Indiegogo is committed to accessibility. If you have difficulty using our site, please contact support@indiegogo.com for assistance or view our accessibility notice by clicking here

This campaign is closed

ThynkWare Speech turns thoughts into speech

ThynkWare Speech helps those with ALS translate thought to speech on their smartphone devices.

You may also be interested in

Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed

ThynkWare Speech turns thoughts into speech

ThynkWare Speech turns thoughts into speech

ThynkWare Speech turns thoughts into speech

ThynkWare Speech turns thoughts into speech

ThynkWare Speech turns thoughts into speech

ThynkWare Speech helps those with ALS translate thought to speech on their smartphone devices.

ThynkWare Speech helps those with ALS translate thought to speech on their smartphone devices.

ThynkWare Speech helps those with ALS translate thought to speech on their smartphone devices.

ThynkWare Speech helps those with ALS translate thought to speech on their smartphone devices.

ThynkWare Innovation
ThynkWare Innovation
ThynkWare Innovation
ThynkWare Innovation
2 Campaigns |
Mountain View, United States
$91 USD 3 backers
0% of $100,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
Highlights
Mountain Filled 2 Projects Mountain Filled 2 Projects

ThynkWare Speech turns your thoughts into speech

Helping ALS and Locked-In Syndrome Patients (And everyone!)


Thynk ahead! Subscribe to ThynkWare here!



Apple Watch is coming soon and we want to develop ThynkWare Speech for it.

ThynkWare further developed for Apple Watch


Kitten Moments:

Let's get the ball rolling for ThynkWare Speech!

We have some exciting things we want offer but we want to see more activity. Let try to get the contribution to $1000 so we can unleash our first great incentive program.


The People Have Spoken...

Great News! ThynkWare Speech will be available for both Android and iOS devices. You will now see in our perks that we now are offering ThynkWare Speech for the most popular platforms on your smartphone.

Get your perks now! More to come as he get closer to our goals!

And don't forget to subscribe for the latest leaks and news from ThynkWare.

Click HERE for the ThynkWare Newsletter << Click 

Thanks a bund for the bids so far. We want to do some stretch goals but we have some ways to go, so keep sharing our story!

Share on Twitter >>> Tweet about ThynkWare Speech

Share on Facebook >>> Post about ThynkWare Speech on Facebook



Our Story

ThynkWare Speech - A communication solution for ALS and Locked-in Syndrome patients.

ThynkWare (www.thynkware.com) is seeking to help amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients initiate text and email messages using their thoughts. The project is intended to assist a very wide range of patients, including those who are partly or nearly completely “locked in” socially due to communication difficulties.

This project will allow patients to use a newly invented iPhone and Android app to send a message. The patient will use thought commands to initiate the app, and then to select a message from a customizable menu of messages. The chosen message will be read aloud by the phone, and can also be sent as text or email to a designated recipient. This capability can be extended to a wider range of messages and to fully controlling an iPhone or Android phone.


Check out some of these videos showing demos of ThynkWare Speech in action:




ThynkWare Speech is based upon a patent-pending technology invented by ThynkWare's founder, Duane Cash, which is for a mind-controlled virtual assistant on a smartphone device. This technology allows user to control their devices in a variety of ways using only the power of thought.


ThynkWare provides the interface layer between your brain and your devices. With ThynkWare, anyone can use their thoughts to control their smartphones, tablets, home, office, tv, robots, and even clothing. ThynkWare creates a new way of computing enabling us to "thynk" to interact with devices, social networks, and other people. We feel that the ThynkWare interface is the next step in computing following the invention of the mouse and personal computer.


In 2013, I created a mind-controlled virtual assistant on a smartphone device. The video of this patent pending technology made a small buzz on the Internet and media. Next, I created Dawn: A new kind of virtual assistant. Using a custom API for Siri, Dawn focused more on conversation and learning concepts on-the-fly.



Now with ThynkWare Speech, we want to use the same core technology to start some good by helping ALS patients and others with communication difficulties gain the capability of using thought to communicate with family, caregivers and friends. We would to build upon our successes and make a solution that translates thought into speech. That's important to us and we hope you feel the same way.


