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In previous R&D, the developers created codeSpark Academy, a game that employs a visual and block-based approach with puzzles to teach coding skills to students ages 5 to 9 years old. codeSpark Academy is in widespread use in and out of schools around the world. In this project, the developers will expand storytelling creative tools within the existing game. The pretend-play scenarios will include ...

The game, which is used by children alone or in tandem with a special education practitioner or caregiver, supports children in understanding and expressing musical patterns, and in learning to sing songs before speaking. This project will extend the existing version by developing a prototype that includes additional songs for increased speech-language learning outcomes, an animated onscreen singe ...

The team will develop a new component of the AR app, a prototype with computer vision and recognition software to present real-world phenomena that are ordinarily not observable in nature. In Phase I, the research team will create a magnetism module would show students the invisible magnetic field all around them and how it interacts with magnetic objects. At the end of Phase I, in a pilot study w ...

The team will develop a prototype of an immersive virtual reality experience for high school students to learn about the scientific processes and the biology of plants. The prototype will be designed to be multi-player where groups of students collaboratively conduct open-ended cross-breeding experiments, record images to export to reports, track and analyze data, and draw conclusions. At the end ...

PLACES THAT OFFER OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL XPERIENCES RARELY PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY OF HIKING TRAILS. WITHOUT ACCESS RELATED INFORMATION, PERSONS, WITH DISABILITIES ARE FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CHOOSE AND ENJOY TRAILS WITH APPROPRIATE CHALLENGE LEVELS. IN AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCES, THIS PROJECT PROP ...

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THE SANDARD REFERENCE BOOKS FOR TEACHING HOW TO READ BRAILLE MUSIC AND TRANSCRIBE PRINTED MUSIC INTO BRAILLE MUSIC ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ONLY IN HARDCOPY PRINT AND BRAILLE EDITIONS. A TYPICAL PRINTED PAGE CONTAINS DESCRIPTIVE TEST, MUSICAL EXAMPLES IN STANDARD MUSIC NOTATION, AND THE CORRESPONDING BRAILLE MUSIC NOTATION. AS WITH MOST HARDCOPY REFERENC MATERIALS, THE BOOKS ARE BULKY (ABOUT 200 ...

THE LONG-TERN GOAL OF PHASE I AND PHASE II RESEARCH IS TO PROVIDE A NEW TOOL FOR SPEECH THERAPY BASED ON THE DISPLAY OF VOCAL TRACT CROSS-SECTIONS. THE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPROACHES UNDER INVESTIGATION ARE BASED ON SPEECH RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES. THIS SYSTEM WOULD PERMIT USERS TO SEE IN A CONCRETE, GRAPHIC WAY HOW CLOSELY THEY APPROACH A TARGET SPEECH PATTERN AND WOULD PROVIDE SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT ...

REHAB SOFTWARE PROPOSES TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF UTILIZING VOICE ENTRY TECHNOLOGY (VET) TO ADAPT WORK TASKS IN HIGH LABOR DEMAND JOBS FOR ACCESS BY HANDICAPPED PERSONS.HIGH DEMAND JOBS OBTAINED FROM U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WILL BE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING VOICE ENTRY TECHNOLOGY. FROM THIS ANALYSIS TEN OCCUPATIONS WILL BE SELECTED FOR WHICH SPECIFIC VOICE ENTRY TECHNO ...