
128. Byron Spice. Text with an edge. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Monday, November 29, 2004, p. A-6. Full-page feature.
129. Todd Bishop. Microsoft DemoFest offers look at the latest university research. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wednesday, August 3, 2004.
130. Staff. Prototype: Write steady. M.I.T. Technology Review 108 (8), August 1, 2005, p. 27.
131. Staff. Science honors. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Science & Environment section, Monday, July 4, 2005, p. A-6.
132. Staff. Personal mention. Carnegie Mellon 8½ × 11 News 15 (46), June 9, 2005.
133. Steve August. Integrating users into product development. productmarketing.com Magazine 2 (1), January/February 2004, pp. 17-23.
134. Alison Overholt. Sidebar: Pardon the interruption. Fast Company Magazine 63, October 2002, p. 118.

Entrepreneurship Coverage

1. Taylor Soper. UW spinout AnswerDash, a contextual Q&A service for customer support, acquired by CloudEngage. GeekWire, June 23, 2020.
2. Staff. CloudEngage acquires Seattle-based AnswerDash, expanding personalization capabilities to include AI powered self-service support. PR Newswire, June 23, 2020.
3. Data Bridge Market Research. Global customer self-service software market 2017: Top key manufacturers are Microsoft Corporation, SAP SE, Verint Systems, Inc., Recursive Labs, Inc., Inbenta Technologies, Inc., ANSWERDASH, Salesforce.com. openPR, November 7, 2017.
4. Sam Sawchuk. Meet Jacob O. Wobbrock | An entrepreneur focused on interactive solutions that improve the user and customer experience. The Huffington Post, December 6, 2016.
5. Dom Nicastro. What’s in a name: PlaceIQ, AnswerDash, Redbooth. CMSWire, October 22, 2015.
6. Rachel Lerman. Tech Spotlight: AnswerDash solves your confusion when using websites. The Seattle Times, September 20, 2015.
7. Taylor Soper. UW spinout AnswerDash raises $2.9M to support growth of online contextual help platform. GeekWire, September 14, 2015.
8. Michael Guta. AnswerDash earns 'Cool Vendor' status from Gartner. TMCnet, Call Center Services Featured Article, July 20, 2015.
9. Kristina Knight. Ad Roundup: Platforms to protect data, give answers. BizReport, July 9, 2015.
10. AnswerDash. Gartner names AnswerDash a 'Cool Vendor' in CRM Customer Service and Support, 2015. Marketwired, July 9, 2015.
11. Paul N. Luvera. Advice from the son of a lawyer and thoughts about expert witnesses. Plaintiff Lawyer Tips, July 5, 2015.
12. Adam Bryant. Jake Wobbrock of AnswerDash: Lead with strengths, and weaknesses. The New York Times, June 30, 2015.
13. John Cook. Tech Moves: Ex-Impinj CEO tapped for top post at AnswerDash. GeekWire, June 3, 2015.
14. AnswerDash. AnswerDash appoints William Colleran as new Chief Executive Officer. Marketwired, June 3, 2015.
15. Staff. People on the move: William Colleran, Ph.D. Seattle Business Magazine, June 2, 2015.
16. Maurice Nagle. Contact Center Analytics week in review: Toshiba, SAS, AnswerDash and more. Contact Center Analytics Review, May 9, 2015.
17. Casey Houser. AnswerDash matches customer concerns with website and app UX. Contact Center Analytics Review, May 5, 2015.
18. Staff. AnswerDash launches new web analytics features. destinationCRM.com, April 23, 2015.
19. AnswerDash. AnswerDash analytics provides instant insight into web users’ behaviors. Marketwired, April 23, 2015.
20. Olive Huang, Jenny Sussin, Steve Blood, Brian Manusama, Jim Davies, Michael Maoz, Drew Kraus. Cool Vendors in CRM customer service and support, 2015. Gartner, April 9, 2015.
21. Staff. The evolution of an iSchool startup. UW Information School News, April 7, 2015.
22. Steven Goldsmith. AnswerDash aims to make your website smarter. Puget Sound Business Journal, March 20, 2015.
23. Ian Barker. Web app self-service reduces support queries and cuts costs. BetaNews, February 17, 2015.
24. AnswerDash. AnswerDash reports customers experience an average cost savings of $20K a year in customer support. Marketwired, February 12, 2015.
25. John Cook. Tech moves... GeekWire, January 27, 2015.
26. AnswerDash. AnswerDash announces new hire Kevin Knoepp as Vice President of Engineering. Marketwired, January 22, 2015.
27. Rieva Lesonsky. Cooking lessons for startups, video contests and more. SmallBizDaily, December 20, 2014.
28. Ian Barker. Self service platform helps cut online help desk requests. BetaNews, December 18, 2014.
29. Staff. AnswerDash integrates with Zendesk. destinationCRM.com, December 18, 2014.
30. AnswerDash. AnswerDash transforms Help Center into point-and-click contextual self-service platform with Zendesk integration. Marketwired, December 18, 2014.
