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Bliss-Minspeak - development and evaluation of
Minspeak applications with Blissymbols based on case studies
Results: BlissMinspeak software and methodology
for the DeltaTalker - marketed by RehabModul AB and SIH Läromedel in Göteborg,
and a published report.
Ulrika Ferm & Gunilla Thunberg - DART,
Britt Amberntson - SIH Läromedel i Göteborg.
BRUD - the formation of a user resource for development, quality control
and introduction of IT based Assistive Technology
Main results: The "IT Users" ("IT-brukarna")
at Bräcke Östergård – a user resource with and for disabled IT users.
Responsible: Mats Lundälv
Comspec - ComLink
4-year European TIDE project – TP1169,
with partners from the UK, Holland, Portugal, Norway and Sweden. The project
was co-ordinated by the ACE Centre in Oxford, ended in June 1998.
Results: ComLink – an open and component-based software
environment (in Java) for the development and adaptation of alternative
communication aids. Experiences are propelled in current and planned R&D
projects. The project has a history of pre-studies in three earlier phases
in a Nordic-British-American co-operation initiated and co-ordinated by
DART.
Responsible at DART:
Mats Lundälv
Dyslexia - Writing Support
A national project, lead by AMS, RFV and HI in order to develop
reading and writing support functions, mainly for adult dyslectic users.
Participants: KTH, HADAR, Instit. for Lingvistics - Göteborg University,
and DART.
Results: "Stava Rätt" special needs spell checker
for Word7.0 and later, prototypes for integrated writing support. Responsible
at DART: Mats Lundälv
An inventory of children and adolescents with severe communication disorders
A descriptive study of the target population regarding size, ages, gender,
diagnosis, other disabilities, communication strategies, usage of AAC
aids and access to support.
Responsible: Eva Holmqvist, Gerd Zachrisson
KOMP – a centre for AAC in western Sweden
Is now incorporated in DART,
which is a member of the Swedish network for KOM centres.
Responsible: Gerd Zachrisson
Kultur för alla ("Culture for All") - in the footsteps of Frida
Kahlo
Minor participation (Mats L.) in a project run by the Swedish
Handicap Institute in co-operation with Very Special Arts in Sweden a
o. Envisaged funding for a Göteborg part have unfortunately been delayed
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Lyckliga äktenskap ("Happy Marriages") - AAC with integrated
high and low technology
In this project, practical solutions for a close integration
of high and low-tech AAC aids (such as VOCAs and traditional symbol charts)
have been designed, produced and documented.
Margret Buchholz (OT) and Gunilla Thunberg (SLP).
Mycket nöje ("Enjoy") - an inventory, collation and
documentation of leisure time software for disabled users
Responsible: Birgitta Söderén
SAW - Switch Access to Windows - phases 2-3
Further development of the SAW alternative access package in
co-operation with ACE Centre – Oxford – UK, SIH Läromedel Göteborg,
and DART.
Responsible at DART: Mats Lundälv.
An evaluation and introduction of Blissymbol software for IBM compatible
computers
A co-operation between DART and the LINDAH
centre in Linköping, to evaluate, adapt and introduce Blissymbol software
packages like "BlissPerfect", "the BlissProcessor",
a o.
Responsible at DART: Birgit Wastenson
Biblioteket för alla ("A Library for All")
A 3-year joint project to provide a "writing and reading
hut" - between the Göteborg City Library, the Göteborg Centre for
Visual Rehabilitation and SRF (the Association for the Visually Impaired.
Has been followed up by the EU-project "Open Media".
Responsible at DART: Charlotte Ottosson
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