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Arsh Shah Dilbagi, a 16-year-old student of DAV Public School, Panipat, has been selected as one of the 15 Google Science Fair 2014 finalists. Dilbagi has developed an AAC device for people suffering from developmental disabilities like Parkinson’s disease, Down syndrome, ALS etc.
Arsh Shah Dilbagi will showing a device called ‘Talk’, which features a sensor that picks up person’s breath via Morse code, and then translates into speech.
According to Arsh Shah Dilbagi, the device will help speech impaired and paralysed people to communicate. The teenage points out that his Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) device is world’s fastest and cheapest.
“AAC devices available in the market are very expensive, slow, bulky and not generic. I decided to find a better solution — an AAC device which is faster, portable and generic and costs only $80 (Rs 5000), making it affordable to the large population,” he explains.
He adds, “In future, I would like to add auto-predictions to my computing engine and integrate TALK with modern technology like Google Glass to make it easier for people with development disabilities.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
