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A couple of months ago a family friend had a very serious health issue and he couldn't move or speak much. So I put together a web app with a set of phrases, connected to a game controller, in a way that he could just select phrases from the list to communicate. Luckily this person got better quickly, and this app was no longer needed, but I decided to improve this experiment and publish it as an Open Source project.

So, this is VoxEase. It can be operated with a mouse, a touch screen, a computer keyboard, a game controller using a single hand, or you can set it to scan the list of phrases automatically so you only need to press one button to pick your phrase.
It only requires a modern browser and once downloaded it works offline.
It supports multiple languages and it can also be used by people with sight impairments (it works with screen readers).

Any suggestions on how to make it better are welcome!

Link: https://turisc.github.io/voxease/

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Rebecca Legowski

@turi this is a really cool app. Could prove really useful for people who are struggling to speak for whatever reason.
I tested it out with NVDA and it all works fine. I like the custom messages feature. Just struggling to find where I can download it? There doesn't appear to be a download button or link on the webpage.

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Turi Feb 27

@rlegowski1 it's a single, self-contained html file, so if your browser has a "save webpage…" function you can just use that. You can also download it from the link at the end of the disclaimer: https://github.com/TuriSc/voxease

GitHub - TuriSc/voxease: Communication Aid – A web application for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) helping individuals with speech, sight, or language impairments communicate using pre-defined phrases or custom messages.

Communication Aid – A web application for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) helping individuals with speech, sight, or language impairments communicate using pre-defined phrases or ...

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Rebecca Legowski Feb 27

@turi OK cool, thanks.

GitHub - TuriSc/voxease: Communication Aid ­– A web application for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) helping individuals with speech, sight, or language impairments communicate using pre-defined phrases or custom messages.

GitHub - TuriSc/voxease: Communication Aid – A web application for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) helping individuals with speech, sight, or language impairments communicate using pre-defined phrases or custom messages.