voicer in mobile platform to facilitate communication for the disabled
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VOICER IN MOBILE PLATFORM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION
FOR THE DISABLED
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INTRODUCTION• The number of disabled people in Brazil raised from
14,5% to near 24%. Among those, 2,5 million people present difficulties in communication and interpersonal interaction;
• The importance of Assistive Technology (AT), mainly focused on communication, which is referred as Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC);
• Voicers;• The main goal of this work is to implement and provide a
free open source voicer called VoxLaPS, for mobile devices.
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MOTIVATION
• Commercially available voicers with a rigid platform, without adjustments capacity, and costly;
• Smartphones and tablets more financially accessible;
• Digital and Social Inclusion;• NEDETA partnership.
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METHODOLOGY
• Implementation in 3 parts: base, screen navigation and customization;
• Application development with Agile Methodology;
• Tests with doctors of several specialities after the completion of each one of the application parts.
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ARCHITECTURE
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SYNTHESIS
• The SVOX synthesizer was used, with the voice "Luciana" in Brazilian Portuguese;
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VOICER PROTOTYPE
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EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
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CONCLUSION• According to the parcial results:– Important tool;– Support to medical treatments;– Well-accepted by specialist doctors;– Simplicity and Ease of Use;– Great advance in the AAC field;
• The tool can also assist in Portuguese teaching;• Importance of tests with real patients;• Partnership with treatment and rehabilitation centers of
people with disabilities, of all ages, and state hospitals.
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Authors Contact
• Ana Irene Alves de Oliveira
[email protected]• Nelson Cruz Sampaio Neto
[email protected]• Larissa de Sousa Guimarães