| A Helping Hand in Communication |
| The future of communication for the hearing and vision impaired |
| A day in the life of John |
| John is | ||
| A student | ||
| Shares a house with two friends | ||
| Enjoys shopping | ||
| Keeps in touch with friends and family | ||
| Totally Blind | ||
| Colours |
| Inexpensive | |
| Accurate (enough) | |
| Long battery life | |
| Compact | |
| Currency Identifier |
| Australian Polymer notes are of a similar size | ||
| Hard to distinguish denomination if totally blind | ||
| Utilises the unique pattern in the clear window | ||
| A Secure Dual Channel Wireless Headset for Multi-user Environments |
| Dual channel, two-way, high quality, low power infrared headset prototype which has been field tested by the ABWA and certified. |
| Current Form Ideal Form |
| Braille |
| Not a direct correlation to text | ||
| Similar to shorthand | ||
| Consists of 6 dots that may be embossed on both sides | ||
| Curtin University Brailler (CUB) |
| Perkins Brailler | ||
| Mechanical only | ||
| Mountbatten Brailler | ||
| Electronic, very old technology | ||
| Slide 9 |
| Curtin University Brailler |
| Braille Scanner |
| Aimed at Sighted non-Braille Readers | |
| Converts Braille to Expanded Text in real time |
| Slide 12 |
| Cisco Network Academy Program |
| The Networking Academy program is an e-learning model that delivers Web-based educational content, online testing, student performance tracking, and instructor training and support, as well as hands-on labs. (Cisco,2002) | |
| Cisco Network Academy Program (CNAP) |
| 10,312 Academies | |||
| 1229 in Asia-Pacific | |||
| 162 Countries | |||
| 25 Countries in Asia Pacific | |||
| 97,488 students in Asia Pacific | |||
| (as of 23rd April 2006) | |||
| Classmates |
| Cisco Network Academy Program |
| Current Access Methods |
| For low vision users. | |||
| Screen enlargement. | |||
| Zoomtext, Magic. | |||
| Screen review programs. | |||
| Jaws, Slimware, Artic. | |||
| Two output methods - speech and Braille displays. | |||
| Screen review software must rely on text output. | |||
| Tactile Graphics | |||
| PIAF | |||
| Printed Braille and Audio recordings | |||
| Network Dominoes |
| Tactile Printing |
| Whiteboard |
| Cheap camera | ||
| <$150 | ||
| Portable | ||
| Multiple use of laptop | ||
| iNetSim |
| Simulates a network | |
| Allows for trials of configurations without expensive equipment | |
| Works with voice output | |
| What about JohnÕs Text Books? |
| Daisy Digital Talking Book (DTB) compatible | ||
| Full Indexing | ||
| Annotations | ||
| Text | ||
| Audio | ||
| Video | ||
| High speed capture | ||
| 90 minutes in 4 minutes | ||
| DRM enabled | ||
| What about Tony? |
| Sign Language |
| Common for hearing impairment | ||
| Uses Vision to replace sound | ||
| Many types | ||
| Auslan | ||
| ASL | ||
| BSL | ||
| But what if you donÕt | ||
| have vision either? | ||
| Slide 25 |
| "A Demonstration" |
| A Demonstration |
| Some Obvious ChallengesÉ |
| Need an interpreter | |
| Need a fluent interpreter | |
| Slow to start with | |
| É and some not obvious ones |
| One-to-one | |
| In-person | |
| Slang / Dialects |
| An Alternative |
| Slide 30 |
| Slide 31 |
| Slide 32 |
| Slide 33 |
| Removes Barriers |
| Communicate with non-signers | ||
| Through their choice of interface | ||
| Direct interaction, without an interpreter | ||
| Can talk to people in other rooms / cities / countries | ||
| Multiple people at once | ||
| Recording | ||
| The Hand is A Complex System |
| The Current Hand |
| All good |
| The challenges aheadÉ |
| Servomotors instead of air muscles | ||
| Artificial Intelligence to learn trajectories for the hand signs | ||
| Learn by mimicking | ||
| More challenges |
| Communication protocol | ||
| Correct data vs On-Time data | ||
| Social / Cultural Implications | ||
| ÒSMSÓ speak? | ||
| The Team (in no particular order) |
| Staff | ||
| Chris Moore | ||
| Serge Mokroous | ||
| Kieren Eaton | ||
| Leigh Harrison | ||
| Students | ||
| Andrew Pasquale, Simon Dunn, Ryan Williams, Carl Blair, James Hope, Leong Chen Chew, Ben Farrugia, Ivar Siewert, Peter Scarfe | ||
| Thank You |