Mind-controlled augmentative and alternative communication for people with severe motor disabilities

Abstract

This paper describes the research conducted to design the Arabic Brain Communicator (ABC), which is a braincontrolled typing system designed to facilitate communication for people with severe motor disabilities in Arabic. A user centered design was adopted; it included empirical investigations and meetings with Subject-Matter Experts and possible users. Activities conducted in the analysis and design of the system are discussed.

A concept-environment for computer-based augmentative and alternative communication founded on a systematic review

“…Paper Category (Bermúdez et al, 2010), (Cabrera et al, 2008), (Chin et al, 2010), (Deepa et al, 2010), (Okasaka and Hoshino, 2012), (Schalk et al, 2008), (Sorger et al, 2009), (Sun et al, 2010, (Thomas et al, 2008), (Thompson et al, 2013), (Ortner et al, 2011), (Al-Abdullatif et al, 2013), , , (Ming et al, 2009) BCI (Hanson et al, 2010) Speech generator device (Keegan et al, 2009) EOG (Joubert et al, 2011) Exploratory study (Ann and Theng, 2011b) Facial expression (Park et al, 2012), (Cipresso et al, 2011) Eyetracking (AlJa 'am et al, 2008), (Ann and Theng, 2011b), (Friginal et al, 2013), , (Sorna et al, 2009), (Hsieh et al, 2009) Software modeling , , , (Silva and Pereira, 2011), (Tsai, 2013) Communication board (Belani, 2012), (Arnott and Alm, 2013), (Deepa et al, 2010), (Hill, 2010), (McCoy et al, 2013), (Mak and Wolpaw, 2009), Conceptual review (Alwell and Cobb, 2009), (Finke et al, 2008) Systematic review , (Prabhu and Prasad, 2011), Alternative virtual keyboard…”

“…The input device is used to capture any type of voluntary intent of the patient. The eye movements were used as inputs in Park et al (2012) and Cipresso et al (2011), while Blain et al (2008), Schalk et al (2008), Usakli et al (2009) andAl-Abdullatif et al (2013) used patient's brain activity to provide communication resources.…”

CAApp: Um Aplicativo Móvel de Comunicação Aumentativa e Alternativa para Pessoas com Deficiência Motora Severa

“…Diversos trabalhos propõem uma interface cérebro-computador para estabelecer a comunicação entre o usuário e um sistema de CAA [Blankertz et al 2006] [Fazel-Rezai et al 2012] [Al-Abdullatif et al 2013]. Entretanto, quando os movimentos de músculos da face são preservados, podem-se utilizar sinais de eletromiografia de superfície (sEMG) para realizar a interação com um dispositivo.…”