Saathi: Making it Easier for Children with Learning Disabilities to
understand the concept of TimeStudent Design Competition
/ Aditya, Vikram
/ Dhenki, Suprabho
/ Amarvaj, Likhith
/ Karale, Ajinkya
/ Singh, HarmeetExtended Abstracts of the ACM CHI'16 Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems2016-05-07v.2p.56-61
Summary: Children with learning disabilities have been found to perform poorly in
understanding abstract concepts such as the concept of time as compared to
normal children. Our project, taps on the ability of students to understand
concepts with the help of objects and visuals they are accustomed to. Saathi is
a smart watch which instead of displaying time in the form of numbers uses
visuals, audio feedback and images from the daily life of children to give them
an understanding of the concept of time and is aimed at generating a sense of
individual task pace. Owing to the functionality, this watch will also promote
a deeper sense of association in the child (the primary user) with his
parents/teachers (the secondary user).