Overcoming Language Barriers by Means of Computer

Overcoming Language Barriers by means of Computers

Language barriers arise between (i) different natural languages, (ii) different media of language, i.e., speaking, writing, and signing, and (iii) different kinds of agents, e.g., humans and machines. Up to now, these language barriers have been approached with different methods, e.g., the design of universal languages or machine translation for (i), systems of automatic speech recognition and ...

The InterpreCare System: overcoming language barriers in long-term care.

Differences in the language spoken by residents and staff in long-term care create a variety of problems. The InterpreCare System represents an intervention for dealing with this issue. We describe the nature and purpose of this intervention, and provide detailed instructions on the construction of Language Boards. Examples are given from our experience at Menorah Park Center for the Aging in e...

Overcoming comprehension barriers in the AspectJ programming language

It has now been over a decade since the introduction of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP). As the AspectJ programming language (being one of the notable technologies of AOP) gains acceptance in industry and academia, its comprehensibility property is an important factor in determining an eventual wide acceptance by practitioners in development and maintenance as well as by educators who aim at ...

Overcoming the Language Barriers in the Web: The UNL-Approach

1.1 The UNL Project The UNL-project is a long-term project related to the storage, retrieval, exchange and presentation of information throughout the Internet. As a backbone of this project, a world-wide network of universities and research institutes from 14 countries has been set up under the guidance of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at the United Nations University (UNU) in Tokyo. ...

Overcoming low-income and language barriers to access.