December 2009
20 posts
Magic happens! →
I suddenly have a rough prototype!
I can speak into a microphone, and the speech is turned into a text display on my ipod touch! MAGIC!
Many thanks to Pablo for helping me work this out!
Breakthrough - got voice recognition speaking through my mac and displayed on ipod touch! More to come!
Snow!
It’s snowing, not properly though.
I’d like this sled for indoor - pretend.
Although I’m sort of holidaying… →
I have Disclosure Scotland approval! Woo!
I have also done my first Ajax tutorial. I think it is probably not useful yet, but at least it’s a start…
Oh and I’m definitely speaking/ holding a…
Dragon for iPhone →
US only just now, but something tells me this might be helpful. Looks like I might be phoning Nuance…
A wee update! →
Ok, firstly, finally started to get my head together on developing my postcards for focus group discussion, and have some ideas to play around with. I have also been back in touch with the research…
I’m on IMDB!
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3719530/
“These designers were asked to make selections from Leaves of Grass to visually...”
– Lucky Gallery:
“Wearing Whitman’s Words; A Typographic Exploration” Opening Reception, Dec 5, 6-9 pm.
Another aspect of my project to take into account in the design of the word ‘written’ in the wearable.
quick thought...
Actually. Is it nice that everyone wears their scarf different? Is it that individuality that could strengthen the project? Men certainly tend to wear scarves differently to women… so maybe my challenge would be to ensure that the display is easliy made visible… it still would need to be structured around the screen area for support of the internal gadgetory, though. I must stop...
Ataxia Uk Meeting →
With charity meetings, there is always the danger of a poor turnout. WIth only short notice, it seems that people who I had believed to be ‘recruited’ were unable to attend. And so, the meeting was…
Prototyping tools...
As discussed in my dissertation, often the greatest products that are used by the physically disabled are intuitive uses of existing technologies / products. For my prototype, a key factor is the microphone. It must be clear, and have a strong background noise removal quality.
Slightly to the side of this, the dysarthric voice often is quiet, and the person has some benefit from using voice...
Alan Newell →
So yesterday morning I had the opportunity to chat with Alan Newell about AAC devices, speech recognition, design from an engineer’s perspective and the history of communication devices. This…
Scarves...
Vivienne Westwood (left) and a traditional cravat (right).
Yesterday and Today, Tomorrow.
Briefly, I had my meeting with Alan Newell yesterday; he gave me a fascinating insight into his experience of AAC devices and their design (for an engineer’s perspective). I have blogged some key points of this conversation on my university page, which should appear here today too… so to avoid repitition, a couple of things I missed out:
Ventriloquist dummies (how would people feel...
Ooooohhhhhhhhhhh & AAC →
First things first. I’m in a blogging mess – so remember and check here too until I get things sorted properly.
http://blog.freecalum.co.uk/
I attended communication matters road show /…
November 2009
6 posts
Is Leah Buechley my hero? (LED wearables)