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Building a Minimalistic Multimedia User Interface for Quadriplegic Patients

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Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services

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In this work we explore the possibilities of building a multimedia user interface that facilitates the everyday needs of quadriplegic patients. The proposed interface is built using current technology with the least affordable cost and off-the-self solutions.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 80 str Karaoli & Dimitriou, 18534, Piraeus, Greece

    Constantinos Patsakis

  2. Visiting Professor at the University of Canberra, Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering, is Professor of University of Piraeus in the Department of Informatics,  

    Nikolaos Alexandris

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  1. Dept. of Informatics, University of Piraeus , 185 34, Piraeus, Greece

    George A. Tsihrintzis  & Maria Virvou  & 

  2. Dipto. Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Universita degli Studi di Milano , Via Bramante, 65, 26013, Crema, Italy

    Ernesto Damiani

  3. KES International , Shoreham-by-Sea, P.O. Box 2115, BN43 9AF, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  4. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of South Australia , Mawson Lakes Campus, SA 5095, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Patsakis, C., Alexandris, N. (2010). Building a Minimalistic Multimedia User Interface for Quadriplegic Patients. In: Tsihrintzis, G.A., Damiani, E., Virvou, M., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14619-0_6

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