MagicContact Web: A Multiplatform Application for Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Cristiano Patrício, Tiago Lucas, Celestino Gonçalves, Nuno Pinto, Daniel Freitas, Luis Figueiredo

Abstract: MagicContact Web is an accessibility application intended to aid communication with and by users with speech difficulties, especially those without fine motor skills or with severe motor impairments. It was conceived considering the adaptation to various devices, the integration of adaptable communication boards, with speech synthesis functionality in different languages, and allowing different modes to select the available options, thus enabling their users to express themselves and to communicate autonomously. In an effort to improve and meet market expectations, suggestions from professional therapists and usability testing with patients in real contexts were addressed.