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The Disappearing Computer: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Disabled and Elderly People

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The emerging technological paradigm of the Disappearing Computer, which is anticipated to radically change the nature, scope, and interactivity of Information Society Technologies, will bring about new opportunities and challenges for the development of an Information Society acceptable by all citizens, including disabled and elderly people. This paper will discuss some of the most important issues in this respect under a Universal Access perspective.

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  1. Foundation for Research and Technology, Institute of Computer Science, GR-71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, Greece

    Constantine Stephanidis

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  1. SZS — Study Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Students, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 4, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. i3s3 — integrated studying, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Joachim Klaus

  3. i3s3 — integrated studying, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/366-1B, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Stephanidis, C. (2002). The Disappearing Computer: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Disabled and Elderly People. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_9

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