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  1-7 of 7 Reviews about "Handicapped Persons/Special Needs (K.4.2...)": Date Reviewed
  Understanding barriers to online experience for people with physical and sensory disabilities using discursive social psychology
Bowker N. Universal Access in the Information Society 9(2): 121-136, 2010.  Type: Article

A significant number of Internet users have physical or sensory disabilities. Work that addresses this group of users, as Bowker’s does, is rare. Bowker founded her work on philosophical, psychological, and linguistic theorie...

Sep 21 2010
  Computer resources for people with disabilities
, Hunter House Inc. Publishers, Alameda, CA, 1994.  Type: Book (9780897931120)

The main point this book makes is that the arrival of computers that are small and cheap enough for almost everyone to use, yet powerful enough for meaningful tasks, is making a significant change for people with disabilities. We no lo...

Jan 1 1996
  Prediction and conversational momentum in an augmentative communication system
Arnott J., Newell A. (ed), Alm N. Communications of the ACM 35(5): 46-57, 1992.  Type: Article

The authors describe their approach to providing a conversational aid for disabled people with severe speech difficulties. Their worthy aim is to allow nonspeakers to carry out a conversation at an almost normal communication speed and...

Apr 1 1993
  Computers and people with disabilities
Glinert E. (ed), York B. Communications of the ACM 35(5): 32-35, 1992.  Type: Article

With the passage of three major pieces of legislation relating to people with disabilities, namely Section 508 of Public Law 99-506 (1986), the Technology Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1988 (Public Law 100...

Feb 1 1993
  Assistive technology computers and persons with disabilities
Brown C. Communications of the ACM 35(5): 36-45, 1992.  Type: Article

This excellent paper is valuable reading as it provides “practical information about computer access systems in the MS/DOS and Macintosh environments which satisfy state and federal guidelines and meet the needs of persons w...

Dec 1 1992
  Giving CANDY to children
Pausch R., Williams R. Communications of the ACM 35(5): 58-66, 1992.  Type: Article

Communication Assistance to Negate Disabilities in Youth (CANDY) is a group of computer scientists, electrical engineers, speech pathologists, pediatricians, and occupational therapists with the ten-year goal of creating a speech synth...

Dec 1 1992
  Spelling correction for the telecommunications network for the deaf
Kukich K. Communications of the ACM 35(5): 80-90, 1992.  Type: Article

At present, a human operator is needed to relay messages between the user of a conventional telephone and the  speech- or  hearing-impaired user of a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD). The development of ...

Dec 1 1992
 
 
 
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