I2C

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DISCLAIMER: This project is still under development and not yet ready to use!

I2C (Image to communicate) is an application to enable people to communicate via eye movements using images.

Project Vision / Elevator Pitch

With the help of I2C a possibility is to be offered to establish a communication over pictures by eye movement. For this purpose a table-like structure is used, in which e.g. 8 pictures are shown on a screen, by eye movement for example to the left the 4 pictures on the left side of the screen are selected and distributed on the screen, this can be repeated until the suitable picture was selected. This is intended to serve as a communication interface for people who can neither speak nor read, but can recognize images. The goal is to provide a simple and time and nerve saving solution for the person preparing the app.

There are already solutions for people who can use writing as a means of communication, but no equivalent interface for the use of images.

Project background / initial situation

This project is started because there are no practicable solutions for this kind of communication so far. This is intended to provide non-verbal communication using images.

Project goals and non-goals

• Welche Ziele werden mit dem Projekt erreicht?
• Welche Ziele werden nicht erreicht?
• Woran wird die Zielerreichung erkannt?

Benefits

Through the project, better communication can be enabled for people who can only communicate through images and for whom it is easier to control with the eyes than, for example, with switches. Furthermore, the goal is that no additional hardware is needed, except for a smartphone/tablet. The project is also intended to be open-source, so that no expensive proprietary software needs to be purchased.

Project content: in-scope and out-of-scope

• In-Scope:
  What is part of the project

• Out-of-Scope:
  What is not part of the project and won't be implemented

Requirements

• Which requirements for the project are not listed in the In-Scope section?

Milestones

• Build part of the app for the actual session (MWE incl. GUI, menu, eye tracking - also working if only one eye is visible & other corner cases).
• Write tests for this part of the programme
• Internal QA of this part of the programme
• Implement improvements and fix bugs
• Verification of this part of the application - real life QA

Results

• How to detect the end of the prject?
• How to recognize the results?

Funding

• German open source funding?
• EU open source funding?