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THE PURPOSE OF PHASE I IS TO ADAPT VOICE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH DEVICES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED (TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES FOR THE DEAF - TDDS) AND THEREBY PROVIDE DEAF PERSONS WITH EQUAL ACCESS TO JOB OPPORTUNITY AND JOB TRAINING INFORMATION. ABUNDANT OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN JOB OPPORTUNITY AND TRAINING INFORMATION FROM VOICE PROCESSING SYSTEMS EXISTS FOR HEARING PERSONS BUT I ...

This project team will fully develop and test AlphaBear 2, a vocabulary learning game for grade 4 to 7 students. Vocabulary is a prerequisite for academic success, as it is linked to stronger performance across academic subjects and improved reading comprehension. It is more difficult for students to participate in educational activities without understanding the key vocabulary associated with tha ...

ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, ENABLING THEM TO CAPITALIZE ON THEIR ABILITIES AND MINIMIZE THE EFFECT OF THEIR DISABILITIES. SEVERAL EXCELLENT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE TO IDENTIFY ASSISTIVE DEVICES AND ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS, MOST NOTABLY ABLEDATA AND THE TRACE COOPERATIVE SERVICE DIRECTORY. HOWEVER, INFORMATION ABOUT THE QUALIT ...

We propose to develop low cost extended range Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Focal Plane Arrays (FPAs) using Colloidal Quantum Dots (CQDs) technology. We have successfully produced a SWIR FPA camera with a resolution of 640 x 512 pixels and a sensitivity from 0.4 mm to 1.7 mm at room temperature. Our first initiative will be to extend the operational wavelength range to 2.5 mm, and then 3.0 mm. We hav ...

MICROFLIP PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A DESIGN AND RELATED SOFTWARE FOR A LOW-COST, PORTABLE SOUND SOURCE DETECTOR/ANALYZER (SSDA) FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED. THE SSDA WILL CONSIST OF A CENTRAL SOUND SPECTRUM ANALYZER AND CONTROL UNIT, A REMOTE WIRELESS SOUND DETECTOR, AND A REMOTE WIRELESS PAGER. THE SYSTEM WILL ALERT THE USER TO A WIDE RANGE OF EMERGENCY WARNING SOUNDS, AS WELL AS MANY SOUNDS INDIGENOUS T ...