Team Here Comes Treble By: Erin Tibbetts and Ryan Schnepper Project name: Music to Your Ears

Team Here Comes Treble Client Sarah can only hear out of one ear. Speakers are available in the classroom. She is possibly dyslexic. Easily frustrated by homework, especially with spelling words. Statement of need: Sarah needs to learn her spelling words independently.

Requirements and Constraints Safe product Finished in given time Less than $150 Looks appealing Uncomplicated She needs to be able to hear it easily. Efficient power source Transportable Durability Usable for easy and complex spelling words. Product should be fun and stress free for our client.

Market Existing technology – word processors – reading systems – phonetic spelling – speech recognition Above products modified for clients with dyslexia Speakers available at school are very expensive.

Puzzle Piece Spelling Fun and easy way to learn. Colorful = reduction in stress Recordable device built in. More independence. ABCDEF HIJKL WV UT M G N OPQRS ZYX

Design will reduce stress associated with homework. More independence. Less reliance on her mother. Encourages Sarah to learn spelling words. Lots of buttons means a lot of inputs. Time consuming. ProsCons

Keyboard Spelling Existing keyboard modified with buttons that represent spelling words. Spelling words recorded ahead of time Hear word->spell it out on keyboard Leds on the keyboard to show if was right or wrong. Each word is a key on the keyboard When spelling word key is pressed, board knows order the keys for word.

Less Building Time Our client will learn by hearing and typing. Simplistic and user friendly. Very plain Client’s mother would need to be involved. Connecting the recorder and the keyboard to react with button pushing would be difficult. ProsCons

Final Project Idea  Combination of our two previous ideas  Keyboard with only letters or numbers.  This would solve the issue of having too many inputs.

Xylophone project Spelling software already available – SpellQuizzer $30.00 – iSpellWell $30.00 – ABC 4 Kids Workshop Alternative Project: Xylophone ABDEFGC

Block Diagram Turn on devicePull out individual sensor units Wave hand in front of one of the sensors Each sensor plays a different note based on where keys When done, replace sensor units and turn off

Parts and Cost List 8 Relays $1.50 each 8 Sensors $1.00-$13.00 each – Motion – IR – Light Stereo plugs $1.00 Stereo cables $8.00 Project box $ $40.00 Misc. electronics $5.00 Reserve $30