ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped最新文献

{"title":"Message from the vice-chairman for the blind","authors":"Robert S. Jaquiss","doi":"10.1145/964167.964170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/964167.964170","url":null,"abstract":"In General : Please note my new work phone number. Thi s will reach me directly. For those of you who have access to terminals an d modems, there is a nationwide timesharing service availabl e to you. It is called the SOURCE, it is oriented toward th e consumer and has on-line the UPI wire service information , stock and bond prices and two databases from the New Yor k Times. Also available is an electronic mail service and 4 terminals. It costs $100 to get started and $10 a month thereafter. $9 of the $10 dollars will be applied to connect time charges. Connect time is very inexpensive. During the day (prime time) it is $15 per hour. Starting a t six p .m. the rates drop to $4.25 per hour. In addition t o the information services on the source you can use it as a timesharing machine and make use of a PRIME computer. Th e following languages are available : BASIC, FORTRAN, RPG2 , COBOL and ASSEMBLER. I understand that PASCAL is on th e way. There is also an editor available. If you decide t o store information there are charges for this. In my nex t message I will have more information on informatio n retrieval services. EQUIPMENT FOR THE BLIN D I have been working with a TSI VERSABRAILLE paperles s braille system. It looks like this will be a very usefu l device. I didn't have much trouble sending information fro m the versabraille to my computer at work but receiving info r-mation was a different matter. It turned out to be som e hardware problems with my computer and not the versabraille. The best use I see for the versabraille is as a means o f storing documents and manuals. It will make a nice interactive computer terminal but the versabraille user faces th e same problems using the versabraille as does a sighted person using a CRT terminal. That is of how to get hardcopy o f what was on the screen. Triformation in Stuart Florida has taken over the Eli n-fa Disi Cassette and is marketing their own paperles s braille system. I have not seen one of these systems ye t but I understand it is much improved over the old Elinf a models. There is also a British firm which is marketing a system. I don't …","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125525361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A career exposure program for the physically handicapped: computer programming","authors":"J. Silence","doi":"10.1145/964167.964172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/964167.964172","url":null,"abstract":"The Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at Indianap-olis sponsored a career exploration program for physicall y handicapped high school students. Each group of student s spent three mornings in one of four engineering and technology areas. In the computer section, half the time was spen t in the classroom discussing topics such as what computer s do, what they look like, the three basic steps in computing , the program development cycle, and the BASIC programmin g language. The rest of the time was spent in compute r laboratory working on assignments using terminals. Assignments included playing games, learning the BASI C language through computer assisted instruction entering a program, running a program, and modifying a program. Al l students showed insight into understanding computer logic. On the terminals, they worked independently most of th e time, concentrated on their assignments, and seemed to enjo y what they were doing. In the Summer of 1980, the Purdue School of Engineerin g and Technology at Indianapolis established a career exposur e program for physically handicapped high school student s which allowed them to explore four areas-Computer Technology , Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, an d Biomedical Engineering. The focus of this article will b e on the Computer Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The curriculum for the entire program was designed to allow three days o f class time for each of the four program components. Students were in class for two hours each day. Within th e four sections of students, class size varied from three t o eight students and each section was led by one facult y member who had two assistants. A letter was sent to high school counselors in th e Indianapolis area announcing the career exploration program. It stressed that the students be classified as physically handicapped, not mentally handicapped, not vision or sigh t impaired. The students should have an aptitude for scienc e or have shown some interest in it. Informal conversation s with counselors and parents were done and if a studen t showed any potential, was chosen for the program. There","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1982-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122627645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Can handicapped succeed as programmers?","authors":"Jerry M. Weinberg","doi":"10.1145/952475.952476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/952475.952476","url":null,"abstract":"WheneVer the market f0r pr09ramm1n9 ta1ent 6ec0me5 a 5e11er•5 market, 6uyer5 attempt t0 6r0aden the1r 50urce 0f 5upp1y, Hardened, 9r1221y 01d mana9er5, when c0nfr0nted 6y recent 9raduate5 demand1n9 tra1nee 5a1ar1e5 a60ve the mana9eda1 5ca1e, 6e91n t0 1nterv1ew w0men. An910-5ax0n, Pr0te5tant mana9er5 tum t0 pe0p1e wh05e 5k~ 15n•t ~nk and wh05e church 15n•t even pr0n0uncea61e. And r06u5t mana9er5 wh0 c11m6ed the f1r5t three mn95 0f 5ucce55 0n the f00t6a11 f1e1d 5tart a5k1n9 me c0mmerc1a115m and 1ack 0f fee11n9. Neverthe1e55, 1•d 11ke t0 a~empt t0 appr0ach the pr061em 0f hand1capped Pr09rammer5 0n a ratJ0na1 6a515. ••Hand1capped•• 15, 1n the end, a ]a6e]---a 5tate 0f m1nd rather than a 5tate 0f 6e1n9. 7h15 p01nt 0f v1ew may 6e unfam11)ar, 50 1et me 91ve a few examp1e5 0f the peH0rmance 0f hand1capped pe0p1e 0ut51de 0f pr09ramm1n9. 