Features and Requirements

Functional Requirements

-- CORE REQUIREMENTS --

• The Device tracks its location via proximity to an array of Bluetooth beacons representing different rooms or other areas
  • The beacon with the strongest signal relative to the Device's position is selected automatically as its location
  • Location is updated based on proximity changes in real time
• Suggestions are based on the device location, and the User's most frequently used words in that location
  • Each user has an associated User Context stored on the app
  • Each location has a library of words associated with that location
• The User sees two panes: suggested words on top, and a word library on the bottom
  • Interface follows typical AAC grid format
  • Automatic word suggestion and manual word library navigation all on one screen for ease of use
• Application responsively plays sounds selected by the user

-- CONFIGURABILITY --

• Administrators can pair new beacons and add them as locations
  • Admins can go back later and edit the title or details of those beacons/locations
• Administrators can view and edit User profiles
  • This includes the user's usage analytics and their favorite words

-- ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONALITY --

• Must sign up on the app to create an account
• Must designate an institution that they belong to
• Capable of creating other Admin and User accounts
• Capable of adding or removing location specific icons
• Capable of adding or removing locations
• Administrators should download the app for users and sign in for them
• Administrators will be able to download logging information

-- USER FUNCTIONALITY --

• Users can select icons to construct sentences
• Data about the user's actions on the app will be uploaded

Nonfunctional Requirements

• Application displays cleanly on mobile, tablet, and laptop

• User profiles have profile pictures for easy identification

• Administrators can reorder words in location-specific libraries

• Administrators can add new words associated with a specific User account

• Locations near the current location are also factored into suggestions

• Application can also detect other AAC devices and port context