AAC@IITM » History » Version 8
Anil Prabhakar, 11/02/2010 08:32 AM
| 1 | 8 | Anil Prabhakar | h1. Alternative and Augmentative Communication |
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| 3 | 8 | Anil Prabhakar | This is our effort to provide non-verbal individuals the ability to independently express their ideas. The platform being used is the BeagleBoard, revC. The final hardware will have |
| 4 | 1 | Anil Prabhakar | # Minimum 3-hr battery backup |
| 5 | # Software that works with a single-click |
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| 6 | # Access is through two buttons, which can be programmed either as left-click or left and right clicks |
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| 8 | 5 | Anil Prabhakar | We have developed |
| 9 | 7 | Anil Prabhakar | # **Hope** - simple sentence constructor with text to speech for users with early literacy skills and limited mobilty |
| 10 | 1 | Anil Prabhakar | # **LaunchBox** - open platform to start multiple AAC softwares |
| 11 | # **[[Kavi]]** - hardware |
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| 13 | Other solutions |
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| 14 | # **Slate** - from 99and1design |
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| 15 | # **Avaz** - from Invention Labs |
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| 16 | # **Sanyog** - from IIT-Kharagpur |
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| 18 | 3 | Anil Prabhakar | h2. Open Problems |
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| 20 | 2 | Anil Prabhakar | # Incorporate prediction into Hope (see e.g. Dasher) |
| 21 | # Local language version of Hope |
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| 22 | 1 | Anil Prabhakar | # Improvements to I-Draw |
| 23 | # Mouse-like interface by dividing up the screen into sections and zooming |
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| 24 | # Software to teach mathematics |
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| 25 | # Scroll type access to other programs like audio/video players, openoffice, etc |