Microsoft® Windows® User Interface (UI) Automation is the new accessibilityframework for Microsoft Windows, which will ultimately replace MSAA, and is intendedto address the needs of assistive technology products and automated testing frameworksby providing programmatic access to information about the user interface. UI Automationwill be fully supported on Microsoft Windows ...

Based on resource-oriented conceptions of successful lifespan development, we propose three principles for evaluating assistive technology: (a) net resource release; (b) person specificity, and (c) proximal versus distal frames of evaluation. We discuss how these general principles can aid the design and evaluation of assistive technology in adulthood and old age, and propose two technological ...

This clinical report defines common terms of use and provides information on current practice, research, and limitations of assistive technology that can be used in systems for communication. The assessment process to determine the best devices for use with a particular child (ie, the best fit of a device) is also reviewed. The primary care pediatrician, as part of the medical home, plays an im...

In this paper a modification of the time domain passivity controller is presented to improve its performance and transparency in case of multi degrees of freedom (dof) haptic interaction. In multi-dof application the concept needs to be extended by additional conditions to distribute the adaptive damping appropriately among the degrees of freedom. This can be solved by using the geometrical inf...

Global demographic changes have resulted in a growing technological demand to meet the arisen social needs. In particular, increasingly ageing population requires assistive technologies stay at home for longer independently while receiving continuous healthcare. this sense, wide academic and industrial research is taking place, introducing these hospitals rehabilitation centres. This paper aims...