Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults

Janio Jadán-Guerrero; Hugo Arias-Flores; Priscila Cedillo; Marcos Chacón-Castro

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-35992-7_44

Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults

Janio Jadán-Guerrero
, Hugo Arias-Flores
, Priscila Cedillo
, Marcos Chacón-Castro

Universidad Tecnológica Indoamérica
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Abstract

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems (AACS) provide a variety of forms of expression used to improve the communication skills of people with disabilities and/or older adults. These systems consist of physical or digital communicator boards that use pictograms to represent an object, a person or an action. The objective of this article is to analyze some easy-to-implement alternatives of SAACs systems, including low-cost digital resources such as websites and Apps; as well as both high devices such as virtual assistants, AI chatbots like GPT, and tangible interfaces. The research analyzes the difficulties that older adults have in activities of daily living, and a proposal is presented that allows to adapt in a dynamic and scalable way. The prototypes generated allowed us to identify some strengths and weaknesses of the possible solutions. These results provide an opportunity for technology designers to take on board the recommendations and use them to design more robust systems adapted to their environment.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCI International 2023 Posters - 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona, Stavroula Ntoa, Gavriel Salvendy
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	321-328
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783031359910
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35992-7_44
State	Published - 2023
Event	25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 23 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1833 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	23/07/23 → 28/07/23

Keywords

Alexa
daily living activities
disabilities
functional diversity
IA
Makey-Makey
older adults
SAAC

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Jadán-Guerrero, J., Arias-Flores, H., Cedillo, P., & Chacón-Castro, M. (2023). Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults. In C. Stephanidis, M. Antona, S. Ntoa, & G. Salvendy (Eds.), HCI International 2023 Posters - 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Proceedings (pp. 321-328). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1833 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35992-7_44

Jadán-Guerrero, Janio ; Arias-Flores, Hugo ; Cedillo, Priscila et al. / Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults. HCI International 2023 Posters - 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Proceedings. editor / Constantine Stephanidis ; Margherita Antona ; Stavroula Ntoa ; Gavriel Salvendy. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 321-328 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Jadán-Guerrero, J, Arias-Flores, H, Cedillo, P & Chacón-Castro, M 2023, Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults. in C Stephanidis, M Antona, S Ntoa & G Salvendy (eds), HCI International 2023 Posters - 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1833 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 321-328, 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35992-7_44

Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults. / Jadán-Guerrero, Janio; Arias-Flores, Hugo; Cedillo, Priscila et al.
HCI International 2023 Posters - 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Constantine Stephanidis; Margherita Antona; Stavroula Ntoa; Gavriel Salvendy. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 321-328 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1833 CCIS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Alternatives for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for People with Disabilities and Older Adults

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Analysis and application of forms of human-computer interaction (HCI) in a technological tool for augmentative and alternative communication (CAA) based on pictograms, which helps older adults to communicate with their environment.

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Analysis and application of forms of human-computer interaction (HCI) in a technological tool for augmentative and alternative communication (CAA) based on pictograms, which helps older adults to communicate with their environment.

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