====== TextAble ======

** Research and Development of Input and Editing of Text for the Motor-Impaired Users **

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Duration: 04/2012 -- 12/2014\\
Funded by: Ministry of Education, Czech Republic\\
Funding title: KONTAKT II, VSMSMTPMS11

===== Objective =====

The project combines the fields of human–computer interaction and bio-signal processing for research of new methods and user interfaces for text input and editing for use by the motor-impaired people. The goals of the project may be outlined in the following points:

  * New methods of detection, measurement, and analysis of the myoelectric signals
  * Prototypes of the new interaction methods for input, editing, and navigation within text documents
  * Optimizing the methodology for evaluation of text entry methods

The project is carried out in a collaboration with Department of Computer Engineering, Baskin School of Engineering of University of California Santa Cruz.

===== People =====

  * Jakub Otáhal, Antonín Pošusta, Ondřej Poláček -- project team members\\
  * Adam Sporka -- principal investigator
  * Sri H Kurniawan -- representative of the UCSC

===== Project Roadmap =====

The project consists of two streams: Detection of myoelectric signals and development of prototypes of virtual keyboard and word processing environment that will driven by these signals.

  * **2012**
    * Selection and detection of signals: Identification of types of signals that can be produced by people with various motor impairments. The focus will be on myoelectric signals but a combination with our previous non-verbal vocal input will be considered.
    * User research: Identification of the common needs regarding the text entry. A task model of text input will be assembled. The goal is to describe not only the process of typing individual letters but also the higher functions -- operations with words, sentences, formatting etc. --, how these functions are or are not supported by the current assistive techniques, and how our technology can be used to address these issues.
  * **2013**
    * Signal detection: Further improvements of the signal processing
    * Prototypes of myoelectric keyboard
  * **2014**
    * Signal detection: Further improvements of the signal processing
    * Prototypes of myoelectric-operated word processor