Designed for accessibility, the SHOUTBOX is a switch which is activated by any sound (of sufficient volume) to trigger a button press for a range of functions. This compact battery-operated device can control games, applications, and equipment which are controlled by a more conventional accessibility switch.
The SHOUTBOX has 3 play modes: Momentary (a button press for the duration of the sound), Pulse (a quick button press for each time a sound is heard) and Toggle (where the state changes from being on or off with each sound). It doesn’t need any fancy speech recognition, just a sound to operate; which can be verbal or tapped, even blowing on it will activate the switch.
The knob allows for changes to the trigger threshold (how loud you need to be to make it work) and it features LEDs to show the power, trigger and output of the switch. It has an extra input for a conventional PC microphone and is powered by 3 x AAA batteries and weighs in at around 150g.
It was designed in association with OneSwitch as an assistive technology for accessible gaming. The SHOUTBOX is available from the SixtyFourPixels Tindie store and is shipping now from the UK!
