Have you looked at visual thesaurus? It shows words, their relationships, and provides a recorded voice speaking the word. If you enter a verb, like go, you get lots of choices.
There might be something there to use as reference: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ Android phones should have very good support of web apps as it is not in Google's model to to drive to a single hardware platform. On Oct 13, 4:17 pm, Vincent Vatelot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > > So, I am going to explain a little more what I have in my head... > > My little brother, Maxime, is 21 years old. He doesn't speak and has > never spoken. He has his own perception of the world but he is > sociable and he understand everything we tell him. > > However, he is not independant and he still lives with my parents. He > is very calm and can stay focus on a task if he is interested. He > loves everything that makes lights and sounds! It is not difficult for > him to use a computer, and for exemple, he is very good when playing > computer games...! > > When he was younger, he had a system of labels which were attached to > his trouser. When he wanted something, he asked with his labels... > Very good idea, and he managed it well, but there were more and more > labels, and it became difficult to continue with that! > > Then, he tried a vocal synthesis. It was a kind of box (40cm x 20cm x > 3cm and about 1kg... Sorry, I am french ;) ) There were about 50 > labels on this box and when he pushed a label, there was a predifined > sound (for exemple, to say "hello, my name is Maxime...")... Very good > idea too, but not easy to use at all! > > Finally, he tried B.A.bar (http://www.fst.ch/babar/)... Another vocal > synthesis based on the usage of barcode... A word is associated to a > barcode, and you have to scan it to speak... This is not a good idea > for my brother who spent his time playing with the light of the > scanner and recording various sounds!... > > I first wanted to develop an application who was based on the labels > and the first vocal synthesis principle, but more user-friendly... I > thought about a pocket-pc, but this is a closed platform, and I do not > have knowledge in .net... I would like to have a product that would be > small, simple... for both user and administrator... Here are the > functionnalities I thought about: > > 1. A simple interface that allows to associate pictures (or words) > to sounds, ordered by categories and easily accessible (touch screen > and big pictures...) > 2. The plateform would have to be locked on restricted applications > (no way to use it as a recorder or game, or other thing...) > 3. An easy admin interface that would allow administrator to manage > sounds, pictures, words, categories... > 4. Why not developping an application that could call a phone > number in case of emergency (home...) so that he could try to make > things by himself... > 5. And finally, but that's complitely hypothetical, develop an > application that could synthetize a voice from the sounds he can make > with his own voice (laugh, cry...) I am not sure this is possible to > make it, but I hope so... > > So... I think I have summerized everything... Do you thing I should > propose a project? I am able to lead it, but I am not sure about the > way to do it... > > Thanks for your advice > > Vincent > > On 13 oct, 01:49, Danny Pimienta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I am interested in this idea as well, I am a novice developer with a 7 > > year old autistic son. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 12, 2008, at 7:45 PM, Filipe Abrantes > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Vincent, > > > > If your idea is useful, I'm interested in putting some effort on it. > > > > Could you present the idea a bit more in detail, explain how it helps > > > autists and why android is the right platform to do it. > > > > Cheers, > > > Filipe > > > > Vincent Vatelot wrote: > > >> Hello all, > > > >> My little brother is autistic and I would like to find a ay to help > > >> him to communicate with other people. He understands very well, and > > >> he > > >> has tried several mehod of commuication. > > > >> I am sure that he could use a platform like google android to > > >> communicate. I have thinked about the solution and I have got my > > >> idea, > > >> but I am not able to realise it... I have not enough knowledge in the > > >> field of programming... > > > >> 1- Has anyone ideas on applications that could help autistic (or > > >> other > > >> handicaped people...) to communicate? > > >> 2- Is there anyone here who would be interested to work on me on the > > >> idea I have? > > > >> Thanks a lot... > > > >> Vincent --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
