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Assist disabled to control electronic devices and access computer functions by voice commands

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To assist people with certain physical disabilities, this paper presents an assistive system based on speech recognition. Through the proposed system, the disabled can control electronic devices such as TV, fan, etc., through simple voice commands. The proposed system includes a mouse emulator and a keyboard emulator to assist the handicapped in accessing computer functions, such as browsing the Internet, sending emails, editing a document, etc.

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        i-CREATe '07: Proceedings of the 1st international convention on Rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology: in conjunction with 1st Tan Tock Seng Hospital Neurorehabilitation Meeting
        April 2007
        272 pages
        ISBN:9781595938527
        DOI:10.1145/1328491

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