PRODUCER/WEBSITE KEY BRIEF REVIEW Jabberwocky www.swiftable.org
The two Jabberwocky Apps, the Browser and AAC, are both hands-free for use with any device that supports Face ID. They have been designed and developed by Jonathan Hoag, a software engineer, co-founder and CTO of Swiftable. As of August, 2019, they are both free, with no in-app purchases and will be updated and supported by Jabberwocky and its team. Jabberwocky Hands- Free Browser www.swiftable.org Free Jabberwocky Hands-Free is a hands-free web browser. If you have any device that supports Face ID, you can use the head tracking feature to browse the web using head movement and speech. The app translates your head movement into a cursor used to click and scroll. Control the cursor by moving your head and click on buttons by blinking. Scroll the page by moving the cursor to the top or bottom of the page. Use the navigation bar by typing or speaking.
The menu on the upper right lets you go back, reload or access other options. If you get stuck, shake your head left or right quickly (as if you are shaking no) until you see a count-down. Then stop as the device re-calibrates. Configuration options include ability to control blink sensitivity so that it ignores unintentional blinks and touch assist for elements on webpages that are hard to select. The introductory tutorial is easy to follow & comprehensive. Browsing and typing history never leave the device, so privacy is assured. As indicated above, the app is now free from the Apple App Store, with no in-app purchases, and will be updated and supported by Jabberwocky and its team. An Android version is in development. FREE Jabberwocky AAC is a hands-free AAC system that is controlled using head movement. It can be used with any device that supports Face ID, such as the iPhone X series and the iPad Pro 2018 series. The app translates head movement into a cursor which is then used to click and scroll. As an AAC system, Jabberwocky works together with text to speech and word prediction . The newest version supports full phrase predictions based on your history, and an adjustable dwell time. Communicators use the face ID and head tracking capabilities to type, and a text-to-speech program with word predica- tion to talk. Control the cursor by moving your head, and select buttons by dwelling on them. Word predictions and most common phrases (recent, frequent & favorite) are stored on top of the keyboard and accessed by clicking on them. If you get stuck, just blink three times to re-calibrate. Jabberwocky also has “word draw” to type even faster by not having to stop at each letter. Whereas most AAC devices are costly and require specialized hardware, Jabberwocky uses an iOS device (phone or iPad) and no extra hardware. It is switch accessible- supporting switch control with external switches or by using the whole screen as a switch. It does not require wi-fi access. Safety and privacy are not a problem, since browsing and typing history never leave the device. Like the Jabberwocky browser, Jaberwocky AAC is free on the Apple App Store, with no in-app purchases. For more information and to see a video tutorial, visit the website.
Jabberwocky Hands- Free AAC www.swiftable.org
Jabberwocky Browser Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C23UXngNirQ
Jabberwocky AAC Demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-2L5UPp5Kg
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