CBoard Redesign
4 month Bootcamp Certification
Timeline: 3.5 months | September 2022 - December 2022
Role: Lead | Project Manager
Responsible For: Timeline, V.1 Wireframing, Onboarding, Music Feature, Standard Colors, Tooltips, Settings Page
What is Cboard?
CBoard is an open-sourced aided AAC device also known as augmentative and alternative communication. This device is another way of communicating instead of talking. According to this chart, CBoard would be considered a communication board, using a speech generating device with picture-based systems.
Current Problem Statement
1st Problem Statement - Focused on one type of diagnosis
2nd Problem Statement- It's more open to several diagnosis for research purposes and time constraints
How might we help individuals who have trouble communicating as a result of or due to medical diagnosis converse with family on an intimate level?
Initial Research
During this phase, the design team individually did our own research to gather as much information as we can that resonates with our problem statement for our first design.
What We Found...
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AAC devices are expensive through insurance which led us to discovering CBoard because it's open to all through a website.
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Lack of inclusivity in regards to Black, Indigenous, American Indians was also an issue we noticed.
Competitive Analysis
The key features that users of similar AAC apps wanted were...
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A-Z word search
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Can be used in emergency medical situations.
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Edit and add phrases and fringe words for natural speech.
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Easy to change tense of words.
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Consistency.
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Music, Books, or something similar
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Dark mode to prevent migraines.
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