These technologies will help people with disabilities live a normal life.

The development of smart devices makes the machine a human extension. Disability technology is booming, from robots that help to remember, to self-driving cars.

Here are some of the new technologies that have been emerging in this fascinating area recently:

Speech synthesis software and equipment

Speech synthesis can be used in a variety of ways to support people who need the technology. First, it is mainly used to help people communicate with others. The most famous example is Hawking (Stephen Hawking), who uses the technique to convert speech into audio. The technology can also be used by visually impaired people because most operating systems currently support software that can read aloud text. This means that through speech synthesis technology, people with disabilities can accomplish some simple tasks, such as reading information without difficulty.

By providing the language barrier with the ability to communicate effectively with others, Talkitt brings embedded speech synthesis technology to the next level. After the user downloads the Talkitt application, all users must have a simple conversation in the application. The app identifies the user's voice pattern and converts it to a language that can be understood. Talkitt is such a simple thing.

Talkitt is still under development and is scheduled to be officially launched in 2015.

Today, the vast majority of smartphone operating systems offer embedded personal helper capabilities to help users find answers to questions like "how the weather will be tomorrow." Amazon recently released its own voice aide Echo, but Echo was implanted into the home entertainment system, not the smartphone.

Sensing mobile applications and devices

For autistic patients, the perception problem will affect the patient's communication with the world. But perceptual applications like kid in story are changing all this. Kid in Story application allows autistic children to create their own visual stories designed to help them improve their social and cognitive skills. The app also has a read-write support mechanism that allows users to learn basic vocabulary effortlessly.

In addition to helping autistic patients cure perceptual problems, some devices are doing the same thing. Buddytag is a smart bracelet that makes it easier for vulnerable children to feel comfortable. In addition, the device allows parents to track children's activities outdoors.

Driverless cars

At present, visual defects or disabled people can not drive the car, which also gives them a sense of independence, and the ability to travel. But the future of driverless cars, will completely change all this, so that the disabled people only need to rest, change can go wherever they want to. Apart from the unmanned car project being developed by Google, the Government has already amended the law to allow driverless cars to be tested on British highways next year.

In the past few years, Google has been developing unmanned vehicle technology, and is in the forefront of the technology. Google's technology, known as "Google Chauffer", has been undergoing successful testing. Chauffeur software is part of an unmanned car prototype that Google showed early this year and is expected to be commercially operational by early 2017.

While many industry experts predict 2017 will be a year for unmanned car technology to be commercially available, Audi, the luxury carmaker, has long confirmed that the company's first unmanned vehicle will be launched in 2016. Audi's unmanned vehicles are still in the beta phase. There have been media reports that an unmanned car of the company reached an hourly speed of 149 miles per hour (about 240 kilometers per hour).

While driverless cars have at least not been in the business model yet, carmakers are already using the technology. For example, the new cars currently on the market are already using adaptive cruise control systems. The technology can monitor the surrounding cars and adjust the speed in traffic. Mercedes-Benz 2014S sedan even added the automatic steering function.

Robots and Bionics

When the "robot" once appeared in the minds of readers, you may first think of the "Transformers" and other sci-fi films, but the future of robots will be real. Now there are already robots in the market for making cars and sweeping carpets. However, the Deka robotic arm allows the disabled to regain their independence. This is a prosthetic limb that allows disabled people who lose their arms to regain the ability to catch things.

Home robots sound like science fiction in the 50 's, but MIT scientists are starting to turn intelligent services into reality. The world's first intelligent home robot Jibo uses the sci-fi style full of design, the white concise appearance matches the Black front panel to have the Vogue experience, the head display screen may provide the rich information display.

Jibo does not have a wheel or foot design, it means that it can only stay in a fixed place, can only use their own different angle connection rotation to provide different angles of the display. Jibo has built-in cameras, speakers and a variety of sensors to communicate well with users, and to track users to achieve better dialogue effects.

Today, robots are widely used in the medical field, and the National Institutes of Health has already budgeted for future robotic technology development. Perhaps one day, robots will replace wheelchairs, allowing people with disabilities to travel smarter.

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)