Output Matters! Adaptable Multimodal Output for New Telerehabilitation Services for the Elderly

António Teixeira, Carlos Pereira, Miguel Oliveira e Silva, Joaquim Alvarelhão, António Neves, Osvaldo Pacheco

2011

Abstract

Technologies capable of being used by the older adults, with their specificities, to provide new services in the areas of telehealth and Ambient Assisted Living are needed. In this paper, we describe a new service, and its first prototype implementation, in the area of elderly health support at home. Special care was taken to improve the usability, adaptability to user and context and inclusiveness capabilities of the output. The basis for intelligent adaptation of the multimodal output – called AdaptO – is proposed and first versions of the needed services and agents were created.

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Teixeira A., Pereira C., Oliveira e Silva M., Alvarelhão J., Neves A. and Pacheco O. (2011). Output Matters! Adaptable Multimodal Output for New Telerehabilitation Services for the Elderly . In Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - Volume 1: AAL, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-39-3, pages 23-35. DOI: 10.5220/0003308000230035


in Bibtex Style

@conference{aal11,
author={António Teixeira and Carlos Pereira and Miguel Oliveira e Silva and Joaquim Alvarelhão and António Neves and Osvaldo Pacheco},
title={Output Matters! Adaptable Multimodal Output for New Telerehabilitation Services for the Elderly },
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - Volume 1: AAL, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={23-35},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003308000230035},
isbn={978-989-8425-39-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Living Usability Lab Workshop on AAL Latest Solutions, Trends and Applications - Volume 1: AAL, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - Output Matters! Adaptable Multimodal Output for New Telerehabilitation Services for the Elderly
SN - 978-989-8425-39-3
AU - Teixeira A.
AU - Pereira C.
AU - Oliveira e Silva M.
AU - Alvarelhão J.
AU - Neves A.
AU - Pacheco O.
PY - 2011
SP - 23
EP - 35
DO - 10.5220/0003308000230035