Assistive technology research through CAL-(IT)² seeks to bring all individuals, regardless of ability, into the world of wireless communication.

Not only is this the right thing to do, but experience has shown that mobile, wireless technologies can provide a novel conduit, through which both legacy and next-generation assistive technologies can be combined to serve as a platform for the delivery of assistive services with a few simple modifications and nominal additional costs.

Therefore, our primary areas of focus are:

• Extending the general usabillity of mobile devices to meet the needs of physically disabled users

• Researching and developing techniques to provide assistive technology
via commodity wireless devices

By promoting increased usabillity of mobile devices, the Wi.AT initiative not only helps meet the needs of physically challenged individuals worldwide, but also offers clear benefits to the general 'abled' population using mobile communication devices.

Alternative Interfaces Lab (AIL)

Developing alternative means for individuals to interface with existing technologies.

• Assistive input peripherals (keyboards, pointing devices, & joysticks / triggers)
• Device driven door locks / openers

Assistive Campus Project (ACP)

Focused on developing next-generation assistive solutions which provide new telecommunication services to individuals with disabilities.

• Wayfinding for the blind
• Location-aware AAC (speech synthesis)
• Distributed photo captioning for the blind
• Assistive transportation
• Phone-based screenreader (The Talking Cellphone)

More information on specific projects can be found on the pages that follow. However, please contact us with any questions, .