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Record Nr.

UNISA996199993303316

Titolo

Computers Helping People with Special Needs [[electronic resource] ] : 14th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014, Proceedings, Part II / / edited by Klaus Miesenberger, Deborah Fels, Dominique Archambault, Petr Penaz, Wolfgang Zagler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-08599-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXXIV, 608 p. 222 illus.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 8548

Disciplina

005.437

4.019

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Application software

Computers and civilization

Education—Data processing

Information storage and retrieval

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet)

Computers and Society

Computers and Education

Information Storage and Retrieval

Computer Applications

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Tactile graphics and models for blind people and recognition of shapes by touch -- Mobility support and accessible tourism -- Smart and assistive environments: ambient assisted living (AAL) -- Text entry for accessible computing -- People with motor and mobility disabilities: AT and accessibility -- Assistive technology: service and practice -- ICT-based learning technologies for disabled and non-disabled people -- Universal learning design: methodology -- Universal learning design: hearing impaired and deaf people -- Universal learning design: sign



language in education -- Sign language transcription, recognition and generation -- Universal learning design: accessibility and AT -- Differentiation, individualisation and influencing factors in ICT-assisted learning for people with special needs -- Developing accessible teaching and learning materials within a user centred design framework -- Using mobile technologies to support individuals with special needs in educational environments.

Sommario/riassunto

The two-volume set LNCS 8547 and 8548 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014, held in Paris, France, in July 2014. The 132 revised full papers and 55 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 362 submissions. The papers included in the second volume are organized in the following topical sections: tactile graphics and models for blind people and recognition of shapes by touch; mobility support and accessible tourism; smart and assistive environments: ambient assisted living (AAL); text entry for accessible computing; people with motor and mobility disabilities: AT and accessibility; assistive technology: service and practice; ICT-based learning technologies for disabled and non-disabled people; universal learning design: methodology; universal learning design: hearing impaired and deaf people; universal learning design: sign language in education; sign language transcription, recognition and generation; universal learning design: accessibility and AT; differentiation, individualisation and influencing factors in ICT-assisted learning for people with special needs; developing accessible teaching and learning materials within a user centred design framework and using mobile technologies to support individuals with special needs in educational environments.