Extractions: stasmith@wiley.com Assistive technologies like wheelchairs and hearing aids compensate for functional limitations in order to enhance independence, mobility, communication, and overall quality of life for individuals with disabilities. High-technology electronic devices like computers, smart phones, personal emergency response systems, personal digital assistants, and home monitoring devices have benefited older persons, from reduced loneliness and improved sense of well being to increased competence and feeling of autonomy. Offering an overview of today's assistive technology, "Smart Technologies for Aging, Disability, and Independence: The State of the Science" (Wiley; June 2005; $84.95; Cloth; 0-471-69694-3; http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471696943.html ) discusses how current research and technological developments from engineering, computer science, and the rehabilitation sciences are promoting self-reliance for older persons and those with disabilities. The text provides a thorough introduction that presents key concepts and terms and identifies current demographic trends. Incorporating detailed product descriptions, photographs, illustrations, and case studies, the book focuses on specific high-technology solutions. The book also examines such areas as basic assistive technologies, human-computer interactions, driving, transportation and community mobility, home modifications and design, and changing standards of elder care.
Access Technology, Opening Doors To The World . . . required courses in computer science a field that goes beyond education for it s citizens and incentives for tech support. http//www.mauritius.net/ http://opendoorworld.com/
MJ Ellis Distinguished Lecture Series, 2000 To improve usability of assistive technology, the user s special needs must be assessed, He is also a Professor of Psychology and computer science. http://www.disability.uiuc.edu/annual/els/index.php?id=11
Assistive Technology And Artificial Intelligence 1998 Lecture Notes in computer science 1458 Springer 1998, ISBN 3540-64790-2 BibTeX @proceedings{DBLPconf/assistive/1998, editor = {Vibhu O. Mittal and Holly http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/assistive/assistive1998.html
Extractions: Vibhu O. Mittal Holly A. Yanco John M. Aronis ... Richard C. Simpson (Eds.): Assistive Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Applications in Robotics, User Interfaces and Natural Language Processing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1458 Springer 1998, ISBN 3-540-64790-2 BibTeX DBLP Kathleen F. McCoy
Tech-Savvy techSavvy Educating Girls in the New computer Age (2000) Girls represent 17 percent of the computer science AP test takers, and less than one in 10 http://www.aauw.org/research/girls_education/techsavvy.cfm
Extractions: Beyond the "Gender Wars" Community Coalitions Manual Earnings Gap Gaining a Foothold ... Women at Work Problems viewing the top navigation? Get the free flash plugin now! Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age (2000) (The Tech Saavy video and viewers' guide, produced by the AAUW Reston-Herndon (VA) Branch, Fairfax County Public Schools, and Fairfax County Commission for Women, with the assistance of an AAUW Educational Foundation Community Action Grant, is still available through the Fairfax County Public Schools online Video Store As violent electronic games and dull programming classes turn off more and more girls, the way information technology is used, applied, and taught in the nation's classrooms must change, according to a new report, Tech-Savvy: Educating Girls in the New Computer Age
Extractions: Main Content On Friday, September 6, 2002 at 11 a.m. at Landmark College, Dr. Ray Kurzweil will receive an honorary doctorate degree during the Colleges annual Honors Convocation ceremony. Dr. Kurzweil is a pioneer in the development of assistive technology for students with special learning needs. Ray Kurzweil was the principal developer of the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first CCD flatbed scanner, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, and the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large vocabulary speech recognition. Dr. Kurzweil has successfully founded and developed nine businesses in OCR, music synthesis, speech recognition, reading technology, virtual reality, financial investment, medical simulation, and cybernetic art. All of these technologies continue today as market leaders. Dr. Kurzweil is also Chairman Emeritus of Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc. and is a technology advisor for the company. Landmark College has integrated Kurzweil Educational Systems' Kurzweil 3000, text to speech software based on Dr. Kurzweils pioneering research, into its innovative program for students with learning disabilities. Ray Kurzweils impact on students with learning disabilities has been immeasurable, notes President Lynda J. Katz, Ph.D. The extraordinary strides some of our students make at Landmark College would simply not be possible were it not for the path that Dr. Kurzweil blazed for them. He is a true pioneer and innovator, and an extraordinary man, whom Landmark College is pleased to recognize with an honorary Doctorate.
Extractions: Ability. Promise. Growth. Who works in the field of assistive and rehabilitation technology (a.k.a. assistive technology)? OT's Engineers Software Programmers PT's Special Educators Disability Service Providers SLP's Rehabilitation Counselors What practice areas are encompassed by the assistive technology field? Wheeled Mobility and Seating Adapted Driving Computer Accommodation Augmentative and Alternative Communication Worksite Evaluation and Accommodation Universal Design Home Modification Wheelchair Transportation Adapted Recreation In what settings do assistive technology practioners work? Where can I obtain more information about the field of assistive and rehabilitation technology?
