MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641096793 A) filed by Thiagarajar College Of Engineering on August 11, 2026, for A Context-Aware Augmentative And Alternative Communication Device And The Process Thereof.
Inventors include S Betsybha Evageline; D Anitha; and Kaushikram Suriakumar Kuppa.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of assistive communication technology, titled A Context-Aware Augmentative and Alternative Communication System particularly for individuals with speech impairments. The invention provides a context-aware AAC system and method that receive user input in speech or text format, convert speech input into text, and perform adaptive linguistic normalization to process colloquial, abbreviated, phonetically distorted, or incomplete expressions using a hybrid approach. Semantic interpretation is applied to determine communicative intent, followed by retrieval of corresponding pictograms. A contextual recommendation mechanism ranks pictograms or sentences based on parameters including time, location, and prior user interaction history. The system generates multimodal output comprising pictogram-based visual output and synthesized speech output and recommendation strategies based on user interactions. The invention is deployable as a software application, embedded system, or integrated AAC device.
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