Effects of assistive technology for students with reading and writing disabilities [PDF]
Background: Assistive technology has been used to mitigate reading disabilities for almost three decades, and tablets with text-to-speech and speech-to-text apps have been introduced in recent years to scaffold reading and writing.
Nilsson, Staffan +23 more
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Assistive Technologies in the Home
Assistive technologies are critical to elders maintaining independence in the home. Adequate assessment of the patient's needs, the appropriateness of the device to that need, and the patient's motivation to use of a device is required for successful outcomes. A team approach is needed to ensure that devices are correctly prescribed, and the patient is
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A Universalist strategy for the design of Assistive Technology [PDF]
Assistive Technologies are specialized products aiming to partly compensate for the loss of autonomy experienced by disabled people. Because they address special needs in a highly-segmented market, they are often considered as niche products.
AOUSSAT, Améziane +4 more
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An approach to the evaluation of assistive technology [PDF]
A valid criticism of may innovations in assistive technology is that they have not been evaluated. However, there are obstacles which make this form of technology difficult to evaluate according to conventional paradigms. The reasons behind this are discussed. A particular evaluation which endeavoured to circumvent those problems is described. The item
Stevens, R D, Edwards, A D N
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Technology-assisted dietary assessment [PDF]
Dietary intake provides valuable insights for mounting intervention programs for prevention of disease. With growing concern for adolescent obesity, the need to accurately measure diet becomes imperative. Assessment among adolescents is problematic as this group has irregular eating patterns and have less enthusiasm for recording food intake ...
Fengqing Zhu 0001 +6 more
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Classification of 41 Hand and Wrist Movements via Surface Electromyogram Using Deep Neural Network
Surface electromyography (sEMG) is a non-invasive and straightforward way to allow the user to actively control the prosthesis. However, results reported by previous studies on using sEMG for hand and wrist movement classification vary by a large margin,
Panyawut Sri-iesaranusorn +6 more
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Powered Wheelchair Platform for Assistive Technology Development [PDF]
Literature shows that numerous wheelchair platforms, of various complexities, have been developed and evaluated for Assistive Technology purposes. However there has been little consideration to providing researchers with an embedded system which is fully
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Assistive technology use is associated with reduced capability poverty: a cross-sectional study in Bangladesh. [PDF]
Purpose: About half of all people with disabilities in developing countries live in extreme poverty. Focusing on the ends rather than the economic means of human development, the capability approach offers an alternative view of poverty.
Rahman, A A +14 more
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ResQDrone: Autonomous Indoor Quadcopter for Multi-Layered Mapping in Crisis and Disaster Management Scenarios [PDF]
This paper introduces a fully autonomous quadcopter developed for the safe and efficient exploration of indoor environments in crisis and disaster management scenarios.
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Opening the GATE : systems thinking from the global assistive technology alliance [PDF]
Purpose: This paper describes international actions to collaborate in the assistive technology (AT) arena and provides an update of programmes supporting AT globally. Methods: The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies the severe global uneven
Chen, S.C. +23 more
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