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Personal computers and smartphones in their standard form are, in general, inaccessible to people with reduced mobility. It has been necessary to design alternative interfaces and peripherals that allow them to use the technology comfortably and effectively, a difficult task given the heterogeneity of the physical and cognitive profiles. We will demostrate a solution for computer access and alternative communication for people with disabilities using three of the most effective access methods: switch-based input, head tracking and eye tracking, and custom designed software.
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Sancha-Ros, S., García-Garaluz, E. (2015). Computer Access and Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for People with Disabilities: a Multi-Modal Hardware and Software Solution. In: Rojas, I., Joya, G., Catala, A. (eds) Advances in Computational Intelligence. IWANN 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9095. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19222-2_51
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