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SCANNING COMMUNICATION AID [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
OBS

Scanning is the general term for the technique in which the set of items (characters) available are presented to the user one at a time sequentially. The user is required to respond only when the desired item is presented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
OBS

«aide technique» : Aujourd'hui, les aides techniques sophistiquées foisonnent. Il en est de même pour les ouvrages en communication non orale qui viennent chaque jour étoffer une étonnante car bien jeune bibliographie.

OBS

L'interlocuteur doit [...] pointer en séquence chacun des symboles de la carte jusqu'à ce que l'usager lui indique qu'il a rejoint le symbole désiré (balayage).

Spanish

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