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Augmentative and Alternative Communication Emerging Trends, Opportunities and Innovations

Introduction to the Special Thematic Session

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP-AAATE 2022)

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technologies, training and support have benefitted from significant emerging trends in recent years to cope with the changing environments experienced by many users. The landscape of inclusion, whether it means different forms of digital accessibility, tele-support or more built-in assistive technology in everyday devices, has helped many more individuals with speech and language difficulties communicate effectively. There has also been an increased use of artificial intelligence, including machine learning and natural language processing with improved multilingual automatic speech recognition (ASR) and text to speech, location capturing apps and the Internet of Things being just a few of the technologies providing the world of AAC with a wealth of exciting emerging trends, opportunities and innovations. This special thematic session aims to provide an insight into some of the trends developing across Europe and the wider community.

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  1. WAIS, ECS, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

    E. A. Draffan

  2. David Banes Access and Inclusion Services, Milton Keynes, UK

    David Banes

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  1. Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Georgios Kouroupetroglou

  3. European University Cyprus, Engomi, Cyprus

    Katerina Mavrou

  4. University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA

    Roberto Manduchi

  5. Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Mario Covarrubias Rodriguez

  6. Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

    Petr Penáz

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Draffan, E.A., Banes, D. (2022). Augmentative and Alternative Communication Emerging Trends, Opportunities and Innovations. In: Miesenberger, K., Kouroupetroglou, G., Mavrou, K., Manduchi, R., Covarrubias Rodriguez, M., Penáz, P. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP-AAATE 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13341. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08648-9_55

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