Blenkhorn P
Department of Computation, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, UK.
J Med Eng Technol. 1992 Nov-Dec;16(6):243-9. doi: 10.3109/03091909209030775.
There are several approaches to producing communication aids for people with disabilities. The system described here takes the approach of utilizing as much mainstream hardware as possible, and adapting it with some modular software tools which have been designed to facilitate the building of customized symbol communication systems. The target audience are clients who are symbol users and/or have a speech impairment. The system provides several levels of screens, each of which can contain grids of scalable icons. A number of input methods are provided including keyboard, switch, mouse and touch-screen. Digitized and/or text to speech synthesis can be used for reinforcement of selections and for communication. The structure of the system is discussed and initial feedback from the first field trials is presented.
为残疾人制作通信辅助设备有多种方法。这里描述的系统采用的方法是尽可能多地利用主流硬件，并使用一些模块化软件工具对其进行适配，这些软件工具旨在便于构建定制化的符号通信系统。目标受众是符号使用者和/或有言语障碍的客户。该系统提供了多个层次的屏幕，每个屏幕都可以包含可缩放图标的网格。提供了多种输入方法，包括键盘、开关、鼠标和触摸屏。数字化和/或文本转语音合成可用于强化选择和通信。文中讨论了该系统的结构，并给出了首次现场试验的初步反馈。
