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International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons

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Portable and Mobile Systems in Assistive Technology

Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 5105))

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Computing power, communications and internet access are becoming increasingly untethered from the desktop and moving to the realm of portable, wireless technology. Devices such as mobile (cell) phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants) have become affordable and ubiquitous, and offer not only substantial computational power but also telephone and internet access, as well as a variety of sensors such as cameras, GPS and RFID readers. While the overwhelming majority of such devices are being marketed primarily to able-bodied users (primarily young, tech-savvy people without obvious disabilities), there is enormous potential to harness their capabilities for use in assistive technology. As of yet, however, this potential remains largely untapped, with very few commercially available systems of this type.

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  1. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA,  

    R. Manduchi

  2. Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco, CA,  

    J. Coughlan

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Manduchi, R., Coughlan, J. (2008). Portable and Mobile Systems in Assistive Technology. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W., Karshmer, A. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70540-6_161

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