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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Assistive technologies"”.
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Impact of assistive technologies in supporting people with dementia.
In recent decades, many Assistive Technologies (ATs) have been developed to promote independence among people with dementia (PWD). Although there is a high rate of AT abandonment, only a handful of studies have focused on AT usability evaluation from the user point of view. The aim of this thesis …
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING BLIND AND LOW VISION PEOPLE DURING NAVIGATION
The thesis investigates navigation systems for blind and low vision people, proposing three main contributions. First, the thesis proposes two sonification techniques to provide guidance instructions to blind and low vision people during navigation. The proposed solutions are compared with a …
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AI-based Assistive Technologies & People With Disabilities: Privacy At Risk
… incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) in assistive technologies (ATs). It then investigates reasons that exacerbate PWDs’ vulnerability to such potential privacy risks. Since legal literature in the context of AI-based ATs is limited, this thesis adopts a combination of multidisciplinary …
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Assistive Technologies for Individuals with Print Disabilities in Academic Libraries
… issues and suggests guidelines for using assistive technology (AT) in academic libraries. The Delphi Technique was used with a panel of librarians, disability service providers, and AT experts to determine these issues and guidelines for AT services in academic libraries. There were 55 …
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Word prediction in assistive technologies for Aphasia rehabilitation in using Systemic Functional Grammar
… in order to improve the effectiveness of assistive technologies in aphasia rehabilitation. Aphasia rehabilitation has predominately been centered on therapy sessions with speech language pathologists. While Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) devices have made identifiable …
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Are assistive technologies an enhancement to the present health, care, and support mechanisms
… therefore seeks to answer the question ‘Are assistive technologies an enhancement to the present health, care and support mechanisms?’ The NHS and Community Care Act 1990 suggests that resources should move from hospitals and institutions to the community and therefore since 80% of older …
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Building reliable AI assistive technologies: a comprehensive process for inclusive and transparent co-design
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is used to improve assistive technologies, but these systems can fail in various ways. Despite being designed for individuals, many technologies lack user engagement from design to evaluation. This raises the question for users: “Can I trust this technology to perform …
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The PISHI Concept: A Technique for Increasing Inclusion in the Design of Open-Source Assistive Technologies
… thesis addresses how to make Open-Source (OS) Assistive Technology (AT) more inclusive. The thesis employs a Research Through Design (RtD) methodology on a particular case study: the Switch Activated Writing System (SAWS) that is in transition to an Open-Source project (OSSAWS). Analysis of the …
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Auditory Displays and Assistive Technologies: the use of head movements by visually impaired individuals and their implementation in binaural interfaces
… as well as serving a function in certain assistive technologies thanks to the advent of binaural auditory virtual reality. It is known that head movements in the presence of sound elicit changes in the acoustical signals which arrive at each ear, and these changes can improve common …
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A framework for integrating adaptive assistive technologies in inclusive education: A case study of the Disability Unit of the University of Venda
Integrating Assistive Technologies in inclusive education can enable the academic engagement of students living with disabilities and be transformative from a psychological perspective. However, the success of this endeavour in disadvantaged rural South African universities remains a surmountable …
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Accessibility of academic libraries for students living with disabilities in selected South African Universities
… arrangements and the availability and use of assistive technologies. The analysed documents included UCT's Disability Policy (2021), Transformation Report (2023), and Disability Policy Council Report (2022), as well as UWC's Policy on Students with Disability (2007) and Library Annual Report …
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Influence of Intelligent Assitive Technology on the Daily Activities of Visually Impiared People
… living less than optimal lives. Intelligent assistive technologies (IATs) provide essential support for VIPs' daily living activities (ADLs). These IATs include communication, mobility, visual, and daily activity assistive devices. Studies conducted within the Information Systems (IS) field …
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Making Meanings of the Body: What Cyborg Narratives Reveal About Prosthetic Limb Adoption and Use
… the stories of how their use of these intimate technologies is integrated into their narratives of self. I ask two questions: RQ1) How do people who use prosthetic limbs relate to those objects as assistive technologies that have functional, aesthetic, and social features? RQ2) What do …
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The development of a SmartAbility Framework to enhance multimodal interaction for people with reduced physical ability.
Assistive technologies are an evolving market due to the number of people worldwide who have conditions resulting in reduced physical ability (also known as disability). Various classification schemes exist to categorise disabilities, as well as government legislations to ensure equal opportunities …
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Papeis ocupacionais desempenhados e identificação das tecnologias assistivas utilizadas pelos para-atletas do esporte adaptado da UFPB
The adapted sports and assistive technologies contribute to occupational performance of people with disabilities, creating new possibilities to push boundaries and develop new skills and capabilities in daily life. The aim of this study was to assess the demand for assistive technologies in adapted …
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An Environmental User Interface (EUI) Framework to Convey Environmental Contexts In Interactive Systems Design
… unfamiliar places. To overcome these challenges, assistive technologies have been developed to support independent wayfinding tasks; however, those with severe visual impairments often experience frustration when they try to use assistive technologies since these technologies lack address the …
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Enabling visually impaired people to use touch screen phones
… and the mobile application becomes cumbersome. Assistive technologies such as screen readers have been developed for different mobile device manufacturer s for visually impaired users. However, they only support the most popular languages spoken in the world such as English. To our knowledge, …
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Disability and assistive technology advancements in disability sport: Understanding the embodied experiences of disabled athletes
… one billion disabled people currently rely on assistive technology in their day-to-day activities. Yet, the participation of disabled people in sports remains significantly low, often due to inadequate access to assistive technology needed to participate, train and compete. Meanwhile, the use …
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Virtual Reality as Navigation Tool: Creating Interactive Environments For Individuals With Visual Impairments
<p>Research into the creation of assistive technologies is increasingly incorporating the use of virtual reality experiments. One area of application is as an orientation and mobility assistance tool for people with visual impairments. Some of the challenges are developing useful knowledge of the …
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An assistive robotics control system based on speech semantic recognition
… researchers and organizations are working on assistive technologies to ease the disabilities people to move around freely, independence, comfort and have the capabilities to enjoy life to the fullest. Nowadays, most of assistive technologies such as manual wheelchairs are propelled by patients …
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