Modeling language and CASE tool for communication board customization

Author

Franco, Natalia M. ; Fidalgo, Robson N. ; Silva, Edson A. ; Cacalcante, Ticia F. ; Brito, Patrick H. S.

Author_Institution

Inf. Center, Fed. Univ. of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

fYear

2014

fDate

15-18 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

335

Lastpage

340

Abstract

Communication Board (CB) is an Assistive Technology (AT) that enables people who have speech impairment to communicate their needs or desires using visual-graphic symbols. Since each patient has individual needs, it is important to offer a customizable approach to define the vocabulary of their CB. In this context, this paper proposes a modeling language for diagramming the CB vocabulary. Its feasibility, expressiveness and usefulness were validated through the construction of a software that will be described later in this paper.

Keywords

assisted living; graphical user interfaces; handicapped aids; software engineering; specification languages; vocabulary; AAC; AT; CASE tool; CB vocabulary diagramming; GUI; assistive technology; augmentative and alternative communication device; communication board customization; computer aided software engineering; graphical user interface; modelling language; speech impairment; visual graphic symbols; Assistive technology; Computational modeling; Computer aided software engineering; Context; Graphical user interfaces; Speech; Vocabulary; Assistive Technology; Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Communication Board; Modeling Language; Speech Impairment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Health Networking, Applications and Services (Healthcom), 2014 IEEE 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Natal

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HealthCom.2014.7001864

Filename

7001864