Could Electronics Majors At A College Build Me A Lightwriter?

[George Cantstandya]

(12-30-2020, 03:59 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: Good looking out!

They had me try out one of those in the link when they had me trying out new devices but I just chose the updated Lightwriter because, like it shows in the video with those pictures and things, the ones they showed me were for people that function a lot less normally than I do.  Like pictures for food and whatever are fine and I'm glad that people have that to communicate with their caregivers. but I type and communicate like anyone talks.  It does have, in that tablet/device, a keyboard function, but it would be annoying if it didn't speak each word and only repeated the entire phrase after I finished.  It also doesn't look like it has a reverse side so people standing in front of me didn't have to try and read it upside down.

They had me try out an iPad but, the same as above, people standing in front of me wouldn't be able to read it.

The elevated keys on mine also help me a lot because, as I've mentioned as a reason why I can't drive, my blinks are usually delayed for a second or two, so I have to type blind, which would be difficult on a touch screen.

With how advanced technology and things are becoming, I guess I'm just hoping that it wouldn't be too tough to replicate an older technology or to mix parts of old ones to make a new one work.

Nice find!  I'll look into it more!

Wanting your speech to happen as you type is understandable.  I can see where it would be annoying to have to wait to hit enter to say what you want.  I can only imagine the frustration trying to have a conversation and the people I'm talking to having to wait for me to type out a response and then press a key to actually say what I want. 

Anyway, glad to share what I learned about assisted speech technology even if it isn't what works for you.  I actually learned a lot about a topic I never thought about.  I hope you find a a good solution.