Hefestos: A model for ubiquitous accessibility support

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tavares, João ^a   Barbosa, Jorge ^a   Costa, Cristiano ^a   Yamin, Adenauer ^b   Real, Rodrigo ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b UCPel / PPGINF   (Brazil)

^c Freedom Company   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assistive technology; Context awareness; Elderly; People with disability; Ubiquitous accessibility; User profiles

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; ELDERLY; PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; UBIQUITOUS ACCESSIBILITY; USER PROFILE;

TECHNOLOGY;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS;

EID: 84871948165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2413097.2413131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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