Thynk ahead! Subscribe to ThynkWare here!

What We Need & What You Get

Our goal is to reach $100,000 in funding. If we raise this amount we will be able obtain the necessary resources and personnel support to fully develop the product and get it into the hands of ALS patients who need it. We will also be able to create a version for general users to translate thoughts into speech.

The funds will support the costs for developing and replicating ThynkWare Speech for more individuals and possible provide enough leverage to allow us to create additional products for general consumers.

The funds will be used to obtain testing space, development personnel, research equipment, and headsets for the patients that will test ThynkWare Speech. The funds will also allow us to expand out reach and speed of development so we can push ThynkWare Speech beyond ALS and Locked-in Syndrome patients to others like those missing limbs and the blind. There are many more people who would benefit from ThynkWare Speech.

Since we are a bootstrapped company funded only by own shoestrings, we really value the contributions to our campaign. We would like to expand ThynkWare and ThynkWare Speech into something great. And we would love to offer jobs to just about everyone if ThynkWare itself becomes huge. After all, ThynkWare can potential go into every gadget and device we use (even at work) and we feel that we are on the verge of changing the way we communicate with devices and work. It will be so easy to just 'thynk' to do our daily activities and we can physically be doing something totally different, like being with our family.

As ThynkWare grows, the funds will allow us, the founders, to work full-time on the effort and push the technology forward even more than we in our limited spare time. We feel that if we have come this far in this short of time, where might we go if we were on it all day.

With enough expansion, ThynkWare will change the global economic landscape by offering tens of thousands of new types of work. Imagine if you had a job at ThynkWare where your title was Thynk-Tweeter as part of ThynkWare's social expansion team! You would be paid to 'thynk' tweet all day long while you did something else.  I could even envision an ALS patient or other person doing this job from the comfort of their home. That is only one example. I'm sure you can imagine how you would use the ThynkWare technology to make your job a piece of cake.

And it doesn't end there. There's so many opportunities that ThynkWare can offer that reach beyond the ThynkWare Speech campaign as we help ALS patients. We feel it is right to help those in need first before expanding the ThynkWare technologies to our smartphone, TVs, and all other devices.  It will change the way we work and play.

And since ThynkWare is currently a team of two right now, we would love to have enough funds to bring other great minds into our group to make a sizable dent in the universe for the better good of technology and for us. We can't do great things alone, which is why we need your help to get things moving forward.

The funds would go toward getting office space to work and move the company out of our garage. We would be able to offer jobs to more intelligent engineers to join the team and do great things. We would use the funds to go toward development activities and engineer wages to make product even better. We have to buy our engineers equipment so they can do their job. We also have to cover administrative costs to continue running ThynkWare.

We would also use the funds to purchase headsets to use so we can allow ALS patients and others with communication or physical difficulties to test and eventually use ThynkWare Speech. We need development equipment for our new engineers after we are fully incorporated and moving forward with expanding ThynkWare Speech to other devices. Some of the funds are used to purchase and ship all the great rewards and perks we are offering.

We know that the cost for our full vision beyond ThynkWare Speech and expanding ThynkWare would require millions upon millions of dollars to fully realize, but we have decided the focus first is on the ALS patients and those who need the ThynkWare technology most. And we feel that our ultimate goal of $200,000 would do amazing things for us, but or current goal of $100,000 is necessary to get it all started. Please contribute to become part of our mission to bring ThynkWare Speech to where it needs to be.


Ultimate Goal
Ideally, we would like to raise more than $200,000 for this effort. We feel that ALS patients have needed this type of communication solution for quite some time. Now the technology is bringing us closer than ever.

Rewards
As a 'thank you' we will offer the ThynkWare Speech app to our supporters as part of some of our campaign perks. We will also offer a variety of other perks for your level of support.



Why ThynkWare Speech?

