Tawking

https://github.com/Avocarrot/json2view

Doing some research on the number of people that might benefit from this project found this data:

Based on U.S. population studies, a little over 6,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with ALS each year. (That's 15 new cases a day.) It is estimated that as many as 20,000 Americans have the disease at any given time.

On this page:

http://www.alsa.org/about-als/facts-you-should-know.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

It doesn't say how many of these people need communication augmentative devices such as we are attempting to make but I did find this company that makes low tech solutions (hence there name):

Also through the ALS page I found these people that make low tech solutions for commutations:

http://store.lowtechsolutions.org/

They list there products may be useful for people with:

• ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
  
• Cerebral Palsy
• Stroke
• Autism
• Throat/Mouth Cancer
• Temporary Communication Needs
  (for example, while intubated)
• Other Neurological Conditions
  
  

Started looking into activation devices. Ouch, it does not pay to be disabled. This switch cost $101 USD at the time of this writing (and that they indicate is with a 30% discount:

http://www.rehabmart.com/product/tongue-switch-45212.html?gclid=CjwKEAjw5M3GBRCTvpK4osqj4X4SJAABRJNCY0kzFNBknVXYkw0T5H63sBnamY-TSUikykqfOIZ1ihoCRwfw_wcB

The nice thing about this switch is that it has a 3.5mm plug:

Switch size: 1½"L x ¼"D. Cord length: 6 feet. Plug: 3.5 mm. Weight: 2 oz.

Today I got button scanning working. Now when a user presses the headphone button the currently selected button text is appended to the text that will ultimately be transmitted. In this video causing the device to speak is not yet working from the button and the audio that is transmitted goes out over the headphone jacks.

A video of this progress can be seen here:

This app may allow me to get around audio routing, but I would like to just have this work native in my application.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.woodslink.android.wiredheadphoneroutingfix&hl=en

I was able to detect the KEYCODE_HEADSETHOOK (button on a headset) to activate speech synthesis. I got this to work but it mutes the tablets speaker. It seems as if there may be ways to get around this but it may only work for audio streams and not the speech synthsis.

Concern from potential collaborators prompted me to reach out to #WeAreNotWaiting to see if they had and stories or advice to share.

http://www.nightscout.info