Facilitating awareness and conversation throughput in an augmentative and alternative communication system
First Claim
1. A communication system for relaying asynchronous communications between a user of a speech generating device and a conversation partner of a computing device during a synchronous conversation, the communication system comprising:
- a server configured to wirelessly communicate with the speech generating device and the computing device over a communication network, wherein the server is configured to;
receive a generated communication for asynchronous communication composed by the user of the speech generating device prior to establishing a connection between the speech generating device and the computing device;
establish the connection between the speech generating device and the computing device subsequent to receipt of the generated communication;
facilitate an exchange of one or more messages between the speech generating device of the user and the computing device of the conversation partner as part of the synchronous conversation;
transmit the generated communication to the computing device, the generated communication including content that is shared with the conversation partner to fill a conversational gap occurring from a low throughput of communication as part of the synchronous conversation by the user;
receive, via the speech generating device, additional speech constructed by the user for the synchronous conversation during presentation of the generated communication to the conversation partner at the computing device; and
transmit the additional speech to the computing device for presentation to the conversation partner.
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Abstract
Speech generating devices, communication systems, and methods for communicating using the devices and systems are disclosed herein. In certain examples, a communication system is configured to receive a generated communication, establish a connection between a speech generating device and a computing device subsequent to receipt of the generated communication, and transmit the generated communication to the computing device. In other examples, a computing device is configured to establish a connection with a speech generating device, and receive a transmission generated by the speech generating device following the connection, the transmission including previously generated communications or real-time communication segments or proxies. In other examples, a speech generating device is configured to establish a connection with one or more computing devices, receive one or more suggestions from at least one computing device during generation of the communication, and display a suggestion on the display device as a shortcut input key.
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17 Claims
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1. A communication system for relaying asynchronous communications between a user of a speech generating device and a conversation partner of a computing device during a synchronous conversation, the communication system comprising:
a server configured to wirelessly communicate with the speech generating device and the computing device over a communication network, wherein the server is configured to; receive a generated communication for asynchronous communication composed by the user of the speech generating device prior to establishing a connection between the speech generating device and the computing device; establish the connection between the speech generating device and the computing device subsequent to receipt of the generated communication; facilitate an exchange of one or more messages between the speech generating device of the user and the computing device of the conversation partner as part of the synchronous conversation; transmit the generated communication to the computing device, the generated communication including content that is shared with the conversation partner to fill a conversational gap occurring from a low throughput of communication as part of the synchronous conversation by the user; receive, via the speech generating device, additional speech constructed by the user for the synchronous conversation during presentation of the generated communication to the conversation partner at the computing device; and transmit the additional speech to the computing device for presentation to the conversation partner. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device comprising:
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a display screen; at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs;
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the computing device to;establish a connection with a speech generating device via a communication network for a synchronous conversation between a user of the speech generating device and a conversation partner of the computing device; receive a transmission generated by the speech generating device for asynchronous communication composed by the user of the speech generating device prior to establishing the connection between the speech generating device and the computing device; facilitate an exchange of one or more messages between the speech generating device of the user and the computing device of the conversation partner as part of the synchronous conversation; display the transmission on the display screen, the transmission including content that is shared with the conversation partner to fill a conversational gap occurring from a low throughput of communication as part of the synchronous conversation by the user; receive, via the speech generating device, additional speech constructed by the user for the synchronous conversation during display of the transmission to the conversation partner at the computing device; and display the additional speech to the conversation partner, wherein the transmission comprises a previously generated communication composed by the user of the speech generating device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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