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Providing Assistive Technology Applications as a Service Through Cloud Computing.

Users with disabilities interact with Personal Computers (PCs) using Assistive Technology (AT) software solutions. Such applications run on a PC that a person with a disability commonly uses. However the configuration of AT applications is not trivial at all, especially whenever the user needs to wo...

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Published in:Assistive Technology Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 44 - 52
Main Authors: Mulfari, Davide, Celesti, Antonio, Villari, Massimo, Puliafito, Antonio
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Spring2015
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          Cloud Computing
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