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Enabling Context Aware Services in the Area of AAC

Enabling Context Aware Services in the Area of AAC

Lau Sian Lun, Klaus David
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466644229|ISBN10: 1466644222|EISBN13: 9781466644236
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4422-9.ch072
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Lun, Lau Sian, and Klaus David. "Enabling Context Aware Services in the Area of AAC." Assistive Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 1357-1381. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4422-9.ch072

APA

Lun, L. S. & David, K. (2014). Enabling Context Aware Services in the Area of AAC. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Assistive Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1357-1381). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4422-9.ch072

Chicago

Lun, Lau Sian, and Klaus David. "Enabling Context Aware Services in the Area of AAC." In Assistive Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1357-1381. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4422-9.ch072

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Abstract

Technology can be used to assist people with disabilities in their daily activities. Especially when the users have communication deficiencies, suitable technology and tools can assuage such needs. We envision that context awareness is a potential method suitable to provide services and solutions in the area of Assistive and Augmentative Communication (AAC). In this chapter, the authors give an introduction to context awareness and the state of the art. This is followed with the elaboration on how context awareness can be used in AAC. The Context Aware Remote Monitoring Assistant (CARMA) is presented as an application designed for a care assistant and his patient. A demonstration of a context aware component implemented in the CARMA application is shown in this chapter. An experiment that investigates movement recognition using an accelerometer in a smartphone and the obtained results are presented. This chapter ends with a discussion on challenges, future work and the conclusion.

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