SMART workplace for persons with DISABiLitiEs (SMARTDISABLE)

Abstract

The SMARTDISABLE project aims to provide persons with disability (PWD) the adequate workplace environment in order to smartly access all objects, particularly the information and communication technologies (ICTs), that are relevant to the task of knowledge processing and creation. The technical work of the project involves design of a technological scenario for the Ambient Intelligence (Aml)-based assistive technologies at the workplace consisting of an integrated and connected set of smart software and hardware technologies to be designed to empower the Physically disabled persons (PDP) with the capability to access and effectively utilize the ICTs in order to execute knowledge rich working tasks with minimum of effort and with sufficient comfort level. The proposed technology solution for PWD will include smart editor using voice recognition that enable them to edit and document their work smartly through animating of the mouse cursor movement to track the editing without the need to use their hands. It also enables PWD to get help from the network using smart help engine that is based on voice recognition. In addition, a smart call that allows PWD to call other number using voice recognition and Voice over IP. This proposed technology solution intended to make PWD very effective at the work environment using only voice to conduct their tasks at the work environment. Theproposed solution aim to provide favorable outcomes that assist PWD at work, and opening opportunity to participate in PWD assistive technology innovation market which is still small and rapidly growing as well as upgrading the quality life of the normal peoples at the workplace.

Utilizing sensors networks to develop a smart and context-aware solution for people with disabilities at the workplace (design and implementation)

“…A threshold for missing behavior for the same person and for the same event is used to determine the abnormal behavior. 10 The alert message can also be sent to the user to remind them about certain event as shown in figure 7 of Online Appendix D. The user can also view the list of the unconfirmed and the executed events (figures 8 to 9 of Online Appendix D, and as presented in movie 6 of Online Appendix). The user can also view the status of personal reminder tasks (figure 10 of Online Appendix D).…”

“…74 It is always preferable to design and construct devices and environments that can be accessed and used by as wide a range of the population as possible. 75 In addition to the multimodal feature, comprehensive model architecture 10 addresses the needs for normal and PWDs at the workplace through the support of relevant services. This project supported different services needed at the workplace including user profile and personal noting, helping, communication, and smart editor.…”

“…A behavior and a reminder algorithm have also been developed to read location data of PWD from Database server and analyze the behavior according to schedule events which determine if the PWD is executing the event according to their schedule. 10 Common interface. A unified interface for the 11 groups of PWDs with different impairment conditions has been designed and implemented.…”

“…Moreover, the design concepts such as accessibility and usability, 6,7 adaptability and context-awareness should also be given full consideration. 8,9 Furthermore, a well-designed AT system should support comprehensiveness, 10 smartness, 11 heterogeneity, 12 mobility and navigability, 13 and innovation 14 in order to produce a system that is accessible, flexible, practical, marketable, and appealing to PWDs.…”

ChilDiBu – A Mobile Application for Bulgarian Children with Special Educational Needs

“…Children with spectrum disorder and/or intellectual disability are a special group of users where standard application design is not a good approach. Nowadays figures show that more than a billion people, including children, have some disabilities [1]. This negative phenomenon leads to the need of overcoming some constraints that accompany the lives of both patients and their relatives.…”