Presentation of the concept for the software and hardware for an assistive tool at DCU in Dublin, Ireland (2024).
Presentation of a more advanced concept/prototype in Nov. 2024 in Serbia at SAUM conference.
As it’s recognized as keyboard no special firmware is needed. It’s automatically recognized by phones/mobile tablets, PCs.
In collaboration with Aura Assistive Technologies was developed the assistive learning toolkit. The usage of the www.aurapad.com platform is free of charge. Functionalities include:
- Personalized impaired vision lessons
- Mobile-friendly responsive interface
- Braille learning tools
https://github.com/qmk/qmk_firmware
The toolkit is a major innovation of CALLME and a key component for long-term sustainability and transferability. Encouraging academia-industry collaboration is crucial for Erasmus+ projects as it is key to achieving the program’s core goals of modernizing education, boosting innovation, and improving youth employability across Europe.
Other free open source projects include: https://www.emsley.ca/hardware/numberpad, https://github.com/gitsang/keyboard-pcb-numpad, https://blog.hamaluik.ca/posts/custom-numpad/