AUTONOMY - A Flexible and Easy-to-Use Assistive System to Support the Independence of Handicapped and Elderly Persons
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A new assistive system to support the independence of handicapped persons and elderly persons with handicaps is under development at the Working Group on Rehabilitation Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology. This paper describes the concept of the system. To meet the requirements of the very different possible users, high flexibility in supported functions and configuration of the user interface is essential for the concept. So this paper reports about a step towards an all purpose assistive system, usable by very different handicapped persons.
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تاریخ انتشار 1994