Author:Mouton, Francois; Teixeira, M; Meyer, TDate:Nov 2017As the nature of information stored digitally be- comes more important and confidential, the security of the systems put in place to protect this information needs to be increased. The human element, however, remains a vulnerability of the ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Olivier, MSDate:Sep 2014Bluetooth is popular technology for short-range communications and is incorporated in mobile devices such as smartphones, tablet computers and laptops. Vulnerabilities associated with Bluetooth technology led to improved security measures ...Read more
Author:Masango, Mfundo G; Mouton, Francois; Nottingham, Alastair; Mtsweni, Jabu SDate:Aug 2016Android smart devices have become an integral part of peoples lives, having evolved beyond the capability of just sending a text message or making a call. Currently, smart devices have applications that can restrict access to other applications ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Olivier, M; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Aug 2018Ever improving technology allows smartphones to become an integral part of people's lives. The reliance on and ubiquitous use of smartphones render these devices rich sources of data. This data becomes increasingly important when smartphones ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Burke, Ivan DDate:Mar 2015Smartphones continue to excel in the 21st century due to the constant improvements of mobile technology. Advances in smartphones, such as increased computing power, improved device-to-device communication and the option of installing additional ...Read more
Author:Meyer, HeloiseDate:Jun 2020Mobility is the future and people of the 21st century are continuously witnessing the fast-paced growth of mobile technology. The ever-increasing storage capacity of mobile devices allows for the capturing of the user activities in digital ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, L; Martinus, Laura JBDate:Aug 2018Tourism is a major contributor to employment in southern Africa and a major contributor to gross domestic products of many southern African countries. One of the major tourist attractions in many southern African countries is the wild animals. ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Olivier, M; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Aug 2015Mobile technology continues to evolve in the 21st century, providing users with improved capabilities and advance functionality. The current leader of this evolution is Android, a mobile operating system that continuously elevates existing ...Read more
Author:Badenhorst, J; De Waal, A; De Wet, FebeDate:May 2012The collection of speech data suitable for speech technology development is a challenge for under-resourced languages. Factors such as cost, availability of mother-tongue speakers and vast geographic distances call for techniques to optimise ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Olivier, MSDate:Aug 2013Smartphones are an important asset for people living in the 21st century.With functionality similar to computers, smartphones have become all-in-one portable devices providing interconnectivity and device-to-device communication. Such continuous ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, Heloise; Olivier, M; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Mar 2018Ever improving smartphone technology, along with the widespread use of the devices to accomplish daily tasks, leads to the collection of rich sources of smartphone data. Smartphone data are, however, susceptible to change and can be altered ...Read more
Author:De Vries, NJ; Davel, MH; Badenhorst, J; Basson, WD; De Wet, Febe; Barnard, E; De Waal, ADate:Jan 2014Acoustic data collection for automatic speech recognition (ASR) purposes is a particularly challenging task when working with under resourced languages, many of which are found in the developing world. We provide a brief overview of related ...Read more
Author:De Vries, NJ; Badenhorst, J; Davel, MH; Barnard, E; De Waal, ADate:Aug 2011Building transcribed speech corpora for under-resourced languages plays a pivotal role in developing speech technologies for such languages. The authors have developed an open-source tool for devices running the Android operating system to ...Read more