%0 Conference Paper %1 Schuler:2013:PLC:2536146.2536192 %A Schüler, Erik %A Salton, Bruna P. %A Sonza, Andréa P. %A Facanha, Agebson R. %A Cainelli, Rodrigo %A Gatto, Juliano %A Kunzler, Luan %A da C. C. Araújo, Maria %B Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems %C New York, NY, USA %D 2013 %I ACM %K Assistive Cost Low Technology %P 297--301 %R 10.1145/2536146.2536192 %T Production of Low Cost Assistive Technology %U http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2536146.2536192 %X The Assistive Technology Centers of Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia of Rio Grande do Sul and Ceará in Brazil have been developing a range of low cost assistive technology (AT) products. These products are developed to have exactly the same functionality and performance as commercial ones, but with much lower price. Some examples of low cost AT products developed include: Braille display, thermoforming tool for production of tactile materials, cane tip that detects puddles, digital game that helps the visually impaired in rehabilitation involving mobility and orientation using 3D sound effects, Android application for blind people to access Twitter, different types of switches that use balls to perform computer mouse functions (small ball to be used by hand and big ball to be used by foot), sip-and-puff switch, capacitive touch switch, a type of mouse that uses a set of buttons to perform regular mouse functions and movements, another type of mouse that uses buttons and rolling bars for moving around the screen, computer keyboard key-guard, home automation system with web interface, augmentative and alternative communication devices, and a proposition for digitally creating video audio description. The range of technologies developed continues to grow due to increasing demand. %@ 978-1-4503-2004-7

@inproceedings{Schuler:2013:PLC:2536146.2536192, abstract = {The Assistive Technology Centers of Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia of Rio Grande do Sul and Ceará in Brazil have been developing a range of low cost assistive technology (AT) products. These products are developed to have exactly the same functionality and performance as commercial ones, but with much lower price. Some examples of low cost AT products developed include: Braille display, thermoforming tool for production of tactile materials, cane tip that detects puddles, digital game that helps the visually impaired in rehabilitation involving mobility and orientation using 3D sound effects, Android application for blind people to access Twitter, different types of switches that use balls to perform computer mouse functions (small ball to be used by hand and big ball to be used by foot), sip-and-puff switch, capacitive touch switch, a type of mouse that uses a set of buttons to perform regular mouse functions and movements, another type of mouse that uses buttons and rolling bars for moving around the screen, computer keyboard key-guard, home automation system with web interface, augmentative and alternative communication devices, and a proposition for digitally creating video audio description. The range of technologies developed continues to grow due to increasing demand.}, acmid = {2536192}, added-at = {2015-06-10T17:19:47.000+0200}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Sch\"{u}ler, Erik and Salton, Bruna P. and Sonza, Andr{\'e}a P. and Fa\c{c}anha, Agebson R. and Cainelli, Rodrigo and Gatto, Juliano and Kunzler, Luan and da C. C. Ara\'{u}jo, Maria}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2ee1f13ec1be05e5fde411ee3647e6f0e/oulu2015}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems}, doi = {10.1145/2536146.2536192}, interhash = {1afb64f3404ec4c8819aef5ad7c33b98}, intrahash = {ee1f13ec1be05e5fde411ee3647e6f0e}, isbn = {978-1-4503-2004-7}, keywords = {Assistive Cost Low Technology}, location = {Luxembourg, Luxembourg}, numpages = {5}, pages = {297--301}, publisher = {ACM}, series = {MEDES '13}, timestamp = {2015-06-10T17:43:28.000+0200}, title = {Production of Low Cost Assistive Technology}, url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2536146.2536192}, year = 2013 }