Identification and rankings of communication aid features by five groups

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-50

  O'Keefe, Bernard M ^a   Brown, Liana ^b   Schuller, Reinhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assistive communication devices; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Communication aid; Communication partners; Design strategy; Facilitators; Manufacturers; Technology; User perspective; Voice output communication aid (VOCA)

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR NONVOCAL PERSONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; USER INTERFACES;

ASSISTIVE COMMUNICATION DEVICES; AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC) SYSTEMS;

VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032012873     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619812331278186     Document Type: Article

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