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A new computer control system using electromyographic signals is presented in this work. The system has been designed for the people with disabilities who cannot use the keyboard and/or mouse of computer. The hardware of the system registers the contraction of the human muscle and transmits this data to the computer with the software of the virtual keyboard installed, which performs the “selection action” of the key. The work was inspired by the development of “NeuroChat” and the ideas of the “P300-speller”, but these technologies use an electroencephalographic signal, which in some cases requires more time for processing the signal and special preparing the user. In our case the user only needs one working muscle to use “MYO-chat”. Using “MYO-chat” in computer with Windows operating system, you can fully control the computer without using the mouse. The hardware and software of the current development of “MYO-chat” are described. It is planned to make “MYO-chat” wireless in future versions.
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Prokofiev, A.A., Ivanova, D.V., Zuravska, A. (2023). “MYO-chat” – A New Computer Control System for People with Disabilities. In: Kryzhanovsky, B., Dunin-Barkowski, W., Redko, V., Tiumentsev, Y. (eds) Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research VI. NEUROINFORMATICS 2022. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1064. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19032-2_11
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