Victor Pauca has many gifts this Christmas, but the boy had been 5 years since before the year�s best gift: The ability to communicate. Victor suffers from a rare genetic disorder that slows the development of various capacities, including speech. To help him and other disabled people, his father Paul and some of his students at Wake Forest University have created an application for the iPhone and iPad. The program converts the touch screen in a communication tool.
Verbal Victor application allows parents and caregivers to disabled people take pictures and record phrases attached to images. With that information, show �buttons on the screen, and Victor can touch when you want to communicate. For example, an image of the garden can be accompanied by a recording of a sentence like �I want to go out and play.� When Victor plays the image, their parents or teachers know what they want.
�The user records the voice, so this is familiar to the child. There is something like a robot,� said Paul Pauca.
The program, which will be available next week for $ 10 on the iTunes Store of Apple Inc., is among dozens of new software products designed to make life easier for people who suffer various types of disabilities. The category is growing so fast that Apple now has an individual list for it in the app store. Programs occur each week, ranging from Sign4Me, who teaches sign language based on a cartoon character, a ArtikPix, which helps teachers and therapists to improve the way in which students articulate the words.
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