Indian Science enthusiasts have one more reason to watch this year’s Google Science Fair closely as 16 Years old Panipat Boy’s invention “TALK ” has been shortlisted for the highly appraised global event. Arsh Shah Dilbagi, a DAV International school student has developed a one of a kind device that converts a person’s breath into speech.
The mechanical tool dubbed as “TALK” is an ACC device that is aimed to provide assistance to people with speech impairment by encoding their breath into mechanical sounds within seconds.
TALK places a small sensor under user’s nose which translates different frequencies of breath into different sounds. Although, TALK in not the first ACC tool it can be proven most revolutionary one as it is compatible and most cost friendly by far.
While most Augmentative and Alternate Communication devices can cost about $2000 to $10,000, TALK can be produced for a fraction of that cost(around$100).Unlike other ACC devices “TALK” is a personal tool that does not require hand gestures or loud noises and thanks to its portable size (almost as big as a Smartphone) it’s easy to carry.
TALK is designed to give more personalized result as it has various mechanical voices for male, female, different accents and age group to cater diverse range of people.
Arsh Dilbagi is among the top 15 global finalists who will have a chance to showcase their innovation at the Google Science Fair. Arsh’s project TALK is also for a “Voter’s Choice Award” which is awarded to the product that gets highest votes on Googlesciecefair website. The winner gets $10,000 from Google as an aid to further develop their product.
Here is a video that explains more about Arsh’s Project TALK. If you are inspired don’t forget to vote for our shining Indian scientist on Googlesciencefair.com