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This paper describes a cloud based architecture for processing data and providing services for smart living environments and support for assistive technologies. Based on scalable cloud technologies and optimized software architectures, it provides infrastructure for an extendible set of various functionalities. The paper describes the core processing module along with several related proof-of-concept services. Several use case scenarios are presented including a mobile app voice navigation tool for the blind, text to hand sign speech video sequencing tool for the deaf, image processing tool for a smart home, etc. Details are presented about the software development tools used and their integration in a functional multiplatform application. Guides for future works and extension of the system are discussed.
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The research is partially supported by COST Action IC1303 Algorithms, Architectures and Platforms for Enhanced Living Environments (AAPELE) and the work was partially financed by the ATCSN-15 project (Assistive Technologies for Children with Special Needs for 2014/2015) at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, R. of Macedonia.
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Nikolovski, V., Lameski, P., Joksimoski, B., Chorbev, I. (2015). Cloud Based Assistive Technologies and Smart Living Environment System. In: Agüero, R., Zinner, T., Goleva, R., Timm-Giel, A., Tran-Gia, P. (eds) Mobile Networks and Management. MONAMI 2014. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 141. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16292-8_26
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