It carries the sweet name of ACAT and changed the life of the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. When the author of A Brief History of Time was increasingly handicapped by its neuromuscular dystrophy, the appearance of ACAT voice guidance software (for context-aware assistive toolkit) he has helped maintain a relatively fluid conversation with his entourage. With this system, a video camera translates the movements of the face – to Hawking, the contractions of her cheeks text.
Intel, originally the software, announced it was to open access software. To use it, just now to download and install on a PC running Window and webcam.
The aim is in fact at least as much scientific humanist, said the US site Wierd. By open source work, Intel Lab wants developers to seize and further improve software that could now be within reach of millions of people with disabilities.
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