A sip-and-puff wireless remote control for the Apple iPod.
This brief technical note describes the authors' efforts to modify an existing wireless remote control for the Apple iPod so it could be operated using sip-and-puff switches by individuals with limited upper extremity dexterity due to cervical level spinal cord injury. The authors were able to successfully interface the wireless controller with sip-and-puff switches so that users could play, pause, and fast forward through a song list on the iPod. Details of the interface are described, and limitations of the current system are discussed.
Jones
Michael
M
Shepherd Center, Wireless RERC, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, USA.
Grogg
Kevin
K
Anschutz
John
J
Fierman
Ruth
R
D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics / Q000379:methods*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014584:User-Computer Interface