Friend: A communication aid for persons with disabilities

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Biswas, Pradipta ^a   Samanta, Debasis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); Human computer interaction; Interface personalization; User Model

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION (AAC); INTERFACE PERSONALIZATION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 42049111458     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2008.917305     Document Type: Article

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