Breaking Barriers: Digital Personal Assistants for the Inclusion of Workers with Disabilities in Production
INTRODUCTION: This paper introduces Digital Personal Assistants (DPAs) as tools to support inclusive employment for workers with disabilities in industrial production.OBJECTIVES: The aim is to design a DPA that enables barrier-free access to work-related information.METHODS: DPAs are developed for multiple devices, focusing on accessibility, and task support—co-designed with workers with disabilities.RESULTS: A possible implementation of a DPAs is shown in this paper.CONCLUSION: User-centered DPAs can help reduce barriers and support inclusion in production.
Authors
- Dragan Peraković (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0476-9373)
- F. Lackner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0386-8254)
- Markus Brillinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0499-8491)
- Marko Periša (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1775-0735)
- Ivan Cvitić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-6711)
- Senhorinha Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7464-3944)
- José Carlos Teixeira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-1837)
- I. Unterkircher
- C. Zwickl
- P. Eisele
Institutions
- FH JOANNEUM University of Applied Sciences (AT)
- University of Zagreb (HR)
- Procomcure Biotech (Austria) (AT)
- University of Minho (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EAI Endorsed Transactions on Digital Transformation of Industrial Processes
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4108/dtip.9848
- Primary Topic
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft
- Universidade do Minho