scholarly journals Banknote Identification Methodology for Visually Impaired People

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo P. Sousa ◽  
Laurindo S. Britto Neto ◽  
Rodrigo M. S. Veras
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of Interest ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Image Signature ◽  
Functional Capacities

Around the world, there are many people with disabilities; it is estimated that 39 million people are blind and 246 million have limited vision, giving a total of 285 million visually impaired people. The use of information and communication technologies can help disabled people to achieve greater independence, quality of life and inclusion in social activities by increasing, maintaining or improving their functional capacities. In this context, this paper presents an automatic methodology for identifying banknotes that can be widely used by people with visual impairment. For this, we evaluated a set of four point-of-interest detectors, two descriptors, seven ways of generating the image signature, and six classification methodologies, which can be used as a basis for the development of applications for the identification of banknotes. Experiments performed on US Dollar (USD), Euro (EUR) and Brazilian Real Banknotes (BRL) obtained rates of accuracy of 99.78%, 99.12%, and 96.92%, respectively.

scholarly journals ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUAL IMPAIRED PERSONS IN THE TRAFFIC NETWORK

Transport ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Periša ◽  
Dragan Peraković ◽  
Juraj Vaculík
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Traffic Network ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Visually Impaired Persons ◽  
The City

The information about the environment and the precise guidance of visually impaired people is the basis for their safe movement of the traffic network. Therefore, the information and communication services should be adapted to this group of users. The services based on the advanced information and communication technologies provide the visually impaired persons with information about the environment while moving along the traffic network. This paper analyses the currently available information systems of users when moving traffic network, and the currently most services based on new ICT (Information and Communications Technology). The analysis was carried on a representative sample of the City of Zagreb (Croatia) in involving all interest groups of visually impaired people. Based on defined user requirements is proposed a new services based on NFC (Near Field Communication) and RTLS (Real-Time Locating Systems). Testing and analysing the efficiency of single information and communication technologies have been performed on the actual traffic network system of the City of Zagreb. The users of the Croatian Society for Promotion and Development of Tiphlotechnology (Hrvatska Udruga za Promicanje i Razvoj Tiflotehnike – HUPRT, http://www.huprt.hr) participated in checking the efficiency of single technologies and services.

scholarly journals Tecnologias digitais e deficiência visual: a contribuição das TIC para a prática pedagógica no contexto da Lei Brasileira de Inclusão

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 412
Author(s):  
Maria Helena Silveira Bonilla ◽  
Manoela Cristina Correia Carvalho da Silva ◽  
Taiane Abreu Machado
Keyword(s):  
Visual Impairment ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Blind People ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Right

Resumo: Com a promulgação da Lei Brasileira de Inclusão (LBI), confirma-se o direito das pessoas com deficiência à educação em escolas comuns. As Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação (TIC) podem ser grandes aliadas nesse processo, inclusive para pessoas com deficiência visual, o maior contingente de pessoas entre aquelas que têm deficiências no Brasil e um público para o qual o uso não criterioso de tecnologias digitais pode apresentar sérias barreiras devido à carga imagética associada às TIC. O presente estudo, além de discutir as principais barreiras na comunicação e na informação enfrentadas por pessoas com deficiência visual, apresenta alternativas de como educadores podem incorporar as TIC a sua prática pedagógica e fomentar a colaboração, a descentralização do conhecimento, a autonomia e a criatividade.Palavras-chave: Deficiência visual; TIC; Lei brasileira de inclusão. Digital technologies and visual impairment: the contribution of ICT to pedagogical practices in the context of the Brazilian Law for the Inclusion of persons with disability Abstract: With the enactment of the Brazilian law for the inclusion of persons with disability, the right of people with special needs to be educated in regular schools has been confirmed. Information and communication technologies (ICT) can be of great use in this process, even for visually impaired people, the largest contingent of people among those with disabilities in Brazil and an audience for whom the non-judicious use of digital technologies may present serious barriers due to the imaging load associated to ICT. In the present study, besides discussing the main barriers in information and communication faced by blind people, the authors present alternatives to educators who wish to incorporate ICT into their pedagogical practices and foster collaboration, helping enhance the decentralization of knowledge, autonomy and creativity.Keywords: Visual impairment; ICT; Brazilian law for the inclusion of persons with disability. 

Widening the horizons: Information space of the library for the blind as the resource to improve quality of life of visually impaired people

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Novikova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Visually Impaired ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Visually Impaired People ◽  
Impaired People ◽  
Special Library

The special library acts as the cultural and educational center for visually impaired people, and as the center for continuing education. The multifunctional performance of the library is substantiated. The joint projects accomplished in cooperation with theatres and museums and aimed at integrating the visually impaired people into the society are described. Advanced training projects for the library professionals accomplished in 2018 are discussed.

ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF TEACHING AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN MALAYSIA THROUGH THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

2012 ◽  
Vol 02 (04) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Anantha Raj A. Arokiasamy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Geographically Distributed ◽  
Breaking Time

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in higher education for imparting easily accessible, affordable and quality higher education leading to the uplift of Malaysia. The focus of the paper is on the benefits that ICT integration in education can provide, right from breaking time and distance barriers to facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among geographically distributed students. ICT increases the flexibility of delivery of education so that learners can access knowledge anytime and anywhere. It can influence the way students are taught and how they learn as now the processes are learner driven and not by teachers. This in turn would better prepare the learners for lifelong learning as well as to contribute to the industry. We will also analyze if ICT does indeed improve or hinder the quality of learning among higher education students. This paper reports on the changing trends in use of ICTs for instruction in higher education institutions (HEIs) and discusses a mini-case study of how ICTs are being used by lecturers in one university in Malaysia.

scholarly journals PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE SPECIALISTS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES: QR CODING IN STUDENT LEARNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (57) ◽  
pp. 33-35
Author(s):  
A. Hafiiak ◽  
O. Shefer ◽  
E. Borodina ◽  
S. Alyoshin
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Quality Level ◽  
It Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Student Training ◽  
Definition Of

The article explores modern information and telecommunication technologies, which are the basis of information processes in education. The fundamentals of improving the quality of student training from the point of view of the development of a vocational education system are investigated. The authors explore the definition of an innovative educational environment. It is proved that professional IT education is the basis for improving its quality level and has certain advantages over other types of knowledge, providing flexibility due to modern technological features, including the use of QR coding information.

Samo(procena) nastavnika o kvalitetu onlajn nastave tokom pandemije kovid-19

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Maksimović ◽  
◽  
Nedeljko Milanović ◽  
Jelena Osmanović Zajić ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Educational Work ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Teachers Attitudes

The COVID-19 virus pandemic also had a significant impact on the educational system. This article presents the results of a research aimed at examining teachers' attitudes about the quality of online teaching during the COVID-19 virus pandemic. A descriptive research method and survey technique were applied. The sample included 274 teachers from the territory of the Republic of Serbia. The presented results indicate that the largest number of teachers with online teaching met for the first time during the pandemic and that until then they had no experience with distance learning. The platforms most often used by teachers in working with students are: Google Classroom, Zoom, Edmodo, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams. Also, a large number of teachers answered that they will partially apply online teaching after the pandemic, emphasizing that contact teaching is irreplaceable and of much higher quality, because students are more engaged, prepared and committed to school obligations. Looking at it objectively, teachers most often rated the quality of online teaching during the pandemic as average, more precisely with a grade of three. Online teaching during the pandemic required great dedication and teacher engagement, as well as good management of information and communication technologies and developed digital competencies of both teachers and students. The realization of online teaching was a challenge for teachers, but also the only possibility and solution to continue and actively carry out educational work during the pandemic and emergency situation.

Telemedicine and Alzheimer Disease

2013 ◽  
pp. 191-206
Author(s):  
Letteria Spadaro ◽  
Francesca Timpano ◽  
Silvia Marino ◽  
Placido Bramanti
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Model Of Care ◽  
Application Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Process Methodology ◽  
Networking Technologies

The focus of this chapter is to asses a new model of care in dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). According with sociotechnical approaches, the authors describe a proof of concept, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) intervention, as a technical and organizational model of robust, reliable, and efficient clinical practice to meet the medical, psychological, and social needs of AD people and their family. The authors also propose the “Identification-Recognition-Evaluation-Application Model” as process methodology in a telemedicine project. In this perspective, the technology has to be analyzed as technology-in-use, a process coming out from an ecology of specific actions and actors. Finally, the authors describe their experience of a longitudinal study in which ICT networking technologies are used to implement coping strategies, in order to improve the quality of life of AD families.

Acknowledging the Distance Learner

2013 ◽  
pp. 242-254
Author(s):  
Trish Andrews
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
Distance Learner ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning

The growth of e-learning, particularly distance learning via e-learning, is widely recognised as a significant factor influencing higher education in the 21st century. The rapid and ongoing uptake of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for teaching and learning, along with the recognition that increased student engagement can lead to more effective learning, is changing the way in which teaching and learning occurs in universities. This chapter suggests that the distance learner is frequently overlooked in the current climate when it comes to consideration of student needs and that current applications of ICT for distance learning raises questions about the quality of their learning experience. The chapter discusses the role of the student voice in understanding and addressing students’ needs in relation to the quality of their learning experience and suggests that greater attention needs to be paid to the distinct voice of the distance education student. The chapter provides some methodologies for collecting the student’s voice and gives consideration to how addressing the distance learners’ voice to enhance their learning experience might be most effectively accomplished.

Mining Electoral Data for Effective Campaigns and E-Participation

2013 ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Marlene Goncalves ◽  
Francisco Castro ◽  
Luis Alberto Vidal ◽  
Maribel Acosta ◽  
Maria-Esther Vidal
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Presidential Candidates ◽  
Electoral Campaigns ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
General Elections ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Electoral Data

E-Democracy and E-Participation are sub-areas of E-Government that utilize Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to empower democracy and allow the participation of ordinary people during the definition of policies that affect their lives. Particularly, general elections as well as the selection of presidential candidates are types of electoral events where ICT can facilitate the constituency participation, providing a resource to influence the implementation of such events. The authors propose data mining and ranking techniques to analyze voting historical data and identify regions where electoral campaigns need to be intensified. Based on citizens’ participation patterns in previous elections, they illustrate the quality of their approach on Venezuelan electoral data and compare it with respect to the results produced by a baseline independent study. Experimental results suggest that the authors’ techniques are able to predict the classification given for the baseline study, while they are simpler and easily reproducible.

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