Sparkins - Touch based Solution Like Perkins Brailler

Sparkins is a touch-based solution which helps visually impaired or blind children to learn the Perkins Brailler.

Basically, it works exactly same as the Perkins Brailler but using a multi-touch support tablet PC which is empowered by Windows 7 Touch.

Sparkins is equipped with adaptive finger position recognition to type. Users just need to register their first finger position by touching thescreen with a full six fingers and then Sparkins will measure the distance from every finger to set approximation of the next input touch.

According to the first finger registration, input touch position will be predicted and translated to the braille code. The typed braille will appear in the top of the screen alongside its latin alphabet. To work as a Perkins Brailler, Sparkins fully exploits the multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7 Touch. A flicks to left is used as the space key, and flicks to right is used as the backspace key. The hold gesture is used to start the text-to-speech feature which narrates the typed words which is useful for user to check the typed words. While the gesture that is commonly used as rotate functions set the volume of the speech.

Another way to check the typed words is by touching the generated braille. When the braille is touched by one finger, then the sound feedback spells every letter of the braille. But when it is touched by two finger, the sound feedback speaks per words. However, in checking the typed words and finding errors, it is difficult for visually impaired people to precisely touch the braille because the absence of guidance. Therefore, the preview mode is provided which works by put the braille in a row at the screen side from left bottom edge to left top edge, and then to right top edge and right bottom edge, and finish at left bottom edge. By preview mode, user can use the screen side as guidance in touching braille. To move to the next line and previous line of words, user can use the zoom out and zoom in gesture.

This project has won the Windows 7 Touch Challenge, Imagine Cup 2011 Competition as Worldwide first runner-up

more info, here:
http://www.imaginecup.com/CompetitionsContent/2011Winners.aspx#Touch

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• imagine
• cup
• computers
• world
• windows
• 2011
• perkins
• brailler
• sparkins
• dreambender
• multi
• touch
• tablet
• braille
• blind
• children

[darkfirenze]

Hayooo, idenya ngambil dari aplikasi di Android Market yah ?ga sah dong juaranya ?plagiat ide si...

silahkan cek ke Android Market, lalu cari aplikasi ChordKey demo di kotak search .

itu sudah saya pakai jauh sebelum si Sparkin ada :D :D :D ... wkwkwkwk

[ArnantoAkbar]

@darkfirenze kami post comment di stanford itu juga gak ngecap mereka "plagiat" kok. cuma kasih tau aja, mahasiswa Indonesia udah buat duluan lho! :D

[darkfirenze]

@ArnantoAkbar

memang komentar mas arnanto di video stanford tidak ada judge plagiat. Cuma coba deh lihat komentar yang ada di bawahnya, itu banyak sekali yang bilang karya si stanford itu plagiat :) . Bahkan dengan kata-kata yang kasar. :) . Hehe, maaf kalo salah dikoreksi yah ...

Maaf ya komentar sebelumnya untuk memancing tanggapan mas  Arnanto saja. Thx.

[ArnantoAkbar]

@darkfirenze oh, saya belum lihat komentar2 yang lain. mungkin itu reaksi teman2 saya yang berlebihan menanggapi karya stanford yang terlihat mirip.

mohon maaf, nanti akan saya beritahukan teman2 saya supaya tidak menjudge sembarangan :)

terima kasih atas opininya mas :D

[darkfirenze]

oh, oke , memang duluan. Tapi apakah dengan menjadi duluan bisa menjamin bisa berlangsung dan sukses di pasaran ? :) .

Saran saya : coba itu si Sparkin dikembangkan lagi, karena stanford dah buat pesaingnya, yang dalam waktu dekat akan Braille Writer akan tersedia di Android Market dan iTunes App Store .

[ArnantoAkbar]

@darkfirenze terima kasih atas sarannya. kami sedang mengembangkan untuk androidnya. awal november ini mudah2an sudah selesai. :)

[maulanakrisna]

nice, I'm gonna keep this video

[pieroz10]

This is a remarkable innovation, maybe a steve jobs reborn in this world