An Open-source Tool for Simplifying Computer and Assistive Technology Use: Tool for simplification and auto-personalization of computers and assistive technologies.

ABSTRACT: Computer access is increasingly critical for all aspects of life from education to employment to daily living, health and almost all types of participation. The pandemic has highlighted our dependence on technology, but the dependence existed before and is continuing after. Yet many face barriers due to disability, literacy, or digital literacy. Although the problems faced by individuals with disabilities have received focus for some time, the problems faced by people who just have difficulty in using technologies has not, but is a second large, yet less understood problem. Solutions exist but are often not installed, buried, hard to find, and difficult to understand and use. To address these problems, an open-source extension to the Windows and macOS operating systems has been under explo

SUBMITTER: Vanderheiden GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8620129 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature