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A local experience sharing: how assistive technology can enhance the quality of life for severely handicapped persons 本地经验分享:辅助科技如何提升严重残疾人士的生活质素

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328497

Jenny Ching-man Fung

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Real-time online multimedia content processing: mobile video optical character recognition and speech synthesizer for the visual impaired 实时在线多媒体内容处理:视障人士移动视频光学字符识别和语音合成器

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328541

Shi-Yong Neo, Hai-Kiat Goh, Wendy Yen-Ni Ng, Jun-Da Ong, Wilson Pang

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引用次数: 5

MusicXML to Braille Music translation MusicXML到盲文音乐翻译

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328539

Aphisada Inthasara, Ladawan Mipansaen, Pichaya Tandayya, Chatchai Jantaraprim, Patimakorn Jantaraprim

引用次数: 2

Assist disabled to control electronic devices and access computer functions by voice commands 协助残疾人控制电子设备，并通过语音命令访问计算机功能

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328502

X. T. Gao, S. Ong, M. Yuan, A. Nee

引用次数: 4

Experiments on collaborative learning with a robotic wheelchair 基于机器人轮椅的协同学习实验

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328507

Qiang Zeng, E. Burdet, B. Rebsamen, C. Teo

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引用次数: 6

Internet explorer smart toolbar for the blind 为盲人提供的Internet explorer智能工具栏

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328540

Jirasak Chirathivat, Jakkrapong Nakdej, P. Punyabukkana, A. Suchato

{"title":"Internet explorer smart toolbar for the blind","authors":"Jirasak Chirathivat, Jakkrapong Nakdej, P. Punyabukkana, A. Suchato","doi":"10.1145/1328491.1328540","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1328491.1328540","url":null,"abstract":"Accessing information on the internet is a very common task nowadays. However, the ability to do such a task is rather limited for the disabled, especially the visually-impaired. In order to serve this special group of users, a specially-designed web browsing application is needed. Having examined the need of the visually-impaired users from a major Thai school for the blinds in Bangkok, we propose a web browsing scheme in the form of a toolbar-styled plug-in for Microsoft Internet Explorer. This plugin enables the program to interact with users via Thai language speech interface utilizing Text-To-Speech and voice recognition technologies previously deployed in its predecessor which is, in contrary, a stand-alone web browser. One of the features of this toolbar is its support for arranging webpage contents into a hierarchical structure that better represents the relationship among contents on the page based on its visual layout using simple user-definable XML templates. Additional features include website suggestion and web feed reader. This paper also presents some brief users' experience and discusses directions of improving this toolbar.","PeriodicalId":241320,"journal":{"name":"International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125105507","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}

引用次数: 3

Implementing assistive technology service delivery system internationally: a complex issue 辅助技术服务体系的国际实施是一个复杂的问题

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328495

Wantanee Phantachat, P. Parnes

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引用次数: 4

Design and implementation of blood pressure regulation systems 血压调节系统的设计与实现

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328547

L. Lan, K. Zhu

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Musculoskeletal model of the lower extremity of trans-tibial amputee 经胫骨截肢者下肢肌肉骨骼模型

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328519

Lidan Fang, X. Jia, Rencheng Wang

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Destabilizing effects of time-delay in lambda-model for human postural control 人体姿势控制的lambda模型中时滞的不稳定效应

International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Pub Date : 2007-04-23 DOI: 10.1145/1328491.1328516

L. Lan, K. Zhu

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