This is a problem for people with cognitive disabilities associated with stroke, TBI, dementia, etc ., and perhaps for the elderly. This project is developing an AAC interface to manage orthographic and graphic information in ways that enable AAC users to rely extensively on recognition, rather than recall memory. Researchers have developed AAC-Menu software that allows the user to formulate messages on a buffer screen and to have a device speak. An expert committee of AAC users is reviewing the orthographic version. Subsequently, the software will be tested with other populations and compared to other dynamic screen programs.
Preliminary programming is underway for a graphic version of the interface.