Alper, Meryl,

Giving voice : mobile communication, disability, and inequality / Meryl Alper. - 1 PDF (xvi, 270 pages) : illustrations. - 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.


Electronic books.

HV1568.4 / .A47 2017eb

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