FACILITATING AWARENESS AND CONVERSATION THROUGHPUT IN AN AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• Main Authors: BEAVERS, Jay, CAMPBELL, Jon, FIANNACA, Alexander, PARADISO, Ann, SHAH, Mira E, KULKARNI, Harish, MORRIS, Meredith
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 12.08.2020
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PHYSICS; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

Speech generating devices, communication systems, and methods for communicating using the devices and systems are disclosed herein. In certain examples, a communication system is configured to receive a generated communication, establish a connection between a speech generating device and a computing device subsequent to receipt of the generated communication, and transmit the generated communication to the computing device. In other examples, a computing device is configured to establish a connection with a speech generating device, and receive a transmission generated by the speech generating device following the connection, the transmission including previously generated communications or real-time communication segments or proxies. In other examples, a speech generating device is configured to establish a connection with one or more computing devices, receive one or more suggestions from at least one computing device during generation of the communication, and display a suggestion on the display device as a shortcut input key.