title: Progress of the European Assistive Technology Information Network.
abstract: The European Assistive Technology Information Network (EASTIN), launched in 2005 as the result of a collaborative EU project, provides information on Assistive Technology products and related material through the website www.eastin.eu. In the past few years several advancements have been implemented on the EASTIN website thanks to the contribution of EU funded projects, including a multilingual query processing component for supporting non expert users, a user rating and comment facility, and a detailed taxonomy for the description of ICT based assistive products. Recently, within the framework of the EU funded project Cloud4All, the EASTIN information system has also been federated with the Unified Listing of assistive products, one of the building blocks of the Global Public Inclusive Infrastructure initiative.
authors: IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milano, Italy.
authors: Valerio
authors: V
authors: Gower
authors: IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Milano, Italy.
authors: Renzo
authors: R
authors: Andrich
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012656:Self-Help Devices