Assistive smartphone for people with special needs: the personal social assistant

Authors:
S. Verstockt;D. Decoo;D. Van Nieuwenhuyse;F. De Pauw;R. Van de Walle
Affiliations:
Multimedia Lab, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, IBBT, Ghent University, Ledeberg-Ghent, Belgium;Department PIH, University College West Flanders, Ghent University Association, Kortrijk, Belgium;Department PIH, University College West Flanders, Ghent University Association, Kortrijk, Belgium;Department PIH, University College West Flanders, Ghent University Association, Kortrijk, Belgium;Multimedia Lab, Department of Electronics and Information Systems, IBBT, Ghent University, Ledeberg-Ghent, Belgium
Venue:
HSI'09 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Human System Interactions
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The goal of the Personal Social Assistant (PSA) is to help those people who just cannot handle a mobile phone, a GPS, etc. The PSA is a novel multimodal assistive interface for smartphones, i.e., a customizable, scalable layer above the standard software that is already available on these devices. Hence, not only the interface is made more usable, but also new accessible technologies are included in the PSA to simplify certain daily living tasks. Some examples of our helpful technological innovations are photo-based GPS, scalable interfaces and an externally accessible content management system that uses SMS push technology. By using the PSA, everyone can get access to ICT. For elderly and people with cognitive, visual and/or motor disabilities the PSA can be the key to integration into society.