31. Derek Schou. Ease the pressure on your support team with new AnswerDash integration. Website Magazine, December 17, 2014.
32. Paula Bernier. Making websites pay off. TMCnet, December 4, 2014.
33. Derek Schou. Don’t lose out on holiday conversions with a slow site. Website Magazine, November 10, 2014.
34. Staff. A dubious honor for IRS.gov, cyber-training priorities, worldwide warrants and more. Federal Computer Week, November 7, 2014.
35. Ian Barker. Usability survey reveals the most frustrating websites. BetaNews, November 7, 2014.
36. AnswerDash. IRS.gov, Comcast.com and CenturyLink.com are 2014's most frustrating websites, according to AnswerDash’s website usability survey. Marketwired, November 7, 2014.
37. Allison Howen. Q&A for every page of your site. Website Magazine, October 13, 2014.
38. Paula Bernier. AnswerDash makes websites more helpful. TMCnet, Call Center Software Featured Article, October 8, 2014.
39. Barry Levine. U. of Washington-spinoff AnswerDash launches to make everything on a Web page questionable. VentureBeat, October 8, 2014.
40. AnswerDash. U.S. Green Building Council selects AnswerDash's contextual website help technology to power USGBC.ORG. Marketwired, October 8, 2014.
41. Jake Wiederrich. Sound Startups. KIRO 7 News Special, October 4, 2014. (AnswerDash is featured from 11:10 – 12:10.)
42. Matt Mullen. AnswerDash provides 'first line of defense' for website customer service inquiries. 451 Research, Impact Report, August 21, 2014.
43. Taylor Soper. New record: University of Washington spun out 18 startups last year. GeekWire, July 2, 2014.
44. Sam Becker. Bright idea: UW-spawned platform makes websites more responsive. Seattle Business Magazine 25 (7), July 2014.
45. Clare LaFond. University of Washington launches record 18 start-ups in FY14; UW ranks third in nation for number of companies spinning out of a university. UW Center for Commercialization News, June 28, 2014.
46. Benjamin Romano. Stuck on Website ‘Help Island’? First UW iSchool Spinout Has the Answer. Xconomy, May 23, 2014.
47. Taylor Soper. UW spinout AnswerDash launches, names ex-Drugstore.com CEO Dawn Lepore to board. GeekWire, May 20, 2014.
48. Staff. Qazzow becomes AnswerDash. Northwest Innovation, May 20, 2014.
49. Qazzow. Qazzow changes name to AnswerDash and welcomes new board of directors and advisory board members. PRWeb, May 20, 2014.
50. Jay Sommerville. "Sound Startups" 30-second spot featuring AnswerDash, Moz, and Redfin. KIRO 7 News. First aired April 21, 2014.
51. Taylor Soper. Husky Pride: Check out these 5 startups founded by University of Washington grads, professors. GeekWire, April 16, 2014.
52. Joe Veyera. iSchool spinout receives funding for Q&A technology. The Daily of the University of Washington, January 5, 2014.
53. John Cook. Startup Hall: University of Washington looks to transform old law school into magnet for startups. GeekWire, December 17, 2013.
54. John Cook. UW spin-out Qazzow scores $2.4M to bolster customer service on e-commerce sites. GeekWire, December 16, 2013.
55. Emily Parkhurst. Helping 'help': UW startup gets $2.4M to provide smarter in-app help. Puget Sound Business Journal, December 16, 2013.
56. Staff. Qazzow lands $2.4M. Northwest Innovation, December 16, 2013.
57. Qazzow. Qazzow secures $2.4 million in Series A financing. PRWeb, December 16, 2013.
58. Gregg Bayes-Brown. Institutions at the heart of the west coast success story. Global University Venturing News, November 18, 2013.
59. Gregg Bayes-Brown. W Fund answers Qazzow with $500k. Global University Venturing News, November 6, 2013.
60. John Cook. UW spin out Qazzow scores $500,000, helps customers get questions answered on e-commerce sites. GeekWire, November 5, 2013.
61. Clare LaFond. UW spin out Qazzow receives seed investment from W Fund. UW Center for Commercialization News, November 5, 2013.
62. Staff. iSchool startup Qazzow receives seed investment from W Fund. UW Information School News, November 5, 2013.
63. Staff. Qazzow scores $500,000 seed investment. UW CSE News, November 5, 2013.
64. Clare LaFond. C4C New Ventures Facility recognized among world's top business incubators. UW Center for Commercialization News, October 8, 2013.
65. Taylor Soper. Innovation Showcase: E-commerce, learning and medical ventures in the spotlight. GeekWire, January 22, 2013.