Table of Contents

Interface and language issues in intelligent systems for people with disabilities.- Iconic language design for people with significant speech and multiple impairments.- Lexicon for computer translation of American sign language.- On Building Intelligence into EagleEyes.- Providing intelligent language feedback for augmentative communication users.- Saliency in human-computer interaction.- A wearable computer based American sign language recognizer.- Towards automatic translation from Japanese into Japanese sign language.- An augmentative communication interface based on conversational schemata.- Assistive robotics: An overview.- Progress on the deictically controlled wheelchair.- Developing intelligent wheelchairs for the handicapped.- Integrating vision and spatial reasoning for assistive navigation.- Speech and gesture mediated intelligent teleoperation.- Personal adaptive mobility aid for the infirm and elderly blind.- HITOMI: Design and development of a Robotic Travel Aid.- NavChair: An assistive wheelchair navigation system with automatic adaptation.- Wheelesley: A robotic wheelchair system: Indoor navigation and user interface.