Voice output communication aid application for personal digital assistant for autistic children

Author

Torii, Ippei ; Ohtani, Kaoruko ; Shirahama, Nahoko ; Niwa, Takahito ; Ishii, Naohiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Sci., Aichi Inst. of Technol., Toyota, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

May 30 2012-June 1 2012

Firstpage

329

Lastpage

333

Abstract

"Let\´s Talk" is a new VOCA (Voice Output Communication Aid) application for PDA for autistic children. This application has many advantages comparing to existing VOCA. We especially focused on an easy and simple manipulation. By tapping a symbol on a screen of a PDA with this application, a user can show his/her thoughts with pictures and sounds to others easily. It has 120 symbols based on daily life. There are 2 modes which can be switched depending on different situations of users. On "Supportive Mode", a supporter shows the application to a user. On Self-use Mode, a user can tell what he/she wants directly with categories and symbols. It is possible to make original icons with a camera or a voice recorder in PDA. A user also can customize an original page by arranging icons he made or existing symbols.

Keywords

cameras; diseases; graphical user interfaces; handicapped aids; notebook computers; voice communication; Let´s Talk! application; PDA; VOCA application; autistic children; camera; icons; personal digital assistant; self-use mode; supportive mode; voice output communication aid application; voice recorder; Educational institutions; Information science; Personal digital assistants; Portable media players; XML; Autism mental retardation communication; VOCA (Voice Output Communication Aid) AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Science (ICIS), 2012 IEEE/ACIS 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1536-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIS.2012.117

Filename

6211118