New technologies to help people with disabilities and elderly people

Technological advancement  in  the  field  of  robotics  has  provided
devices  and techniques for sensoring, positioning, mapping, navigating, etc.

These techniques have made it possible to develop devices to help people
with physical, sensorial or cognitive restrictions to navigate both outdoors and indoors.

The section "Safe navigation with modern technology" makes  a  detailed
description  of current technology to support human navigation and
discusses the possibilities for the near future.

It is known that speech is the main means of communication between
people. Nevertheless a number of users with disabilities experience
restrictions in their speech capacity that limit their communication skills.

Current speech technology is able to translate text-to-voice and
voice-to-text (the latter still without enough quality  and reliability),
enabling  the  design  of  diverse mediation  devices  and 6 services.
These include, for instance, reading texts  aloud for people with sight
restrictions, and controlling devices in a more natural way through the voice.

The section entitled "Speech processing for people with disabilities"
reviews current and more particularly, future applications of speech
technologies that can enhance the communication of elderly people and people with disabilities.

From the books:


Towards an inclusive future
Edited by Patrick R.W. Roe

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