![]() ![]() The DrumPants triggers can be programmed with the phrases he uses most often, so he can activate them with a single tap, without even having to look at or type on the screen. However, sometimes that may be cumbersome when the responses are short or too common to take the time to type them. Paul types out the phrases he wishes to speak on his touchscreen. Try it: Use the “Android Commander” preset in the Android app to activate voice recognition and control the music player app on your phone. Currently, the Android app can activate the voice recognition (Siri equivalent) by just tapping a DrumPad, so you don’t have to pull your phone out of your bag to give voice commands.įrom initial testing, the DrumPants control box is perhaps too large to fit well on a cane, but in the future we hope to design more streamlined Bluetooth sensors for this use case. ![]() Users can attach triggers to canes or wheelchairs for access to shortcuts on their phone: answer texts, turn on the lights, unlock your door, pause/play/skip your music player or TV, etc. Perhaps a button I can press on my canes or body would be ideal.” Source “I should be able to all Siri-like things without taking my phone out of my bag. For iOS, you can use the “MIDI Preset” in the app to control the 3rd party iVoxel app. Try it: Use one of the DrumKit sound banks in the app to play sounds. Combine DrumPants with the iVoxel vocoder app and you can have autotune karaoke sessions! Using the standard DrumPants functionality–triggering sounds–you can tap your clothes to make noises on your phone so you can find it easily.Īnd of course the DrumPants existing functionality can be used for artistic expression, like drumming and performing live music. In the future, DrumPants TAPS could be used as a typing tool to insert common words and phrases, or to quickly respond to emails and texts. Gus Chalkiasįrom the video, Gus is using the TalkBack feature of his phone which speaks back each letter he types individually. First you must install the InstaCamera app. Try it: Use the “InstaCamera” preset in the DrumPants Android app. This allows him to capture moments that are gone too quickly to fiddle with your phone, and allows him to capture candid moments that would be ruined by a camera. Whenever he sees something interesting, he just taps the sensor on his leg to instantly snap a photo. Beta tester Ryan carries his phone on his backpack’s strap, so the camera is facing whatever he’s seeing when he’s out and about. TAPS can trigger the camera on your phone, to capture still photographs or video in the moment. Jason is a filmmaker, and is looking for solutions to assist his creative expression. Solutions for the Exemplars Jason DaSilva The prototype is built upon the open-source DrumPants wearable controller, and we've gotten valuable feedback and overall enthusiasm for the possibilities of using these controllers to help people in all situations: from the tracheotomy patient communicating with their loved ones, to the mother tapping to call to her child in the other room, we continue to hear more use cases from everyone we've talked to. The user could then trigger actions by pressing their head in various directions. For quadriplegics, we successfully mounted the DrumPants pressure-sensitive foot pedals to the headrest of a wheelchair. The triggers are wearable or can be mounted to a wheelchair or cane, offering larger targets to hit than touchscreen devices, which is helpful for those with limited motor control. ![]() It could also be used as a hands-free phone interface: controlling lights & door locks, screen readers, and other apps like music players and the camera. The user can simply tap wearable Bluetooth triggers to speak customizable phrases through an app on their phone. TAPS, or Trigger-Activated Personal aSsistant, (formerly TACS), gives a voice to people who have limited mobility or difficulty speaking, including those with ALS, Cerebral Palsy or brain injuries. ![]()
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