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Development of a voice recognition based system to help physically disabled people use the facebook

Quality & Quantity volume 52, pages 1343–1352 (2018)Cite this article

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Social network sites (SNSs) have become so popular that the number of people joining and actively participating on such sites is increasing on a daily basis. Although there are several SNSs, Facebook is currently the most popular and most commonly used. SNSs have primarily been developed with able-bodied people in mind and as a result of this, people with disabilities find it difficult to join and participate on these sites. Furthermore, this topic has received little attention by researchers around the world. Facebook pages usually consist of text, graphics, and sound where the users navigate through the pages using a mouse. As a step towards addressing this need and finding a possible elegant solution, the authors have developed a voice-activated PC-based system (called NEU-FACE) in the form of an interface to Facebook. With the aid of this system, a person with a physical disability can join and participate in Facebook by giving voice commands to manage the typical Facebook activities.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Higher Institute of Engineering Technology, Tripoli, Libya

    Salem Mohamad Ali Enajeh

  2. Department of Computer Information Systems, Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Nadire Cavus & Dogan Ibrahim

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Enajeh, S.M.A., Cavus, N. & Ibrahim, D. Development of a voice recognition based system to help physically disabled people use the facebook. Qual Quant 52 (Suppl 2), 1343–1352 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-018-0709-6

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