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Capabilities and Limitations of the Disabled in Remote Access to Information

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Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2002)

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Abstract

The article discusses ways in which the disabled can remotely access sources of information. It presents devices and aids designed to enable groups of disabled users to remotely access the Information Centre, define the information they need, and receive and record it in a way that best serves the handicapped inquirer’s needs.

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  1. Faculty of Electronics, Technical University of Gdansk, Ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952, Gdansk, Poland

    Ryszard Kowalik

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  1. Ryszard Kowalik
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  1. SZS — Study Centre for Blind and Partially Sighted Students, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Engesserstr. 4, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. i3s3 — integrated studying, University of Linz, Altenbergerstr. 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Joachim Klaus

  3. i3s3 — integrated studying, Vienna University of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/366-1B, 1040, Wien, Austria

    Wolfgang Zagler

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Kowalik, R. (2002). Capabilities and Limitations of the Disabled in Remote Access to Information. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2398. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45491-8_136

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