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Smart phone-based context-aware augmentative and alternative communications system

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A smartphone-based context-aware augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) was applied was in order to enhance the user’s experience by providing simple, adaptive, and intuitive interfaces. Various potential context-aware technologies and AAC usage scenarios were studied, and an efficient communication system was developed by combining smartphone’s multimedia functions and its optimized sensor technologies. The experimental results show that context-awareness accuracy is achieved up to 97%.

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  1. Department of Information Communication Engineering, Changwon National University, Changwon, 641-773, Korea

    DongGyu Park

  2. Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 64110, USA

    Sejun Song

  3. Department of Computer Science, Pusan National University, Busandaehakro-63-2, GeumJeongGu, Busan, Korea

    DoHoon Lee

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Foundation item: Project supported by the Changwon National University(2013–2014), Korea

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Park, D., Song, S. & Lee, D. Smart phone-based context-aware augmentative and alternative communications system. J. Cent. South Univ. 21, 3551–3558 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-014-2335-3

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