ThynkWare Speech can provide new capabilities for ALS patients and with even more funding, ThynkWare will be able to push the technology beyond helping ALS by making solutions that reach more devices such as wearables, smart homes, TVs and more. Your funding will allow you to be part of a revolution of ideas that will change the way we all interact with our devices.


ALS patients have a great deal of trouble making others aware of their needs. Lacking fine motor control, they must rely on clumsy manual methods, such as spelling out messages one letter at a time via eye tracking, to communicate basic needs. Skilled carers, whether paid professionals, friends, or family members, are needed to help get even simple messages sent and carried out.
At the same time, modern usage of consumer-grade virtual assistants, such as Siri on the iPhone, Google Now, and Microsoft’s Cortina, has advanced considerably.

Consumers are becoming increasingly interested in, and increasingly able to, use speech recognition and text-to-speech to perform a variety of tasks on the smartphone.

While this technology has generated appeal as an alternative approach to human-to- machine interaction, a growing number of individuals have found these speech recognition systems to be frustrating to use, especially systems that fully require the user to initiate commands through voice only.

ALS patients with speech challenges may find it especially difficult to benefit from these voice assistants. The purpose of the campaign is to begin the process of helping speech recognition systems extend their usability to include ALS patients, by providing alternate navigation methods for initiation of actions and communication through mind-controlled brainwave systems.

Risks & Challenges

While we offer many levels for supporters, we feel that if we raise funds over the tipping point, we well be able to obtain many of the necessary resources, such as test space, development personnel, equipment and sensors to be able to implement and test ThynkWare Speech for more patients. The more funds we raise, the more ALS patients we will be able to personally reach. This effort is really driven by our supporters. 

The biggest risk we have is that people might fail to see the value of the technology and miss the opportunity to make a different in the life of an ALS patient. Not only will ThynkWare Speech be useful for ALS patients, but it will also be useful for anyone wishing to use their thoughts to produce speech. The ThynkWare Speech application will be expanded into a more general system for everyday consumers and customized for use with a variety of individuals.

Thynk ahead! Subscribe to ThynkWare here!



ThynkWare Speech is really a first step into a much larger change in the way we interact with our smartphones and provides the foundation for the technology to be applied to other types of devices.

Other Ways You Can Help

If you feel that you cannot help us with our campaign at this time, we would greatly appreciate it if you use the social media to spread the word about the technology and lead your friends and family back to our campaign. We all know someone out there in our network that would be interested.

So use your Twitter, Facebook and social network prowess to share our campaign to others in your circles.

Follow us on Twitter: @ThynkWare
Follow us on Facebook at: www.facebook.com/thynkware

Investors visit:
https://angel.co/thynkware
http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/thynkware

Looking for more information? Check the project FAQ
Need more information
Let us know if you think this campaign contains prohibited content.

Choose your Perk

Twitter shoutout

$1 USD
We will give you a personal shoutout and 'thank you' on Twitter.
0 out of 100000 of claimed

Social Media and Web Page perk

$1 USD
Raising awareness for ALS and ThynkWare, we will give contributors free advertisement for their business or project on our website as a subdomain of thynkware.com under your company or project name. The page will state that you support ALS awareness. We'll run the page for 6 months and share the link to your page through our Twitter and Facebook pages several times throughout. This is like getting valuable advertising for your own company and showing you care about ALS for only $1!
Estimated Shipping
February 2015
0 claimed

Facebook page shoutout

$10 USD
We will give you a personal shoutout and 'thank you' on our Facebook page.
0 out of 100000 of claimed

ThynkWare pin and Shoutout

$25 USD
We give you a ThynkWare pin and a 'thank you' shoutout on our Facebook and Twitter page.
1 out of 100000 of claimed

ThynkWare Pin and Web Thanks

$50 USD
We will give you a ThynkWare Pin and we will list your name as a valued supporter on the ThynkWare website. We will also give you a personal 'thank you' shoutout on Twitter.
0 out of 100000 of claimed

Early Adopter ThynkWare Speech

$60 USD
We will give you an Early Adopter version of the ThynkWare Speech application for your iPhone. You get to try it out before anyone else. We will also give you a personal shoutout on Twitter and Facebook!
Estimated Shipping
February 2015
1 out of 1000 of claimed

