Talk:Assistive technology

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* Can link universal design: ...great rewards to the normal user; good accessible design is universal design, they say.  The classic example of an assistive technology ...
* Can link telephone line: ...erts typed characters into tones which may be sent over the telephone line, the deaf person is able to communicate immediately at a di...
* Can link contact centre: ...en the alert is triggerred, a message is sent to a carer or contact centre who can respond appropriately.  The range of sensors is wid...
* Can link visually impaired: ...gy to support the learning and employment opportunities for visually impaired users. Royal National Institute for the Blind. ISBN 1858785... (link to section)
* Can link Royal National Institute for the Blind: ...g and employment opportunities for visually impaired users. Royal National Institute for the Blind. ISBN 1858785170.... (link to section)
* Can link Richmond, VA: ...bilitation counselor desktop guide to supported employment. Richmond, VA : Virginia Commonwealth University Rehabilitation Research ... (link to section)
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* Can link Learning disabilities: ...il for Exceptional Children, Denver, CO.  * Lee, C. (1999). Learning disabilities and assistive technologies; an emerging way to touch the fu... (link to section)
* Can link Amherst, MA: ...ssistive technologies; an emerging way to touch the future. Amherst, MA: McGowan Publications.... (link to section)
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thread_title:  Suggest 14 possible wiki links for [[Assistive technology]]. 

message: I agree that universal design should be a separate topic, and so should be telecare. 
Telecare for the person being monitored is not assistive technology-- but rather a medical technology used to monitor them from a remote location. However, if there is a medical provider that is unable to travel due to their disability, then perhaps telecare could be considered an assistive technology to the healthcare provider.
Telephones are not universally accessible to people with visual impairments either--they have various lights, displays, buttons other than the number pad, unique number pad arrangements, etc. I am taking that "universally accessible" phrase out.
--141.157.54.195 16:06, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  telephones, universal design, telecare 

message: While cleaning up the external links, I found one that was spam, which I removed, but I also found AccessWorld  and Better Living Through Technology  to be questionable but left them in.  Thoughts? --Ronz 20:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Kill 'em, plenty of links here, we're not a web directory. - Jmabel | Talk 17:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: This article's introduction needs a major rewrite. It's far too long to be merely introducing the reader to the subject. Either the article content needs thorough review, or the introduction needs to be kept brief and more needs to be added to the main body. -- VegitaU 00:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Introduction

message: Anon user added this link.  Not sure it adds anything to article.  Placed here for discussion.
*Wikiversity Assistive Technology
Calltech (talk) 15:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki link

message: Maybe it's just me, but I'm noticing a lot of oddities in :Category:Assistive technology.  It seems to me that Chargebox, ILIAS, Logitech Harmony Remote, and Universal remote don't belong in there.  Or am I crazy?  Perhaps my understanding of how these qualify as AT is limited and somebody can enlighten me? -Etoile (talk) 22:06, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  AT Category 

message: Talk:Vocal_percussion#Rubbing teeth is a neat idea that allows one to make music even if all their body can move still is their jawbone. Jidanni (talk) 23:36, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Rubbing teeth to make music

message: I've made the following minor spelling edits to this page. Changed recognisable to recognizable, travellers to travelers, carer to caregiver, keyguards to key guards and keypresses to key presses. Jbtrout (talk) 01:04, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minor spelling edits 

message: Hi all,
The 'Further reading' section is pretty bloated and I'm not sure how much it helps the article - how do we feel about removing it from the article and moving it over to this talk page so that it's not cluttering the article, but we can still use it to reference stuff and make the article better? Fayedizard (talk) 21:36, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, this is a known issue, on more active pages such "editor content" tends to get archived. What you may consider is creating a separate article "Bibliography of assistive technologies. Rich Farmbrough, 23:48, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That works - thanks Rich. Fayedizard (talk) 07:46, 18 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Futher reading... 

message: An entire category of assitive technology, that of vehicle adaptations, is strangely absent from this article. I say "strangely" because it is arguably the "category" of assitive technology most often encountered by the general public after the "traditional" mobility aids such as wheelchairs and crutches. I'll have a go at writing a section in the new year, but naturally anyone else is hereby invited to beat me too it. Roger (talk) 09:21, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vehicles 

message: I tried to move this page to "Assistive Technology", instead of where it is now: "Assistive technology" (notice the lower case "t"). The whole article uses the phrase with title casing (except one instance, which should be fixed to be consistent). So I'm wondering why the name/title of the page uses sentence case...?
In my opinion, the whole article, including the title should use sentence case, since "assistive technology" is not a brand name or proper noun, it's a generic term. Thoughts? Louisstar (talk) 05:26, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes title case should only be used for actual titles or proper names, if the article were about a book Assistive Technology then it would be used like that. It's not just my and your opinion, it's what the MOS specifies. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:58, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've just done a fairly comprehensive cleanup of the article, please check if I've missed any problems. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:56, 3 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title case title? 

message: Hi All-
I'm new to Wikipedia and this is my first edit so I'm open to any feedback you may have to offer. I added a section about AT in education and a little about switch access for computer use with a link to the switch access section. I wasn't sure if AT in education should be a whole different section or folded into a previously existing one. I was also going to include something about the blending of AT into generally used technology (ex: word prediction is now built into iOS and android) and UDL but wan't sure if this was a good idea. 
Loretod (talk) 12:50, 12 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added AT in education 

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*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20110429132719/http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/accessibility.html to http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/accessibility.html
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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Although the article Disability Robot] has existed for some time, it does not seem to be a topic unto itself.  The citations on that page do not use the term "disability robot" and a quick google search yield only one result where the phrase is used, and it appears to be quoting verbatim this page. Ethanpet113 (talk) 00:13, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. I've never heard of this term (Disability Robot) and don't think it's widely used. Ayersforce (talk) 19:45, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

text: Also agree. This term is no longer used, and covers similar topics. CrownNinja1 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
replies: text:  Klbrain (talk) 06:06, 13 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[Disability robot]] into [[Assistive technology]]