Alternative and Augmentative Communication¶

This is our effort to provide non-verbal individuals the ability to independently express their ideas. We have developed

1. Hope - simple sentence constructor with text to speech for users with early literacy skills and limited mobilty (written in Python)
2. LaunchBox - open platform to start multiple AAC softwares (written in Python)
3. Kavi - a picture to speech software for the Android tablet https://www.dropbox.com/s/oe60z72r0rce4p3/KAVIPTS.apk

Other solutions

1. Slate - from 99and1design
2. Avaz - from Invention Labs
3. Voca and Sanyog - from IIT-Kharagpur
4. CePaL - from Sun Teknovations, developed in collaboration with DAIICT

Open Problems¶

1. Incorporate prediction into Hope (see e.g. Dasher)
2. Local language version of Hope
3. Improvements to I-Draw
4. Mouse-like interface by dividing up the screen into sections and zooming
5. Software to teach mathematics
6. Scroll type access to other programs like audio/video players, openoffice, etc