Computers for Handicapped Persons

1. Front Matter

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2. Communications and information technology for persons with disabilities — The Canadian national strategy as an example

   • Mary Frances Laughton

   Pages 1-8

3. An intelligent information system for blind people — AI technology and philosophical aspects

   • Thomas Kieninger, Norbert Kuhn, Kerstin Seidenschwann, Werner Weiss

   Pages 9-15

4. Adapting graphical user interfaces for use by visually handicapped computer users: Current results and continuing research

   • Arthur I. Karshmer, Bill Ogden, Pres Brawner, Karlis Kaugars, George Reiswig

   Pages 16-24

5. Training blind people in the use of graphical user interfaces

   • Gerhard Weber, Helen Petrie, Dirk Kochanek, Sarah Morley

   Pages 25-31

6. Artificial visual speech synchronized with a speech synthesis system

   • H. H. Bothe, E. A. Wieden

   Pages 32-37

7. Notational representation of sign language: A structural description of hand configuration

   • Jintae Lee

   Pages 38-45

8. Further advances in real-time voice to text with steno interpreters

   • Jonathan E. Oakey

   Pages 46-50

9. A uniform control interface for various electronic aids

   • Christian Bühler, Helmut Heck, Rainer Wallbruch

   Pages 51-58

10. An integrated system for communication and equipments control using radio link

    • Alberto Tronconi, Marco Billi

    Pages 59-64

11. Autonomy — A flexible and easy-to-use assistive system to support the independence of handicapped and elderly persons

    • Christian Flachberger, Paul Panek, Wolfgang L. Zagler

    Pages 65-75

12. Screen Reader/2 — Programmed access to the GUI

    • Jim Thatcher

    Pages 76-88

13. Designing an offscreen model for a GUI

    • Dirk Kochanek

    Pages 89-95

14. Screen reader for Windows based on speech output

    • Paolo Graziani, Bruno Breschi

    Pages 96-100

15. The New Wireless LinguControl

    • Walter Schmitt, Werner Zang

    Pages 101-105

16. The FeelMouse: Making computer screens feelable

    • W. Kerstner, G. Pigel, M. Tscheligi

    Pages 106-113

17. Unexpected benefits of Voice Type computing

    • Douglas R. Bowes

    Pages 115-119

18. Robot control methods using the RAID workstation

    • Håkan Eftring

    Pages 120-128

19. The ultrasonic navigating robot, WALKY

    • Håkan Neveryd, Gunnar Bolmsjö

    Pages 129-135

20. NavChair: An example of a shared-control system for assistive technologies

    • Simon P. Levine, David A. Bell, Yoram Koren

    Pages 136-143

This volume presents the proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons (ICCHP '94), held in Vienna, Austria in September 1994. ICCHP '94 was organized by the Austrian Computer Society and the Rehabilitation Engineering Group at the Vienna University of Technology with the support of IFIP, CEPIS, BSC, GI, SI, ACM, and IEEE.
The book contains 95 refereed contributions, including 9 scientific posters and 13 short reports, and addresses all current aspects of computers for handicapped persons and human-computer interaction from the point of view of human disabilities.

• Audio
• Computer Assisted Education
• Computergestützte Ausbildung
• Graphical Uunser Interface
• Graphische Benutzungsoberflächen
• Human Computer Interaction
• Management
• Mensch-Computer Schnittstelle
• Multimedia
• Performance
• Speach and Sound
• Text
• image processing
• information technology
• robot

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