FreeSpeechApp4VT

dc.contributor.authorGupta, Chaitanyaen
dc.contributor.authorOh, Samuelen
dc.contributor.authorCho, Andyen
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-09T18:42:29Zen
dc.date.available2022-05-09T18:42:29Zen
dc.date.issued2022-05-08en
dc.description.abstractOver the course of his career, Mr. Matthew Newton, the coordinator of Assistive and Education Technology at Virginia Tech, has been working with applications and assistive technology in order to aid those who require non-verbal communication, to receive the means to do so. The FreeSpeech4VT project was launched under the direction of Mr. Newton to provide a free-of-cost tablet application that would allow users to easily communicate using type-to-speech functionality. Our goal as a team was to create an application that could provide basic and advanced implementations of features that paid-applications offer, while also promoting user customization of the application itself. The project consists of one mobile application that pulls from the device’s local data and is able to store data into the device’s memory based on user input of words/tiles. Although cross-platform applications could provide more flexibility and accessibility for users depending on what operating system their devices run on, our team found it best to implement a thorough iPadOS application due to the high frequency of iPad usage for communicative purposes. This application is designed for anyone who may struggle to communicate verbally, both temporarily or more long-term. There were some design choices to be more friendly towards those who may have difficulty with motor function as well. The range of people that can use this application is immense; it can be anywhere from someone who is unable to speak at all and may have some motor function issues to someone who has laryngitis and is able to type out sentences just not speak or speak loudly for some time. We began by meeting with Mr. Newton to discuss his vision. Because ergonomics with the target user-group in mind was so important, we spent a lot of time on iterative design and wireframing, getting feedback and making improvements, and finally getting approval. We then began implementing the design as well as basic Text-To-Speech (TTS) functionality. After that, we implemented more customizability-centric functionality to allow both ease-of-setup for caretakers and ease-of-use for users. We obtained feedback via bi-weekly client meetings. We have delivered an iPadOS application, this report, a final slide presentation, and a video walkthrough of the application in use.en
dc.description.notesThis submission contains source code for an iPadOS application, a final report, a final presentation, and a video walkthrough of the application in use. The source code (FreespeechVT-main.zip) should be downloaded and opened via Xcode on MacOS. Then, it can either be run on the built-in iPad simulator (any iPad model) or can be loaded onto a physical iPad device (iPadOS 15.0 or newer) and run there. There are two versions of the report, one in PDF that is portable, and one as a .docx file that is editable. There are also two versions of the presentation, one in PDF that is portable, and one as a .pptx file that is editable. There is also a video walkthrough of the application being used (FreeSpeechApp4VT - Application Walkthrough.mp4) that should be used as a quick-start guide on how to use the application.en
dc.format.mimetypevideo/mp4en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/109972en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectAssistive technologyen
dc.subjectiPadOSen
dc.subjectText-to-Speechen
dc.subjectCustomizabilityen
dc.subjectErgonomicsen
dc.titleFreeSpeechApp4VTen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.typeReporten
dc.typeVideoen
dc.typeOtheren

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