Techniques for augmenting scanning communication

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-101

  Lesher, Gregory W ^a   Moulton, Bryan J ^a   Higginbotham, D Jeffery ^b  

^a Enkidu Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Augmentative communication; Character prediction; Scanning selection; Word prediction

Indexed keywords

HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING;

AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION; SCANNING COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

SCANNING;

EID: 0032099766     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619812331278236     Document Type: Article

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