News about the COVID-19 outbreak has been coming fast and furious over the last weeks. There’s been a lot to process — some fatalities, hundreds sickened across the world and many changes to everyday life. People are working from home, keeping their distance from others, and not being able to…
Are you a mobile app developer? Do you have an app that helps people with disabilities? So, you can apply to the Mada-AlecsoApps Award 2019 and win 10k USD. Awarding ceremony will be during Qitcom’19 at QNCC, Doha, Qatar. Deadline on Oct 20, 19. To apply visit: http://award.alecsoapps.org/mada #accessibility #assistivetechnology #mobileappdeveloper #award2019 #applynow #disability #android #qatar #doha
In this article, the authors deal with the machine translation of written English text to sign language. They study the existing systems and issues in order to propose an implantation of a statistical machine translation from written English text to American Sign Language (English/ASL) taking care of several features of…
The theme of this year’s conference GREAT’2018 is Inclusive Computer Technology (ICT) and Assistive Technology (AT) with a focus on 4 domains: Education, Independent Living, e-Accessibility and Innovation. Many high-level speakers, attracting delegates representing their institutions are invited to present the latest technologies for people with disabilities.
During ICTA Conference, I presented a paper entitled “How Could Robots Improve Social Skills in Children with Autism?” which is a position paper that aims to improve educational skills of autistic children. The paper was presented with the presence of my colleague Mursi Seraj. Mursi is gifted children having 16…
Today, it is ICTA 2017 opening ceremony hosted by Sultan Kabous University in Muscat and organized by Alecso, Latice, e-access and national oman committee of education, culture and sciences.
In this article, I will show you how to install and build Moses on Ubuntu, and how to use Moses to translate with some simple models (English and Sign Language Gloss). If you experience problems, then please contact me. If you’re just writing about this work, please cite this paper…
When it comes to Assistive Technology (AT), over the past decade, a large number of individuals as well as companies have come up with some incredibly life altering equipment and technological gizmos that are aimed not only to make life of an average individual a little simpler and faster, but…
Saturday, 4th Nov. 2017, the AlecsoApps Award final ceremony was held in the beautiful city Yasmine Hammamet, Tunisia. As part of Mada, we organized a special award for the best mobile application for people with disabilities.
