Communication Tool For People Research Articles

Activity and voice of people with sensory dysfunctions on social media. Report on netnographic research

Social media are becoming an essential communication tool for people with disabilities and can become a good resource of knowledge for social workers. As a critical area of contemporary visual culture, social media can enhance the empowerment and social inclusion of people with visual and hearing impairments. The aim of the presented online research conducted between March and July 2021 was to answer the main research question: what self-expression content people with sensory disorders present on social media. Additionally, specific research questions were posed: how the content address topics relates to social inclusion; what benefits can social workers gain from observing social media accounts run by people with visual and hearing impairments? To analyse the presence of people with visual and hearing impairment on social media, I used three qualitative research methods: desk research, netnography, and case study. The analysis of the collected material allowed me to distinguish nine main thematic categories of content published by people with sensory dysfunctions on social media: everyday life, medical information, modern technologies, forms of support, taboos, humour, social activity, relationships, leisure. The categories were generated through coding and categorization in an emic perspective. The analysis also indicated that much of the content discussed relates to the idea of social inclusion for people with sensory dysfunctions. The article also shows a series of benefits of observing social media for social workers in their professional practice.

Pembinaan How to Be Outstanding Master of Ceremony and Moderator di karang taruna Garuda perumahan Villa Hanglekir RW 05 Kelurahan Baloi Permai Kecamatan Batam Kota

English as a communication tool for people around the world because English is the International language. As a means of global communication, English must be actively mastered both oral and written. In this Community Service (PKM) Coaching Ability to speak in public (public speaking) is very important for teenagers or students so that in the future they are ready to face Batam as a free trade zone and MICE (Meeting, Incentive, Ceremonies, and Events). So that this Public Speaking training is very much needed by Karang Taruna Garuda so that Karang Taruna members can practice it in youth activities held in the housing complex. This training aims to increase the knowledge of Public Speaking and the ability of members of the youth to speak in public such as MC, Moderator in youth activities in the era of globalization and this MICE era..

Protocol SS7 and the Security of Mobile Networks

The paper considers Global System for Mobile Communications, which plays the important role in contemporary society and carries new forms of dialog in the modern world. It is shown, that GSM-nets play two roles: firstly, they serve as communication tools for people who are in any point of world, and secondly, they can be used as tools for confidential data theft due to the old technology for telephone exchange setting, created as early as in the 1970s. Attacks using SS7 are often executed by hackers. After all, the attacker does not have to be close to the subscriber, and the attack can be made from anywhere on the planet. Therefore, to calculate the attacker is almost impossible, through this vulnerability can be hacked through almost any phone in the world. It will not be difficult to eavesdrop on conversations, intercept SMS, get access to the mobile Bank, social networks because of the vulnerability in the SS7 telephone infrastructure, through which service commands of cellular networks are transmitted. Due to the fact that the vulnerability with the Protocol SS7 is on the side of the operator, protection from such an attack is impossible. Until mobile operators are able to abandon this technology, this threat in the field of information security will remain relevant.

Using Talking Mats to support communication in persons with Huntington's Disease

Many individuals with Huntington's disease experience reduced functioning in cognition, language and communication. Talking Mats is a visually based low technological augmentative communication framework that supports communication in people with different cognitive and communicative disabilities. To evaluate Talking Mats as a communication tool for people in the later stages of Huntington's disease. Five individuals with Huntington's disease participated in the study. Three conditions were compared: unstructured communication, verbally structured communication, and communication using Talking Mats. The conversations were videotaped and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively. Talking Mats increased communicative effectiveness for all participants. Verbally structured conversation resulted in higher effectiveness than the unstructured counterpart and effectiveness differed depending on the type of conversational topic. Talking Mats could be a valuable resource for people with Huntington's disease and their conversation partners. It could be used for social purposes, for understanding a person's opinions and for making decisions. Additional research is necessary in order to generalize the results to the population of individuals with Huntington's disease and to understand better the mechanisms behind the positive effects observed.

From Bliss Symbols to Grammatically Correct Voice Output: A Communication Tool for People with Disabilities

Because of damage in the central nervous system, certain members of the population with severe speech impairments are not able to acquire sufficient literacy skills. Despite this handicap, they can become effective communicators by using different graphic or symbol systems. One of these non-verbal graphic systems is Blissymbolics. Bliss symbols are a set of simple pictograms, each representing a single object or concept. In recent years several computer-based tools have been developed to combine Bliss symbols with a speech synthesizer, providing an electronic communication tool for users with disabilities. The Hungarian-speaking Blissvox system was created for this purpose. The users of the program can assemble messages by putting symbols together. The messages are stored automatically and can be recalled and displayed or printed at any time. The system uses the Multivox Hungarian formant synthesizer to utter the messages in a synthetic voice. Due to the rich morphology of Hungarian, sentences made up from the words representing Bliss symbols are ungrammatical. A linguistic module was developed to transform the string of isolated words of the assembled messages into grammatically correct sentences. This module is comprised of a morphological and a syntactic generator with constrained rules and vocabulary. The paper presents this enhanced Blissvox, giving a general technical description of the modules. We report on some experiences acquired during the use of Blissvox at the Helping Communication Methodological Center, Budapest, Hungary.