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Direct linkWoodfield, Casey; Ashby, Christine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2016
The inclusion of students who type to communicate has been researched and strategies to accommodate such students have been recommended, but little information has been gathered about the students' perspectives and daily school lives. This study utilises classroom observations and qualitative interviewing to explore the experiences of three high…
Descriptors: Equal Education, High School Students, Autism, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Higginbotham, D. Jeffery; Lesher, Gregory W.; Moulton, Bryan J.; Roark, Brian – Assistive Technology, 2012
Significant progress has been made in the application of natural language processing (NLP) to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), particularly in the areas of interface design and word prediction. This article will survey the current state-of-the-science of NLP in AAC and discuss its future applications for the development of next…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Natural Language Processing, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Recognition (Psychology)
Peer reviewedVenkatagiri, H. S. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1995
This paper summarizes selected findings on approaches to increasing the rate of communicatively appropriate responses in augmentative and alternative communication. Six approaches--efficient keyboard layouts, reduced keys keyboards, Minspeak with Words Strategy, enlarged keys keyboards, abbreviation expansion, and lexical prediction--are reviewed…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Equipment Evaluation
Download full textKushler, Cliff – 1998
This paper describes the development of a new technique for augmentative and alternative communication text input, commercially known as T9. T9 stands for "typing with 9 keys." The basic T9 technology is designed so that 3 or 4 letters are printed on each of 7 keys, and an 8th key is used as an unambiguous "space" key. Each keystroke designating a…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Interpersonal Communication
Lesher, Gregory W.; Moulton, Bryan J.; Rinkus, Gerard; Higginbotham, D. Jeffery – 2000
This report discusses how technical and technological advances in alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) have outstripped the ability to assess their impact on actual communication and argues that this is due in part to the lack of a consistent and reliable method to measure long-term communicative efficacy. The report proposes a…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Disabilities
Borden, Peter A., Ed.; Vanderheiden, Gregg C., Ed. – 1988
This update to the three-volume first edition of the "Rehab/Education ResourceBook Series" describes special software and products pertaining to communication, control, and computer access, designed specifically for the needs of disabled and elderly people. The 22 chapters cover: speech aids; pointing and typing aids; training and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Braille
