The software that makes mention Stephen Hawking becomes available to all
Intel has released the source code of ACAT, the voice system with which the body communicates through mime facial and eye movement
Stephen Hawking speaks at a conference thanks to the voice of ACAT Intel
It is 1985 when Stephen Hawking, one of the most important and recognized physicists, mathematicians and cosmologists in the world, is hit by pneumonia that forced him to undergo a permanent tracheotomy that makes them lose the voice functions. The already complex physical conditions, put to the test on the course of what was thought to be an ALS but that was corrected in a progressive muscular atrophy, no longer allow the scientist to perform common tasks, relegating almost always on a chair Wheel.
To a friend he creates a computerized voice synthesizer that converts sound into what Hawking typing on a computer with a limited sequence of words per minute. But because of a new pneumonia that affects in 2009, Stephen slowly loses the use of fingers, and the only method that until that moment knew to communicate with the world.
In 2011 comes in Intel, whose co-founder Gordon Moore responds to a request for help Hawking believes that the technology could improve the living conditions of people with a disability such as his, which It restricts almost all types of expression. The new solution developed in 2014 by the American giant is called ACAT and going to Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit , a computer tool that can analyze facial expressions and eye movements to execute operations complex, including voice dialing.
The system uses an infrared sensor (or a camera) which converts the facial expressions in commands that shall be given to the computer to access the internet browsing and using various programs. The central point is a predictive software that uses a virtual keyboard to fill out the phrases “look” by Hawking and suggest the following.
Since yesterday ACAT became an open project, available to all via open source, compatible with machines running at least Windows 7. The intent is to allow engineers to use the source code to adapt it to their workplace in order to develop customized solutions. “After scoring ACAT to Professor Hawking – Intel writes on website dedicated – have turned their attention to a wider audience in order to allow the adoption to people with different needs.”
According to the company, with the publication in the open source on GitHub , the world of information technology will help to expand the ecosystem of ACAT adding new functions, interfaces and modes of interaction, thereby enhancing the communication possibilities both of patients with ALS and progressive muscular atrophy as other neurodegenerative diseases.
AP
08/19/2015
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