Problems for the Visually Handicapped

Image and Video Processing for Visually Handicapped People

1Computer Science Department, University of Geneva, Battelle Campus, 7 Route de Drize, 1227 Carouge (Geneva), Switzerland 2Computer Science Department, University of Applied Studies (HES-SO), 4 Rue de la Prairie, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland 3Center for Research and Technology Hellas (ITI/CERTH), Informatics and Telematics Institute, 1st Km Thermi-Panorama Road, P.O. Box 361, 57001 Thermi-Thessalon...

Working capacity of deaf, and visually and mentally handicapped children.

Measurement of hand-transmitted vibration of tapping the long cane for visually handicapped people in Japan.

The long cane can be used as a mobility aid for visually handicapped people. According to a questionnaire completed by Japanese cane users, it seems they are not always satisfied with using long canes for a variety of reasons. In this study, hand-transmitted vibration from the long cane due to tapping the ground was measured because an exposure to repeated shock-type tapping vibration may affec...

Adapting Graphical User Interfaces for Use by Visually Handicapped Computer Users: Current Results and Continuing Research

The use of modern computers and software by the visually handicapped has become more difficult over the past few years. In earlier systems the user interface was a simple character based environment. In those systems, simple devices like screen readers~ braille output and speech synthesizers were effective. Current systems now run Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) which have rendered these simpl...

Ethical problems in the management of some severely handicapped children.

This paper examines some of the arguments advanced and acted upon by doctors concerned in decisions about whether severely handicapped patients should live or die. It criticises the view that 'selective treatment' is morally preferable to infanticide and shows how the standard arguments advanced for this preference fail to sustain it. It argues that the self-deception, which is sometimes cited ...