Spin Group Resources - Accessibility › Assistive Technology Some of the latest assistive technology for visually impaired people is on show at Developed by a senior design computer science student group at the http://www.spingroup.com/htmdocs/resources/article.php?parent=5&catcode=11
HCIL Seminar The talks are all taking place in the new computer science Instructional Center can serve as assistive devices for access to computers and appliances. http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/about/events/hcil-seminar-2003.shtml
Extractions: Human-Computer Interaction Lab / University of Maryland home research ... academics about hcil members partnerships contact The purpose of the seminars is to help promote interdisciplinary discussion on topics relating to Human-Computer Interaction while facilitating communication between members of the HCI community. There will be one talk given each month during the Fall. These lectures are *free* and open to the public. No reservations are needed. For questions or comments, contact HCIL information at hcil-info@cs.umd.edu The talks are all taking place in the new Computer Science Instructional Center (CSIC) on campus. If you need directions, please go to: www.inform.umd.edu/CampusInfo/Facilities/Buildings/CSIC/ . Parking is available in the hourly lot across from the AV Williams Building on Paint Branch Drive. Fall 2003 Series John H. Flowers , Professor / University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Psychology
TeachersFirst Tech Topics professors at Carnegie Mellon s School of computer science challenge students to construct assistive Technology in Schools, Grades 1 to 12, WestEd http://www.teachersfirst.com/techtopics.htm
Extractions: Technical Resources - Click for resources on specific topics. - Now on its own page! Virus Repair Information Listed below are links to sites with virus removal tools for specific computer viruses. These tools are for virus removal, not virus detection, and they are not a replacement for a good virus detection program. These tools work, but they are intended for experienced users. If your computer is infected, you will need to use another computer to access and download the repair tools, then follow the instructions for their use exactly. TeachersFirst makes no warrany regarding the suitability of these tools for any purpose whatever. (These links will open in a new window.) Repair tool for the W95.MTX virus Repair tool for the W32.Sircam.worm virus Case Studies What can students do with the web? Here are three examples drawn from the winners in the 2000 Thinkquest competition. These sites were created by students around the world, and they cover a variety of topics. Van Gogh at Etten Grades 6-12 - Here's a site about Van Gogh's early sketches and paintings that offers lots of layers, images, and background information. What's even more impressive is that this site was created by a three-person team: one in the Netherlands, once in Nigeria, and one in Singapore! How's that for international cooperation?
COMPUTER ANIMATED FINGERSPELLING FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY computer ANIMATED FINGERSPELLING FOR assistive TECHNOLOGY. Clarke Steinback computer science Board University of California, Santa Cruz http://www.dinf.ne.jp/doc/english/Us_Eu/conf/csun_97/csun97_114.htm
Extractions: Internet: lodha@cse.ucsc.edu Web Posted on: December 12, 1997 CSUN 97 Page DINF Home Page Top Fingerspelling is one of the communications tools used by deaf and hearing impaired individuals to communicate with each other and with hearing people. A language such as American Sign Language (ASL), is a complicated visual system involving hands, arms, torso, head and facial expressions with static and dynamic aspects to the signs. The fingerspelling system within ASL uses only a single hand held in front of the torso to form gestures representing the letters of the English alphabet. Focusing just on fingerspelling for use in assistive technology simplifies the problem to that of correct gestural movements of a single hand. Although the individual fingerspelling signs consisting of hand positioning and motion components are not in themselves excessively complicated, there are two key aspects in order to make computer animated fingerspelling successful for assistive technology realistic human hand rendering and realistic animation of transition between letter pairs. Information for displaying a single gesture can be obtained by several means including photometric measurement, manual measurement, and data glove. However, letters occur in streams, not as isolated elements, thus any animation of fingerspelling would need to display these transitions effectively. Viewers notice when an animation of a human figure does not behave correctly, whether the movement is a walking or running motion, facial expression or hand gestures. Any animation of fingerspelling should have realistic signs and transitions between signs, otherwise the animation could be perceived as flawed, and may not be of much practical value. Thus the need for realistic animation of human hands for assistive technology becomes more complicated endeavor than just placing a rendered hand at the end of an animated arm. This paper attempts to achieve this realistic animation by capturing and using transitions information.
Extractions: ENTRY POINT! is a program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) offering Outstanding Internship Opportunities for Students with Disabilities in Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, and some fields of Business. To meet the challenge of the competitive global economy in the new millennium, private industry and government research agencies must expand the pool of technical talent. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has developed unique partnerships with IBM, NASA, Texas Instruments, JPMorganChase, and the National Science Foundation to meet their human resources needs. Working with its partners, AAAS identifies and screens undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities who are pursuing degrees in science, engineering, mathematics, computer science, and some fields of business, and places them in paid summer internships.
Roadmaps And Rampways: ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY The technology ranges from lowtech to high-tech; some is off-the-shelf, assistive technology enables individuals with disabilities to perform the most http://ehrweb.aaas.org/entrypoint/rr/assistive.html
Extractions: The initial legislation, PL 94-142 (now IDEA, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), allowed all students with disabilities to enter school in their own communities. The 504 Regulations required higher education institutions to make their programs accessible to qualified students with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) opened more doors on campus and to schools, libraries, science centers, and auditoria by requiring curb cuts, ramps, and elevators. Beyond ramps and elevators, the ENTRY POINT! and ACCESS students excel in academics, internships, and employment because they have assistive technology. They absolutely could not achieve without it. The technology ranges from low-tech to high-tech; some is off-the-shelf, and some is highly customized. Most has been developed during the past 25 years, and some as recently as 5 years ago. Meet: Jesse Leaman Marco Midon Erika Nelson , and Randy Horwitz Profiles Additional Materials Being able-bodied is a temporary condition. People become less able-bodied with time's slow advance, the sudden occurrence of severe illness, or out-of-the-blue accidents like the one that changed life for "Lightning" Leaman.
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