A Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication System for School Children With Intellectual Disabilities
| Autor: | Xue Bai, Eri Sato-Shimokawara, Anson Chung, Motohashi Yukiharu, Rosanna Yuen-Yan Chan, Sze-Wing Kuo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Service system
021103 operations research Multimedia Computer Networks and Communications Computer science 0211 other engineering and technologies Context (language use) Cognition 02 engineering and technology Special education computer.software_genre Field (computer science) Computer Science Applications Disabled Population Nonverbal communication Augmentative and alternative communication Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering computer Information Systems |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Systems Journal. 14:208-219 |
| ISSN: | 2373-7816 1932-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/jsyst.2019.2911671 |
| Popis: | Children with intellectual disabilities (ID), especially those who fail to communicate with normal speech, suffer from various limitations in their social functioning. They often rely on alternate methods to supplement or replace verbal communication. There is a rapidly growing number of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) mobile applications available over recent years. However, the operation of these applications remains a challenge for users with ID since they may not have the sufficient cognitive proficiency to cope with the application interface. In this paper, we present the design, implementation, and evaluation of a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) based context-aware AAC system. Our system facilitates daily communication for nonverbal school children with moderate ID in order to address their learning and communication needs. We have piloted and evaluated our system at a special education school in Hong Kong. Our technical contribution is twofold. First, we introduce BLE technology to the AAC field and show its effectiveness on users with ID. Second, by converting conventionally standalone AAC software into a service system and empowering it with Internet of Things functionality, we open up many new opportunities brought by the system-of-systems (SoS) paradigm for the intellectually disabled population. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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