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Adaptive telecommunication system for disabled people

Système de télécommunication adaptatif pour les personnes handicapées

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Abstract

The tremendous growth of telecommunication networks, as well as the huge expansion of mobile phones, is allowing wider communities to access otherwise impossible resources. Information is today available everywhere, and companies are exploiting their ubiquitous presence to increase their value.

In this article we will show how our work searches for the human face of technology. Making use of information and telecommunication networks endows people with the necessary set of tools to overcome their problems.

In this paper we present a new methodology which is inspired in an open architecture for people with disabilities. This methodology allows them to carry out tasks that are taken for granted by most of us. We begin by describing the communication problems that handicapped people suffer. We then describe the open architecture and technology involved in the solution we are offering. Finally we present our solution for handicapped people with communication problems.

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La formidable croissance des réseaux de télécommunications ainsi que l’énorme développement de la têlephonie mobile permet à de vastes communautés d’accéder aujourd’hui à des ressources autrement inaccessibles. Aujourd’hui, l’information est disponible partout et les entreprises exploitent leur don d’ubiquité pour augmenter leur valeur. Dans cet article, nous montrerons comment notre travail essaie de trouver la face humaine de la technologie. À l’aide des réseaux de télécommunication, nous équipons les personnes handicapées avec un outillage très utile pour pallier leurs problèmes.

Dans ce texte, nous présentons une nouvelle méthodologie qui s’inspire d’une architecture ouverte pour des personnes handicapées. Cette méthodologie leur permettra de faire, sans aide, des activités qui nécessitent actuellement l’aide de tierces personnes.

Au debut nous décrirons les problèmes de communication dont souffrent les personnes handicapées. Ensuite, nous décrirons l’architecture ouverte et les technologies qu’elle nécessite dans la solution que nous proposons. Pour finir, nous présentons notre solution pour des personnes handicapées avec des problèmes de communication.

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  1. Centro Universitario de Mérida, Universidad de Extremadura, C/ Calvario, 4, 06800, Mérida, Spain

    Francisco Fernández

  2. Senior Member IEEE, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros, Departamento de Sistemas y Automática, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda de los Descubrimientos s/n, Sevilla, Spain

    Laura M. Roa

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Fernández, F., Roa, L.M. Adaptive telecommunication system for disabled people. Ann. Télécommun. 58, 890–904 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03001537

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