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On 12/3/14, Nilesh Bendre nileshbendr...@gmail.com wrote:
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Stephen Hawking's speech software goes open source for disabled
LONDON: The system that helps
Stephen Hawking
communicate with the outside world will be made available online from
January in a move that could help millions of motor
neurone disease sufferers,
scientists
said Tuesday.
The wheelchair-bound theoretical physicist, who shot to international fame
in the 1980s with his book A Brief History of Time, hailed the decision
by
US tech giant Intel at a press conference in London.
By making this technology freely available, it has the potential to
greatly
improve the life of disabled people all over the world, said Hawking, his
words relayed by the robotic voice of his computer.
Without this, I would not be able to speak to you today, said the
72-year-old, who was diagnosed at the age of 21 with a motor neurone
disease
related
to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The communications system will be made available to researchers on the
Internet
as
open source,
although it would still have to be adapted for individual users.
Hawking, who teaches at Cambridge University, can write on his computer
using a cheek sensor which is detected by an infrared switch mounted to his
glasses
and helps him select characters.
His current system, developed by Intel over the past three years, reduces
the number of moves needed to spell out words, as well as giving him new
functions
for the first time such as sending email attachments.
Hawking's typing speed is twice as fast and there is a tenfold improvement
in common tasks, Intel said in a statement.
The British company SwiftKey has also digitized all his works to help the
computer guess more quickly what he is trying to say.
Hawking, who is almost entirely paralysed, demonstrated the new system in
public for the first time on Tuesday.
In a press release, he said: Medicine has not been able to cure me, so I
rely on technology to help me communicate and live.
Quadriplegia and motor neurone disease affect over three million people
worldwide.
Lama Nachman of Intel Labs said: Technology for the disabled is often a
proving ground for the technology of the future.
Source :
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/stephen-hawkings-speech-sof
tware-goes-open-source-for-disabled/articleshow/45353436.cms
Thanks and Regards,
Nilesh
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