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Call for Papers
Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
On
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Guest Editors: Kathleen F. McCoy and Annalu Waller
Many people have some sort of disability that impairs their ability to
communicate. Communication difficulties may run the gamut from
difficulties in producing speech or writing, to difficulties in
understanding spoken or written text, to difficulties in accessing
information content when presented in particular modalities. The field
of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is concerned with
providing strategies, techniques and devices to compensate (either
temporarily or permanently) for the impairment and disability patterns
of individuals with severe expressive communication disorders.
In some cases, AAC is designed for people who experience a speech
disability caused by conditions such as Cerebral Palsy, Amyotrophic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Stroke, or other Traumatic Brain Injury. In
this case a person might use a speech generating device to communicate
orally. Such speech disabilities may be accompanied by motor impairments
making text input methods challenging. One of the most acknowledged
problems in this area concern communication rates. Techniques for rate
enhancement include word prediction, abbreviation expansion, message
encoding, and enabling technologies for systems which play pre-stored
messages. However, communication rate is only one aspect of AAC design,
especially for individuals who may have additional cognitive impairments
or linguistic difficulties which make system design challenging. In such
situations a mixed-initiative system might be used where the system
plays an active role in constructing the desired message or in
supporting interactive conversation.
Potential Topics encompass all areas of communication and include (but
are not limited to):
* Intelligent AAC Systems (text and non-text based)
* Text Input Technologies
* Graphic-based Systems
* Rate Enhancement Systems
* Speech synthesis for speech generating devices
* Mixed-Initiative AAC Devices
* HCI Design Approaches within AAC
Submission process
Submissions should follow the journal’s suggested writing format
(http://www.is.umbc.edu/taccess/authors.html) and should be submitted
directly to the editors of this special issue ([log in to unmask]).
Important dates:
* Full paper submission: 8th June 2008
* Response to authors: 15th August 2008
* Final version of papers: 30th September 2008
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