ABSTRACT
Digital libraries are for everyone. This paper describes the development of a digital library for a user who has a profound physical disability that means she cannot communicate verbally, and cannot use conventional communication tools.
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- A digital library of conversational expressions: helping profoundly disabled users communicate
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