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					14 June 2010 - progress update: Apologies to all of you who follow this project - there have been some circumstances that have prevented me from moving forward. I am currently unable to continue with some of the research that I had planned (and was busy undertaking) as some of my critical resources have been put beyond my reach. However, I will continue to look for other options. There is still a significant interest in this website on a month-to-month basis so my conclusion is that there are clearly a number of people who take a keen interest in this research. To assist those visitors I'm going to publish that which I was working on. The document & software were originally meant for internal use only, but as I'm "stuck for resources" at present, it may be a good idea to bring everyone up to speed with current thinking - perhaps someone with the right resources will pick this up. I've included a zip file with all the code that has been created thus far - the project stopped in mid-stream so some of it will be "dirty" and maybe even irrelevant to the project - you may find some test stuff that I wrote to test a theory or such. Hope you find it useful. Also note that the software was written for Windows 7 Beta. Microsoft's final release broke the server component and I haven't looked at why that might be... I have kept some code back as it contains material that isn't exclusively mine, or that I have paid someone else for... MSD Hypothesis Framework Iteration 1 - Baseline draft 0.03a Proof of concept video (f, level 1) Proof of concept video (m, level 1) Proof of concept video (f, level 2) Proof of concept video (m, level2) Proof of concept video (f, level 3) Proof of concept video (m, level 3) LAN server executable (run in XP compatibility mode under admin privileges) Code files (VB.NET) Copy typing Copy typing source WordB zip file MSA Software zip file - networking MSA clslib zip file 2 July 2009 - Progress update: All the videos have now been completed, converted, categorized and proofed. Work is still progressing on the global server component, slowly but surely - one step at a time. Testing at the component level remains very encouraging for the whole product. 13May 2009 - Progress update: Six video clips and a large number of "construct" clips have now been completed. Editing of individual clips (constructs) is progressing well. These are: Banking (easy) - female patient Banking (easy) - male patient Banking (medium) - female patient Banking (medium) - male patient Banking - female patient Banking - male patient Further, we have completed the filming of all the individual constructs contained in these scenarios. Work is still progressing on the global network server and it is anticipated that this will remain the case for a while as this is a complex piece of software. Once this is completed however we will be very close to being able to release version 1 of our software to the unsuspecting world...! 8 April 2009 - Progress update: The LAN (Local Area Network) organizational network distribution component is finished and tested. Work is progressing well on the WAN (Wide Area Network) global network distribution component. I expect a significant update on this component (and the project) by the end of April. We may also be shooting videos (banking clips) before the end of this month! In brief: We have put two programs into beta and a third has passed its "proof of concept" stage. Details of software development progress: "Control panel" which allows the creation of targeted scenarios in "Subject, Verb, Object" fashion and provides a broad range of metrics for complexity documentation. This is now in beta stage. "Copy-typing" which acts as a "proof-of-concept" module and provides the patient with high frequency highly targeted words which they are able to copy using keyboard. Upon completion of each word (or word series) the patient selects either "hard" or "easy". This acts as a very simple form of feedback to the therapist and provides a crude indicator of improvement (or otherwise) over time. Its primary objective is as a proving ground for other components. This is now in beta stage. The network component (used for distribution, updates, patient management etc.). This has now passed the "proof-of-concept" stage and is under active development as a library component. On completion of this component the following functionalities will be enabled: automated distribution and updates of "scenarios" automated transfers of patient statistics from their computer directly to the therapist other functionalities currently under consideration / development About this project: The WORDB project provides a theoretical framework supported by sophisticated software to assist patients with (initially) Broca's Aphasia, combining advanced computer science with speech therapy. Licensing: For licensing please refer to the licensing page.







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	26 May 2009, transferred intellectual property rights to the WordB project. 17 March 2009, the LAN component tested succesfully @ 700 transactions / minute.