Could Electronics Majors At A College Build Me A Lightwriter?

[George Cantstandya]

I'm kind of surprised that the technology these days for such a system has not moved more toward tablets/ipad. It seems a tablet paired with a rechargeable Bluetooth speaker for louder volume would work well for that. I got kind of curious and did a search. I found a product called TalkTablet that is made for assisted speech and works on android and I think iPad. I watched a few youtube videos on it. It seems to be customizable with built in phrases as well as a keyboard for typing out whatever it is you want to say but I'm not sure if that is what you are looking for though.

Here is one example video I found that demonstrates the keyboard function:
https://www.facebook.com/TalkTablet/videos/647256239003248/

There may be other software like that as well. I really didn't look in to it that much. But to get back to your question. I think if what you want doesn't already exist for tablets you might be more likely to find a group to create the software for existing devices android tablet/iPad. It's much, much more involved to create the hardware like your Lightwriter as well as the software that works on it than to create the software compatible with current devices.

Plus if you have a tablet that does what you want, as long as you have internet access you could view your favorite "entertainment" sites between conversations. Just don't forget to turn off the speaker when others are around.