Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 8th International Conference, Icchp 2002, Linz, Austria, July 15-20, Proceedings (Paperback, 2002)

Invited Contributions.- Structured Access to Documents, Digital Talking Books, and Beyond: The DAISY Consortium.- eEurope - eAccessibility - User Participation Participation of People with Disabilities and Older People in the Information Society.- From Research to Business Improving the Take Up of Results of Research Projects.- Universal Access to Information Society Technologies: Opportunities for People with Disabilities.- Universal Access to Information Society Technologies: Opportunities for People with Disabilities.- Accessibility and Usability of eCommerce Systems.- Recommending Context-Sensitive and Process-Oriented Tourist Information to the Disabled The PALIO Case.- Web Site Accessibility Auditing Tool for Visually Deficient Persons OCAWA.- User-Centered Interface Design for Disabled and Elderly People: First Experiences with Designing a Patient Communication System (PACOSY).- The Disappearing Computer: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Disabled and Elderly People.- New Technologies and Services for Disabled and Elderly People in the Emerging Information Society.- A Strategy to Achieve the Accessibility of Public Web Sites.- Accessibility and Affordance for Voice Interactive Systems with the VoiceXML Technology.- Computer and Inclusive Education.- Computer and Inclusive Education.- National Information and Communication Technology Policies - Their Impact upon the Use of ICT in Special Needs Education (SNE).- EUN Virtual School Special Needs Education.- Tutorial Systems to Teach Standard Applications to the Learning Disabled.- The Vickie Project.- Using Adaptive Hypermedia to Evaluate Basic Arithmetic Skills in Special Education.- ICT and Assistive Technology in Teachers Education and Training.- Bridging the Information Gap between IST and SEN - A Practical Approach on European Level.- Evaluational Study: Training with Animated Pedagogical Agents.- Usage of Modern Technologies - A Chance for People with Special Needs?! - Pedagogically Relevant Criteria for the Review of Educational Software Exemplified by "Step by Step 3".- Social Innovation in the Information Society - Take It Easy.- ODL:Inclusive - Improving Inclusive Teaching through Online Training.- Accessible E-learning: Infrastructure and Content.- Addizionario: Words in Your Pocket.- Virtual Reality.- Virtual Travel Training for People with Learning Disabilities Accessing Employment Including the Introduction to the Special Thematic Session "Virtual Reality".- Assessing Virtual Reality as a Tool for Support Imagination.- Literacy and Numeracy Edutainment Packages for Disaffected Young Learners.- Control of Virtual Environments for People with Intellectual Disabilities.- Online Gardening to Promote Social Inclusion.- Hearing Impaired People - Computers and Communication.- Selective Phoneme Spotting for Realization of an /s, z, C, t/ Transposer.- A Multimedia Based Software for Non-Japanese to Learn Japanese Sign Language.- The User Interface Design for the Sign Language Translator in a Remote Sign Language Interpretation System.- The See-through Head Mount Display as the Information Offering Device for the Hearing Impaired Students.- Digital Speech Signal Processing to Compensate Severe Sensory Hearing Deficits: The /s, z, C, t/ Transposer Module in Simulation - An Overview and Examples.- Computers for the Development of Young Disabled Children.- Computers for the Development of Young Disabled Children.- Multimedia Games for Visually Impaired Children.- Technical Assistance for Motor- and Multiple Disabled Children - Some Long Term Experiences.- The Design of an Adaptive Web Browser for Young Children with Reading Difficulties.- Can All Young Disabled Children Play at the Computer?.- TL a Language to Create Games for Visually Impaired Children.- Mobility Impaired People - Individual Autonomy and HCI.- Power Assist System HAL-3 for Gait Disorder Person.- Computer Access Assessment for Persons with Physical Disabilities: A Guide to Assistive Technology