1n th15 01ymp1c year, 1et me take 50me examp]e5 fr0m 5p0rt5. Dur1n9 the te1ev15ed 01ymp1~5 we watched a C2ech p15t01","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1981-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133347174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"MICRO-ED\" an educational support system for the disabled child","authors":"A. Cartwright","doi":"10.1145/951796.951801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951801","url":null,"abstract":"A major characteristic of any support equipment for the young developing child should be flexibility, particularly in the educational sphere where the needs of a given child are constantly changing as his intellect develops. The MicroEd system described creates such flexibility by exploiting the microprocessor as a control unit. An infinitely expandable library of user programmes is made accessible, via a common transmission line, to a variety of displays and switch inputs situated around the school. A phototype display unit consisting of a matrix of lamps so controlled has just begun clinical use and applications to the areas of communication, assessment, education and recreation are immediately apparent.","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"84 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116101922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A microprocessor environmental controller for quadriplegics","authors":"T. Bojanowski, R. Bloch, M. Milner","doi":"10.1145/951796.951804","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951804","url":null,"abstract":"An environmental controller has been designed using consumer available components. Its flexibility, versatility, and reduced cost, are a direct result of using an isometric joystick, a microprocessor and software package in a configuration that lends itself very readily to change.","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129847964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A computer terminal for a quadriplegic","authors":"D. Hagelbarger, Robert V. Anderson, P. Kubik","doi":"10.1145/951796.951799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951799","url":null,"abstract":"A computer terminal has been modified for use by a quadriplegic with no limb control; all operations are done with a mouth stick. A new keyboard was built and logic circuits were added to permit using the \"shift\" and \"control\" functions with only one \"finger\".","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133846893","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"UNICOM: a universal communication and control system for the non-verbal motor impaired","authors":"D. Rowell, G. F. Dalrymple, J. Olsen","doi":"10.1145/951796.951806","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951806","url":null,"abstract":"The UNICOM is a communicator for the non-vocal severely motor impaired which is based upon a microprocessor-controlled video display and printer. Its fundamental concept is that it is a single device which can be adapted by simple plugin man/machine interfaces to operate in any of several control strategies: scanning, encoding, or direct selection. Input interface devices, ranging from a single switch to a full keyboard, are selected according to the residual motor capabilities of the user. The input device determines the control strategy.","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125960600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A microcomputer-based control and communication system for the severely disabled","authors":"J. A. Doubler, D. Childress, J. Strysik","doi":"10.1145/951796.951803","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951803","url":null,"abstract":"A microcomputer-based environmental control and communication system for the severely disabled has been developed. By puffing and sipping on a tube the user can store messages in computer memory and control a number of peripheral devices. A scanning method of operation is employed in which characters are selected for message building or control purposes from lists displayed on a CRT. An interface system is presently being developed to allow the computer to control peripheral devices by transmitting coded signals over the power mains.","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122809767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A vocational experiment in computer programming for quadriplegics","authors":"A. K. Anderson, K. Miller, R. Pilgrim","doi":"10.1145/951796.951797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951797","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes an experimental vocational course for Richard (Rick) Pilgrim, a homebound quadriplegic. The goal of this program was to develop training techniques which might prepare Rick for a profession as a computer programmer. This paper relates how the training was performed using a voice-operated terminal, the successes and problems encountered, and how the course led to Rick's status as an entry-level computer programmer.","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125896975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Computer assisted communication system","authors":"J. Ackerman, H. N. Dorris, D. Hagelbarger, M. J. Shannon","doi":"10.1145/951796.951805","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/951796.951805","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a continuing series of experiments aimed at providing improved communications for non-vocal, motion-impaired people. Special keyboards, coupled with a computer which permits one or two keystrokes to call out a complete phrase, have been enthusiastically used by children at the United Cerebral Palsy Association in Edison, New Jersey. After a brief review of previous systems, the current one, which uses a stand-alone microcomputer, is described.","PeriodicalId":105690,"journal":{"name":"ACM Sigcaph Computers and The Physically Handicapped","volume":"74 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131779144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}