Giving voice : mobile communication, disability, and inequality /
Meryl Alper.
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- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning .
- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Talking iPads and the partial promise of voice -- What is voice? -- Making a case for iPad cases -- What is a mobile communication device? -- The "fun iPad" and the "communication iPad" -- What is an iPad for? -- Augmenting communication with new media and popular culture -- What does it mean to communicate with an iPad? -- "You've gotta be plugged in" -- How do media shape understandings of the iPad? -- Conclusions.
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Communication devices for people with disabilities--Social aspects. Voice output communication aids--Social aspects. Assistive computer technology--Social aspects. Sociology of disability.