Assistive and Augmentive Communication for the Disabled: Intelligent Technologies for Communication, Learning and Teaching

Theng (Swinburne U. of Technology, Malaysia) compiles 10 chapters that consider assistive and augmentive communication to aid in communication, social skills, spatial learning, and e-learning for the disabled, such as those with Asperger's syndrome, cerebral palsy, and physical, speech, and visual impairments, as well as hospital patients. Technology researchers working in multimedia, biomedical data analysis, business information systems, e-learning, and electronics and telecommunications in Asia and Europe discuss such technologies as 3D virtual worlds, a 2D animated social story, automated real time behavior monitoring that recognizes facial expression, a caregiver monitoring system, a virtual collaborative learning tool, a virtual learning environment, and augmented e-learning systems, as well as a study of facial expression analysis. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)