AAC

h1. AAC@IITM

Alternative and Augmentative Communication

This (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
# Minimum 3-hr battery backup
# Software that works with a single-click
# Access is through two buttons, which can be programmed either as left-click or left and right clicks

We have developed
# **Hope** - simple sentence constructor with text to speech for users with early literacy skills and limited mobilty
# **LaunchBox** - open platform to start multiple AAC softwares
# **[[Kavi]]** - hardware

Other solutions
# **Slate** - from 99and1design
# **Avaz** - from Invention Labs
# **Sanyog** - from IIT-Kharagpur

h2. Open Problems

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