General Requirements

Hardware Requirements

• Laptop or tablet device capable of running a modern web browser.
• Reliable internet connection.

Software Requirements

Client-Side (Frontend)

• Vue.js 3 (JavaScript framework)
• Vue Router (Routing library for Vue.js)
• Pinia (State management library for Vue.js)
• HTML5 Canvas (Built-in browser graphics rendering API)
• Socket.io-client (Real-time communication library)
• Web browser supporting HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript ES6+

Server-Side (Backend)

• Node.js (v18 or later)
• Express.js (Web server framework for Node.js)
• Socket.io (Server-side real-time communication library)

External APIs

• SpeechSynthesis API (Browser built-in API for AAC communication support)

Deployment

• Docker (Containerization for consistent deployment across environments)
• Fly.io (Platform for deploying and scaling the app using Docker containers)

Project Management Tools

• GitHub (Version control and code repository)
• Jira (Project management and task tracking)