SBIR/STTR Research Award

VISUALLY IMPAIRED

Award identifier 8d8245435ed2001b537a1b56e01532cacf35fb697d53414d6cd367ee8906b441Awarding agency Department of Education

Award amount

$30,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

1986

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Education
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
Athena Group/social Technology
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
Not reported
UEI
Not reported
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
Not reported

Research abstract

A PHASE I PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP A FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION ANDOPERATIONAL PROTOTYPE OF A TECHNOLOGICALLY SOPHISTICATED WRITING TOOL FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED STUDENTS. PROVISIONALLY ENTITLED "COAUTHOR", THE PROGRAM WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS AN ENHANCED-FUNCTION WORD PROCESSOR SUPPORTED BY AN ASSEMBLAGE OF RELATED INTEGRAL UTILITIES THAT INCLUDE: A FUNCTION FOR CONVERTING TEXT AND SYSTEM MESSAGES TO SYNTHETIC SPEECH AND LARGE-TYPE FORMATS; A SPELLING CHECKER; AN ONLINE THESAURUS;AN INFORMATION STORAGE AND FILING FUNCTION; A SOFTWARE CAL CULATOR; A TELECOMMUNICATIONS MODULE; AND A VARIETY OF EDITORIAL ASSISTANCE FUNCTIONS THAT EMPLOY THE TECHNIQUES OFARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THE TOOL IS EXPECTED TO FIND ADDITIONAL USE AS AN UNUSUALLY POWERFUL WORD PROCESSOR FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED OFFICE WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS IN A RANGE OF OCCUPATIONS.

Technology keywords

Not reported

Agency intelligence

Department of Education

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