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    Assistive technologies and the visually impaired: a digital ecosystem perspective

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    Open access
    Authors
    Calder, David
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Citation
    Calder, David J. 2010. Assistive technologies and the visually impaired: a digital ecosystem perspective, in Makedon, F. and Maglogiannis, I. and Kapidakis, S. (ed), 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2010), Jun 23 2010. Samos, Greece: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
    Source Title
    Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on pervasive technologies related to assistive environments (PETRA 2010)
    Source Conference
    3rd International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2010)
    DOI
    10.1145/1839294.1839296
    ISBN
    978-1-4503-0071-1
    School
    Digital Ecosystems and Business Intelligence Institute (DEBII)
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    © ACM, 2010. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments, ISBN 978-1-4503-0071-1, (PETRA 2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1839294.1839296

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36674
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Assistive technology devices for the visually impaired form a small part of a much wider support infrastructure of people and systems that cluster about a particular disability. Various disabilities, in turn, form part of a greater ecosystem of sometimes isolated support teams. These may cluster about a nucleus of various specific disabilities, such as vision impairment, speech or hearing loss, each focusing on their own particular disability category. Teams are comprised of therapists, caregivers, trainers, as well as device manufacturers, who design and produce computer-based systems such as mobility aids. There is, however, little evidence of any real crossover collaboration or communication between different disability support teams and a disparate cottage industry of manufacturers. The author proposes a collaborative digital ecosystem framework that may assist this challenge. Although this paper is not a survey of all available devices, examples of some commercial systems are cited in order to draw attention to user interface challenges that confront both those who rely on them....and those who design them.

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