<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Glad this is being worked on again. I saw this prototype and thought it most intriguing.<BR><BR>
<DIV>Regards <BR><STRONG>Nina Baker</STRONG> <BR></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 2/3/10, Marion Hersh <I><m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Marion Hersh <m.hersh@elec.gla.ac.uk><BR>Subject: [ELECTRON] possibility of short term paid employment<BR>To: members@electronclub.org<BR>Date: Tuesday, 2 March, 2010, 14:22<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A rel=nofollow name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Dear All,<BR></SPAN></A></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A rel=nofollow 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></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><A rel=nofollow 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><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">UK</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> deafblind manual alphabet and another person using a small display and keyboard.<SPAN> </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> </SPAN>The proposed research activity would involve the following tasks:</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><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.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Investigating input/output options for the communication partner, including a </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><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> </SPAN>The text display could also act as the screen for the screen keyboard.<SPAN> </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><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><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> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 19.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol"><SPAN>·<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-VARIANT: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Investigating durable materials for the glove.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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