🐢 VivaVox

VivaVox is a web AAC application to help kids with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and other communication disorders.

About:

VivaVox is a low-cost web application for Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) designed to create simple, intuitive, and customizable communication boards. It offers a rich library of predefined cards and audio, user-defined images and sounds, and multiple scanning options, including blink-based and keyboard access.

Stack:

The project uses the following languages and tools:

• React – Component-based library for building responsive web user interfaces
• React Native – Component-based library for building responsive mobile user interfaces
• JavaScript – Core programming language used across the application
• Node.js – Backend runtime environment for handling server-side logic
• MongoDB – Database used for storing and managing application data

Getting Started with Web application

These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine.

Access Requirement: Connection is restricted by a firewall. You must have your public IP whitelisted and obtain a .env file to proceed. To request access, please email your IP address to leticiaadrianas@usp.br.

Prerequisites

You need to have these follow tools installed

• Node.js - latest version
• Git
• npm

Installation

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/brunaru/vivavox/
2. Install client and server dependencies:

      cd ~/vivavox/client/web
      npm i
   

      cd ~/vivavox/server
      npm i
   

3. Insert the .env file in the server directory

Usage

You will need two shells, run the following commands respectively:

   cd ~/vivavox/client/web
   npm run dev

   cd ~/vivavox/server
   node index.js

Getting Started with Mobile application

In development... 🐢