Peter 2.0: Building a Cyborg

Matthew Peter Aylett; Ari Shapiro; Sai Prasad; Lama Nachman; Stacy Marcella; Peter Scott-Morgan

doi:10.1145/3529190.3529209

Peter 2.0: Building a Cyborg

Matthew Peter Aylett, Ari Shapiro, Sai Prasad, Lama Nachman, Stacy Marcella, Peter Scott-Morgan

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Abstract

Peter Scott-Morgan has MND/ALS. He is now paralyzed and depends on technology to keep him alive and communicate with others. In this paper we outline the design and creation of unique communication system driven by an open source eye-tracking interface (ACAT ) which aims to preserve Peter’s character through: 1. A cloned artificial voice, 2. An animated avatar. We describe the AI techniques adopted, the interface design and integration process for what is fundamentally an applied accessibility AI project. Finally we discuss Peter’s use of the word “transitioning cyborg” to describe his take-up of AI support technology.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	169-175
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9781450396318
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3529190.3529209
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2022

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