[ELECTRON] possibility of short term paid employment

[Marion Hersh]

Dear All,

I may have a small amount of funding to pay someone for 2 to 4 months
between April and the end of July to work on project described below. 
If you could be interested in this could you contact me by Thursday -
various bureaucratic reasons for this.
Regards
Marion



The aim is to produce a wearable device which supports two-way
communication between a deafblind person using the UK deafblind manual
alphabet and another person using a small display and keyboard.  A
successful undergraduate project a few years ago produced a functional
one-way prototype which supported communication from a deafblind person
to sighted person.  The proposed research activity would involve the
following tasks:

·          Investigating options for input/output combinations for the
deafblind person, including relay switch vibrator/pressure sensor
combination; pressure sensors and vibro-tactile actuators embedded in a
smart fabric; miniature vibrators and motors, possibly in combination
with a relay switch.

·          Investigating input/output options for the communication
partner, including a miniaturised keyboard, pointer and on-screen
keyboard, small LCD text display, possibly as part of a mobile telephone
or PDA, and speech output with text-speech conversion and either an
earpiece or small loudspeaker.  The text display could also act as the
screen for the screen keyboard.  There would be advantages in the
development of two versions, one as a self-contained device and another
which is compatible with mobile phones with Wifi and/or Bluetooth.

·          Writing software, including for communication between
communication partner and deafblind person and for input to and output
from mobile phone and other input/output devices.        

·          Investigating durable materials for the glove.

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