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Samsung creates app that teaches autistic children to communicate

on Dec 28, 2014 | 0 comments

By Seb Joseph

Samsung has unveiled a new app that promises to help autistic children better express their emotions.

The “Look at Me” app uses photos, facial recognition technology and games to help kids gauge emotions, consequently improving their social and facial recognition skills. Many autistic children struggle to make or sustain eye contact with others and the app aims to gamify how they can improve and ultimately gain confidene in their communications skills.

Learning is based around several missions on the app that advise parents and kids to play for up to 20 minutes each day.

Parents can share their experiences via the app’s community Read full story ›

Source: The Drum