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Anil Prabhakar, 11/02/2010 08:29 AM

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h1. AAC@IITM
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Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) 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
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# Minimum 3-hr battery backup
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# Software that works with a single-click 
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# Access is through two buttons, which can be programmed either as left-click or left and right clicks
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We have developed 
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# [[Hope]] - simple sentence constructor with text to speech for users with early literacy skills and limited mobilty
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# [[Hope]] LaunchBox - open platform to start multiple AAC softwares
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# [[Kavi]] - hardware
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h2. Open Problems
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# Incorporate prediction into Hope (see e.g. Dasher)
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# Local language version of Hope
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# Improvements to I-Draw
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# Mouse-like interface by dividing up the screen into sections and zooming
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# Software to teach mathematics
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# Scroll type access to other programs like audio/video players, openoffice, etc
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