This book provides a survey on the increasingly ubiquitous nature of mobile solutions in people's daily lives, with an emphasis on assistive technologies. The book examines the topic both on a wide scale, such as adoption and reliance from the general public, and a more specific one, such as applications for visually or motor impaired people. The authors discuss the benefits mobile solutions can have and the range of applicability in areas such as healthcare, transportation, and tourism. Contributions include mobile applications for the elderly, blind and visually impaired, motor disabled, and the deaf. The book presents to its readers useful mobile applications and architectures that contribute to well-being and convenience.

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Sara Paiva has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and is an invited professor at Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, where she has acted as course coordinator since 2008. Her main research areas are mobile solutions applied to the social realms. Sara manages several mobile studies such as final projects from degree and master courses, projects in partnership with companies, and projects for social institutions. She co-edited a book, has more than 20 publications among peer-reviewed journals, written book chapters and has been published in conferences proceedings. Since December 2016, Sara has been the coordinator of the Inclusive School Project, which counts more than 20 students and 20 professors that collaborate with about 10 social institutions.