Project Title

Improving Scanning Using and Intelligent Agent 

 

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Description of Project

For the Alternative and Augmentative Communications laboratory at Ohio University, our group has designed a device for use by children (ages 2 to 10) afflicted by cerebral palsy. 

The users can not speak or gesture so they can not adequately communicate their daily needs.  This device features a FLASH-based computer program that contains an automated scanning agent to select objects inside of a virtual environment that represent these needs.  The user controls a single button interface to confirm object selection. A separate LCD monitor displays these requests.