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- EIN 45-5365257
- (201) 805-3143
- 14 Walsh Dr Ste 303 Parsippany NJ 07054-1063 USA
- www.ta-als.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines
Mission: Form 990-ez, part iii, primary exempt purpose- to improve the quality of life for patients with als and locked in syndrome by exploiting the latest technologies available today. To develop and distribute devices that enable als patients to control their enviroment and to communicate using only their eyes. Form 990-ez, part v, information regarding personal benefit contracts: the organization did not, during the year, receive any funds, directly, or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract. The organizaton, did not, pay any premiums, directly, or indirectly, on a personal benefit contract.
Programs: The goal is to build an easy to use, low-cost, portable, and standalone aac communicator that will enable patients with als or other disabilities and impairments to communicate using only eye movements. Using eye tracking technology combined with proprietary methodology, users of the communicator will be able to type letters, words, and sentences with eye movements that are as simple as looking up and looking down. When the user is done writing, the communicator can convert the text to speech, sms, e-mail, or voice messaging.