ThynkWare T-Shirt Perk

$75 USD
You will receive a limited edition ThynkWare logo T-Shirt and a personal shoutout on Twitter and Facebook!
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 100000 of claimed

ThynkWare Speech Beta

$80 USD
You will get a beta version of the ThynkWare Speech application for Android, iPhone or iPad. You get to try it out before we release it to the world. You also get a personal shoutout on Twitter and Facebook!
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 2000 of claimed

ThynkWare Speech Ultra Pack

$99 USD
With this perk you will receive the beta ThynkWare Speech application (Android or iOS), a ThynkWare T-Shirt, and a ThynkWare Mug. You will also receive a special thank you on our Website, Twitter and Facebook page for being one of the first to get ThynkWare Speech going. This is a great opportunity to be part of the beginning of ThynkWare Speech journey.
Estimated Shipping
April 2015
0 out of 200 of claimed

ThynkWare Mug Perk

$100 USD
You will receive an exclusive ThynkWare mug with the ThynkWare logo. You will also receive a personal thank you on our Twitter and Facebook pages.
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 10000 of claimed

ThynkWare Printed Hat Perk

$150 USD
You will receive a ThynkWare print hat with our logo. You will also get a personal 'thank you' on our Twitter and Facebook page.
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 10000 of claimed

Embroidered Polo Shirt Perk

$300 USD
You will receive a ThynkWare embroidered Polo Shirt, a ThynkWare Speech mug and a personal thank you on Twitter!
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 10000 of claimed

ThynkWare Speech Perk

$350 USD
You will receive a copy of the ThynkWare Speech app (headset not included) and special thank you on our website and a thank you on Twitter.
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 10000 of claimed

ThynkWare Speech and Hoodie

$500 USD
You will receive a copy of the ThynkWare Speech app, a ThynkWare embroidered hoodie (white, black or navy), a ThynkWare mug and a personal shoutout on Twitter.
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 10000 of claimed

ThynkWare Speech and Headset

$1,000 USD
You will receive a copy of the ThynkWare Speech app (Release in 2015 for Android or iOS), an EEG headset to try it out, a ThynkWare mug, and a special thank you page on the ThynkWare website and a personal shoutout on Twitter
Estimated Shipping
June 2015
0 out of 10000 of claimed

Custom ThynkWare Speech App

$5,000 USD
You will receive a custom ThynkWare Speech app (Android or iOS) which will be custom made for you. You will get to select 20 phrases to be recognized in your version. You will also receive an EEG headset. You will also receive a ThynkWare mug, printed hat, embroidered hoodie, ThynkWare pin, and ThynkWare T-Shirt. You will also receive a special thank you page on our website and a personal thank you on Twitter.
Estimated Shipping
July 2015
0 out of 250 of claimed

Supreme ThynkWare Backer

$10,000 USD
Receive a plaque signifying your contribution to ThynkWare Speech. You will also receive a custom ThynkWare Speech app (Android or iOS) which will be custom made for you. You will get to select 20 phrases to be recognized in your version. You will also receive an EEG headset. You will also receive a ThynkWare mug, printed hat, embroidered hoodie, ThynkWare pin, and ThynkWare T-Shirt. You will also receive a special thank you page on our website and a personal thank you on Twitter.
Estimated Shipping
July 2015
0 out of 100 of claimed

The Works & Meet the Founders

$100,000 USD
You will receive a custom ThynkWare Speech application with 30 additional phrases that you select. You'll also receive an EEG headset to use the app on Android, iPhone or iPad. You'll also get the ThynkWare pin, mug, T-Shirt, hoodie, and polo shirt. You also get lunch with the Founders, Duane Cash and Floyd Smith. We'll fly to where you are (U.S. only), buy you dinner &amp; provide the limo transportation. Share your thoughts with us. We will do our best to make it happen for the futu
Estimated Shipping
July 2015
0 out of 5 of claimed

You may also be interested in

Up Caret