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[quote]VICTOR Pauca will have plenty of presents to unwrap on Christmas, but the 5-year-old Winston-Salem boy has already received the best gift he'll get this year: the ability to communicate.
Victor has a rare genetic disorder that delays development of a number of skills, including speech. To help him and others with disabilities, his father, Paul, and some of his students at Wake Forest University have created an application for the iPhone and iPad that turns their touch screens into communications tools.
The VerbalVictor app allows parents and caregivers to take pictures and record phrases to go with them. These become 'buttons' on the screen that Victor touches when he wants to communicate. A picture of the backyard, for example, can be accompanied by a recording of a sentence like 'I want to go outside and play.' When Victor touches it, his parents or teachers know what he wants to do.
'The user records the voice, so it's something the child's familiar with. It's not robotic,' Paul Pauca said.
The app, which should be for sale for US$10 (S$13) in Apple Inc's iTunes store by early next week, is one of dozens of new software products designed to make life easier for people with a range of disabilities.
The category is expanding so fast that Apple now has a separate listing for it in the App Store. More apps are added every week, ranging from Sign4Me, a sign language tutor that uses an animated avatar, to ArtikPix, a flash card-like app that helps teachers and speech therapists improve their students' articulation of words.[/quote]
[url]http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_617487.html[/url]
'speak'
:science:
Nothing new
[QUOTE=johan_sm;26946619]Nothing new[/QUOTE]
its still one hell of a christmas gift.
That's great!
The only reason this is getting coverage is because it's on an iPad.
I can't believe a legit news station would write "thru" instead of through. Ugh
What a cool dad.
[QUOTE=johan_sm;26946693]I can't believe a legit news station would write "thru" instead of through. Ugh[/QUOTE]
Space constraints.
That's a really nice gift.
why did you say thru in the title
daw
:3:
[QUOTE=ricktrolled;26946835]why did you say thru in the title[/QUOTE]
That's what it says in the source
"Mum i wanna masturbate!"
Can you imagine the class room?
I want to go outside and play.
I want to go outside and play.
I want to go outside and play.
I want to go outside and play.
I want to go outside and play.
I want to go outside and play.
it shud of been on android :downs: [/idiotic prick]
seriously though thats cool
Sometimes, the smallest ideas can also be the biggest.
This is quite an ingenious app to be honest.
[QUOTE=dude2193;26950754]Father didnt need an ipad to make this possible[/QUOTE]
So? He used an iPad to do it.
Should be free.
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ITT Moonbase Alpha.
But seriously, that's pretty cool.
Wasn't there a case like this a while ago, but they just got the girl a laptop with text-to-speech? She was heavily autistic or something.
[QUOTE=Coffee;26950396]john madden.[/QUOTE]
It keeps happening
[QUOTE=TwinkieHouse;26960551]It keeps happening[/QUOTE]
I warned you bro.
I warned you about the moon.
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