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VOICER IN MOBILE PLATFORM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION FOR THE DISABLED

VOICER IN MOBILE PLATFORM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION FOR THE DISABLED . 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 ;

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VOICER IN MOBILE PLATFORM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION FOR THE DISABLED

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  1. VOICER IN MOBILE PLATFORM TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION FOR THE DISABLED

  2. 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 voicercalled VoxLaPS, for mobile devices.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. ARCHITECTURE

  6. SYNTHESIS • The SVOX synthesizer was used, with the voice "Luciana" in Brazilian Portuguese;

  7. VOICER PROTOTYPE

  8. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

  9. CONCLUSION • Accordingtothe parcial results: • Important tool; • Supportto medical treatments; • Well-acceptedbyspecialistdoctors; • 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.

  10. AuthorsContact • Ana Irene Alves de Oliveira anairene25@gmail.com • Nelson Cruz Sampaio Neto dnelsonneto@gmail.com • Larissa de Sousa Guimarães larasi2009@gmail.com

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