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“Initially, Nachman and her team were asked to improve the speed at which he could communicate” Hawking could only communicate at about 10 words a minute. Ther
by melling 9y ago
“Initially, Nachman and her team were asked to improve the speed at which he could communicate”
Hawking could only communicate at about 10 words a minute. There has been some work to improve this technology with predictive type, for example.
https://iq.intel.com/behind-scenes-intel-keeps-stephen-hawking-talking/ https://iq.intel.com/behind-scenes-intel-keeps-stephen-hawki...
Was curious if the technology has improved much? Eye tracking, gesturing, etc
- tmottabr 9y agothe pre-compiled that intel provide use webcam to track facial moviments, but it can be configured to use other interfaces. demo of acat operation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hodYN6Ngk_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hodYN6Ngk_E project source: https://01.org/acat https://01.org/acat
- delecti 9y agoI didn't actually have a great sense for how fast a normal person might talk. In case anyone else is curious, it turns out that normal conversation averages about 110-150 words per minute. That definitely puts into perspective how sluggish 10 wpm is. https://www.quora.com/Speeches-For-the-average-person-speaking-at-a-normal-pace-what-is-the-typical-number-of-words-they-can-say-in-one-minute https://www.quora.com/Speeches-For-the-average-person-speaki...