Computer Assistive Technologies for Physically and Cognitively Challenged Users focuses on the technologies and devices that assist individuals with physical and cognitive disabilities. These technologies facilitate independent activity and participation, serving to improve daily functional capabilities.
The book features nine chapters that cover a wide range of computer assistive technologies that give readers an in-depth understanding of the available resources to help the elderly or individuals with disabilities. The topics covered in the book include 1) The category and ontology of assistive devices, 2) Web accessibility and ICT accessibility for persons with disability (PWD), 3) Assistive technologies for blind and visually impaired people, 4) Assistive technologies for home comfort and care, 5) Assistive technologies for hearing impaired people using Indian sign language synthetic animations, 6) Augmentative and alternative communication/hearing impairments, 7) Accessibility innovations to help physically disabled users, 8) Adhesive tactile walking surface indicators for elderly and visually impaired people mobility, 9) future of assistive technologies.
This book serves as a textbook resource for students undertaking modular courses that require learning material on computer assistive technology. It also serves as a reference for graduate level courses in disability studies, human-computer interaction, gerontology and rehabilitation engineering. Researchers working in the allied fields intersecting computer science, medicine and psychology will also benefit from the information provided in the book.
The book features nine chapters that cover a wide range of computer assistive technologies that give readers an in-depth understanding of the available resources to help the elderly or individuals with disabilities. The topics covered in the book include 1) The category and ontology of assistive devices, 2) Web accessibility and ICT accessibility for persons with disability (PWD), 3) Assistive technologies for blind and visually impaired people, 4) Assistive technologies for home comfort and care, 5) Assistive technologies for hearing impaired people using Indian sign language synthetic animations, 6) Augmentative and alternative communication/hearing impairments, 7) Accessibility innovations to help physically disabled users, 8) Adhesive tactile walking surface indicators for elderly and visually impaired people mobility, 9) future of assistive technologies.
This book serves as a textbook resource for students undertaking modular courses that require learning material on computer assistive technology. It also serves as a reference for graduate level courses in disability studies, human-computer interaction, gerontology and rehabilitation engineering. Researchers working in the allied fields intersecting computer science, medicine and psychology will also benefit from the information provided in the book.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview, Category and Ontology of Assistive Devices- Introduction
- Scope of the Assistive Technology
- Smart Self-Management as a Means to Empower With Assistive Technology
- Who Adopts Assistive Technology?
- The Emergence of Assistive Technology
- Professional Practice in Assistive Technology
- The Features of Assistive Technology
- Categories
- No-Technology Devices
- Low-Technology Devices
- Mid and High Technology Devices
- Design Considerations for at
- Evaluation of Functional Capabilities of Assistive Devices
- Possible Outcomes With at
- Feature Matching
- Ontology of Assistive Devices
- General Purpose Assistive Technologies
- Performance Areas
- Assistive Technology for Manipulation and Control of the Environment
- Issues Associated With Assistive Technology Practice
- Attempts to Maximize the Accessibility and Affordability of Assistive Technology
- Research Trends and Future Research Directions
- Conclusion
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Meenu Chandel and Manu Sood Background
- Introduction
- Accessibility for Different Categories of Pwds
- Visually Impaired Individuals
- Physically Challenged Individuals
- Deaf And/Or Hearing Impaired Individuals
- Hardware and Software Accessibility for Pwds
- Hardware Options
- Software Options
- Assistive Technology
- Disabilities and Web Accessibility
- Disabilities and Ict Accessibility
- Frequency of Using Ict Facilities
- Challenges Constraining Access to and Use of Icts by the Pwd
- Inadequate Friendliness
- Ineffective Training Provisions
- Power Supply Outages
- Outdated Ict Infrastructure
- Shortage of Icts Experts and Technicians
- Internet Connectivity
- Results of Shortage of Ict Facilities
- Recommendations and Suggestions
- Conclusion
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgement
- Refrences
- Roopa G.M. Chetana Prakash and Pradeep N.
- Introduction
- The Global Assistive Technology Community and Its Impacts on People With Disabilities
- Present-Day Scenario
- General Design Ideas and the Usability of Daily Items
- Evolution of Assistive Technologies
- Assistive Technologies: Functional Framework
- Hard-Soft Technologies
- Object Recognition
- Background Theory
- Object Detection Algorithms
- Sift (Scale Invariant Feature Transform) Algorithm
- Surf (Speeded Up Robust Features)
- Ocr(Optical-Character-Recognition)
- Yolo (You Only Look Once)
- R-Cnn
- Gaps Identified
- Existing Assistance Solutions for Blind People
- Primary Objective of Computer Vision
- Methodology Proposed
- Yolov3 Architecture
- Experimental Setup
- Results and Discussion
- System Work-Flow for Object Detection
- Smart Reading System for Visually Impaired People Using Tesseract
- Flow Process of Tesseract
- Future Research Directions
- Conclusion
- Consent of Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgment
- References
- Annu Rani, Vishal Goyal and Lalit Goyal
- Introduction
- Disability
- Types of Disabilities
- Blindness
- Low Vision
- Hearing Disability
- Dwarfism
- Intellectual Disability
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd)
- Mental Illness
- Locomotor Disability
- Leprosy Cured Persons
- Muscular Dystrophy (Md)
- Chronic Neurological Conditions
- Specific Learning Disability
- Multiple Sclerosis(Ms)
- Speech and Language Disability
- Thalassemia
- Hemophilia
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Multiple Disabilities, Including Deaf-Blindness
- Acid Attack
- Parkinson’S Disease (Pd)
- Cerebral Palsy (Cp)
- Common Barriers Faced by People With Disabilities
- Communication Problem
- Physical Obstacles
- Social Obstacles
- Attitudinal Barriers
- Transportation Obstacles
- Principles for Providing Assistive Devices
- Availability
- Accessibility
- Affordability
- Adaptability
- Acceptability
- Quality
- Assistive Technologies for Home Relaxation and Care for Disabled People
- Mobility Aids
- Listening and Hearing Aids
- Cognitive Devices
- Comforting Aids
- Limit Motor Skills Aids
- Vision Aids
- Home Security and Safety
- Daily Living Aids
- Computer Access Aids
- Mobile Apps for All Disabilities
- Benefits of Assistive Technology Devices in Individual's Life
- Conclusion
- Consent of Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Rakesh Kumar, Lalit Goyal and Vishal Goyal
- Introduction
- Facts About Indian Sign Language
- Communication Between Deaf and Hearing Communities
- English Text to Indian Sign Language Translation System
- English-Isl Lexicon
- Text Parser Module to Parse English Sentences
- Grammatical Rules for Transformation of English to Isl Sentence
- Eliminator Module for Removal of Undesired Words
- Lemmatization and Synonym Replacement
- Sign Animation Using Avatar
- Announcements System for Railway Stations
- Announcements System for Airports
- Announcements System for Bus Stands
- Conclusion and Future Work
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Jestin Joy, Kannan Balakrishnan and M Sreeraj
- Introduction
- Background
- Sign Language Recognition
- Sensor-Based System
- Vision-Based Systems
- Challenges and Motivation of Sign Language Recognition
- Commonly Used Sensors
- Different Recognition Models
- Sign Language Generation
- Data Science Based Aac Solutions
- Conclusion and Future Directions
- Consent for Publication
- Conflict of Interest
- Acknowledgement
- References
- Bhagvan Kommadi
- Introduction
- Accessibility for Different Disabilities
- Critical Elements - Accessibility Ecosystem
Author
- Manoj Kumar M.V
-Immanuel Azaad Moonesar R.D.
