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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span
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Dear All,<br>
</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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.<br>
Regards<br>
Marion<br>
</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><br>
<br>
</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">The
aim is to produce a wearable device which supports two-way
communication
between a deafblind person using the </span></a><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">UK</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"> deafblind
manual alphabet and another
person using a small display and keyboard.<span style="">
</span>A successful undergraduate project a few years ago produced a
functional
one-way prototype which supported communication from a deafblind person
to
sighted person.<span style=""> </span>The proposed research
activity would involve the following tasks:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Investigating
input/output options for
the communication partner, including a </span></span><span style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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.<span style="">
</span>The text display could also act as the screen
for the screen keyboard.<span style=""> </span>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.</span></span><span style=""><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">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. <span
style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style=""><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Investigating durable
materials for the
glove.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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