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Record Nr.

UNISA996466072503316

Titolo

Computers Helping People with Special Needs [[electronic resource] ] : 13th International Conference, ICCHP 2012, Linz, Austria, July 11-13, 2012, Proceedings, Part II / / edited by Klaus Miesenberger, Arthur Karshmer, Petr Penaz, Wolfgang Zagler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2012

ISBN

3-642-31534-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXX, 683 p. 264 illus.)

Collana

Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI ; ; 7383

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

International conference proceedings.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and author index.

Sommario/riassunto

The two-volume set LNCS 7382 and 7383 constiutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2012, held in Linz, Austria, in July 2012. The 147 revised full papers and 42 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 364 submissions. The papers included in the second volume are organized in the following topical



sections: portable and mobile systems in assistive technology; assistive technology, HCI and rehabilitation; sign 2.0: ICT for sign language users: information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design and collaboration; computer-assisted augmentative and alternative communication; easy to Web between science of education, information design and speech technology; smart and assistive environments: ambient assisted living; text entry for accessible computing; tactile graphics and models for blind people and recognition of shapes by touch; mobility for blind and partially sighted people; and human-computer interaction for blind and partially sighted people.