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This paper describes a system for supporting remote conversation for people with aphasia. We have constructed an initial prototype using Skype for video chat and the RemoteX plug-in for screen sharing over a network. Preliminary experiments conducted using the prototype have revealed that simply providing video chat and screen-sharing functions is not sufficient for supporting remote conversation with people with aphasia. We propose various simple communication tools to facilitate questioning and answering in the remote conversation, where a person with aphasia can reply by marking an appropriate portion of a window provided by the tool. Their effectiveness is demonstrated through experiments.
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Kuwabara, K., Hayashi, S., Uesato, T., Umadome, K., Takenaka, K. (2009). Remote Conversation Support for People with Aphasia: Some Experiments and Lessons Learned. In: Stephanidis, C. (eds) Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Addressing Diversity. UAHCI 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5614. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02707-9_43
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