Assistive Technology and Affective Mediation

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‘Affective communicating’ is the ability of an individual to express and interpret emotions between communication partners. ‘Affective mediation’ refers to computer based systems that enable users to communicate emotions back and forth. This article describes the main impairments and disorders that may involve affective communication deficits. Also presented are several affective mediation technologies that are being applied or may be integrated in assistive technologies in order to improve affective communication for a range of disabilities.





This document is a highly specialized and technical paper. The authors have structured their report to make it understandable across languages, cultures, and software platforms. The team presents definitions, showcases efforts to improve affective communication for affective computing and AT areas, then pinpoints the results.