Do you really care,
For those.
Who ACTUALLY need it???
Think again !!!

- Manish Goyal

11 Nov 2007

The motivation

Sia

Meningitis, a dangerous infection which causes swelling & inflammation of cerebrospinal fluid and the membranes which surround the spinal cord and the brain; it may lead to loss of speech.
There could be other ways by which a normal person could loose his/her speech. Some cases exist who cannot speak but can hear very well. These people want to communicate with others but sometime cannot do it because the

11 Nov 2007

The present work done in this field

Sia

I don’t know the name of this device however, but I can show you what it is…

The clip has been taken from the movie “enter the new dragon”.

I don’t know what this device is actually called but it must be damn expensive. The video has been uploaded to show the present developments in the field of devices for those who cant speak.

What I think is the person should at least know how to speak; so the air coming out of the neck could be transformed into voice by the “stick” which he is holding & tapping the keys. A hole in his neck is shown in the movie; so I guess it is necessary for this device to work.

Sia; on the other hand doesn’t requires any holes to be drilled anywhere & even a person hard of hearing or totally deaf might also use Sia with compliance to their sign language script.

10 Nov 2007

The census

Sia

According to the WHO report, out of 256,690 people with health problems in Zambia in year 2002, 6.2% fall in deaf/dumb category.

According to a news published on October 19, 1884 in The New York Times; the total number of deaf/dumbs in the world ranges 700,000 to 900,000; that was a century ago; the present number would be much greater than this.

08 Nov 2007

Simple Instrument for Audio-communication

Sia

Simple
instrument for
audio-communication
a.k.a. Sia; a device devised for those who cant speak. The device is very inexpensive so anyone can use it; the device is standardized so no need to redesign whole device for different demographics; easy to use & powerful enough that even animals could also be trained to “speak” with its help; portable…