: This is just the most awesome radiolab episode. I can’t believe I have missed this one. …
: A lot of dictation tools takes a little while to get used to as you have to mentally prepare what to …
: I’ve often pondered on a deceloping a rotary encoder with a push down action as a technique for …
: Inclusive sans. Brilliant name. You had me at “character level”. Excellent font. Particularly like …
: Iterative rapid development Part 2 (aka Judith Part 2). So sometimes.. just sometimes.. a couple of months works pays off. Or I guess we could frame this …
: Cognitive effect on breaking sitting time Many years ago, I worked with my colleague David Porter at Oxford Brookes on a study looking at the …
: This is truly marvellous. “Assume that I can. So maybe I will”. .embed-container { …
: Objectified. "if we understand what the extremes are, the middle will take care of itself." Objectified (2009, 75 minutes) is a documentary film about our complex relationship with …
: Back to the 90s with my retro dataset of SMS, TXT abbreviations.. huggingface.co/datasets/… …
: I’ve been considering LLMs' potential in autocorrecting AAC input. They offer significant gains, but …
: I love ASL’s switches. And in particular, the ‘Egg’ Switch (who knew it …
: Mad idea of the day. We have people who have a Speak Unique voice but need to use an iOS device and …
: If you were to classify and detail “AAC-like” “writing” (yes, its spoken but …
: There is a lot of evidence for many students (mainly dyslexia in research) that autocorrection …
: Anyone who knows anything about BCI generally 🙄at the neuralink PR output. The BBC found a …
: Apple Vision Accessibility features Finding it interesting reading all the Apple Vision reviews. One snippet I’ve been keen to explore …
: Oooh Bard is getting really good now. I’d say that its as good as GPT 4 for coding tasks for …
: I’ve always wondered why a toilet door on UK trains are so wierdly designed. Who knew it was …
: AAC is at this mad crossroads of computer science, occupational and speech therapy, linguistics, and …
: What do you do with a vast amount of cardboard used to ship some tubes from Germany from Rehadapt? …
: Built a word segmenter service. We come across many folks who never use a space bar. Instead of …
: Rapid development in swiftUI for niche problems Some clients we see are fantastic with paper-based solutions. But sometimes, finding powered AAC …
: a brilliant plan that is too dumb for anyone to reasonably attempt because of the odds against them …
: Stephen Hawking's AAC setup in closeup At MOSI in Manchester today, I saw Stephen Hawking’s Chair and other neat things from his …
: Correlating Sounds for a sound switch Last week, I visited a client for work to test out a sound switch device. For one reason and …
: 🚀 Calling All AAC Testers for a new release of our Google Cloud/Azure TTS and Translation tool We’ve given our little Translate and Speak app for Windows a complete makeover. Our app not …
: The rare blue supermoon. From beside lake Windermere.
: Immersive Reader which is these days embedded in everything that Microsoft does it seems is a quiet …
: Am I the stupid one? So you rename one of the most popular apps out there. A vast majority of its …
: The new voice creation tool in iOS and live speech (in-built tts app from any screen) in iOS. My …
: Need an AAC/AT textbook but nowhere near a library or have money? This is awesome from Internet …
: Just released a new build of our RelayKeys stack. RelayKeys allow us to turn any Windows AAC device …
: I was lucky to see the latest iteration of the Colibri (“Hummingbird”) from Colibri …
: Nice trip to Wales (Brecon to be exact) the other weekend. Although the mosquito bites here were …
: Knocked this up quickly. Type in one language. Translate within your AAC app, speak it out loud in …
: Feedbin. Where have you been all my life? The answer to the demise of Google reader, twitter and now …
: Accessibility helps everyone. Why do 50% of Americans watch the TV with subtitles?. Whatever the …
: Midiblocks is a super neat idea. A block editor to program your gestures . Under the hood it’s …
: Project Gameface was announced with fanfare - but the actual experience is something that …
: Just for fun really - dasher in visionOS. I think this totally needs rethinking for this platform - …
: From our fab OT student today So are you telling me my phone can autocorrect but that’s not …
: I am reviewing the “traffic light” system for AAC by Karen Erickson for our ATU this …
: What duck are you today? On the rubber duck scale I think I’m feeling a bit of a 4.. (if not …
: A fascinating couple of papers that Simon Judge notes in his blog about the design and abandonment …
: Having a great chat with our team of OTs about how we measure outcomes and sharing our old …
: Looking forward to delivering day 9 today of our Assistive Technology Unit (with the University of …
: SLT’s having fun with their laminators.. ho ho.. (Credit actually Roz Thompson aka Trash sells …
: “While deep contemplation is useful for problem-solving, overthinking can impair these abilities, …
: Detecting hand writing - and outputting as speech - with BCI Frank Willets won the young researcher award for his work on BCI speech (cBCI). Their approach is …
: I met some OTs at #bci2023 ! Whoop! Check out the work from Canada looking at paediatric (CP, Rett …
: Adoption threshold is inversely related to functional novelty, i.e. “If you are replacing a …
: Really neat talks today, including David Moses and Christian Herff at #BCI2023. A lot of chat about …
: Just watched Edward Changs talk about their BRAVO project at #bci2023. It’s next level. They are not …
: Submitted 8 feedbacks for iOS 17. Under the terms of the beta testing, you can’t share much …
: Silent Speech and Sub-Vocal Communication. The next big technology breakthrough for AAC? Silent Speech & Sub-Vocal research is picking up. EMG can detect speech since the 70s but …
: So Apple thoughts today from WWDC. The big news is still the AT announcements for iOS 17. But the …
: Thank Lord Brexit hasn’t affected long queues entering our neighbours 🤬 (sarcasm. if you …
: I’m reading about some of the most recent work in BCI. Much of it is academic, but this is an easy …
: Fun fact. Brussels sprouts have tasted better since the 90s because breeders started …
: Sebastian Pape has been doing a ton of work on the original Dasher code base for his research on …
: Over the next few weeks I’m fortunate to be representing Ace Centre at two international …
: Last week we released TextAloud on the AppStore. You can read our blog for the entire details as to …
: The good and bad of Apples personal voice system There’s a lot of chat about the newly announced personal voice stuff from Apple. A lot are screaming …
: Apple create their own voice banking solution on device What the .. (from the Apple PR on accessibility) “For users at risk of losing their ability …
: Did you know.. that children start forgetting early childhood around the age of 7 ? (rubbish …
: This looks super neat. We’ve been looking into detect sub vocal communication for a while. If this …
: Yesterday I won the bake off at work! You too can win with this rhubarb & custard cake recipe! …
: So Project Gameface has been released from Google. I truly hope it lasts more than 5 minutes a lot …
: Toby Churchill is a legend. If you are new to the world of AAC - this is a classic clip from …
: Getting closer to this BCI malarky “Brain scans can translate a person’s thoughts into …
: Numbers of neurons in the brain : 86 billion. How do we know? Step 1. “Pestle & Mortar” a brain. …
: Saw this on a visit. Colleagues said I had to take a pic of it as so close to surely my perfect …
: i think im gonna like it..heeeeerrrrreee! (annie)
: DIY Rollerball GitHub - Skycode22/HIDs: HID projectsNeed to make your own rollerball / trackpad? These are neat. …
: Calcutext This is neat. There’s a few commercial things like this but if you are AT user wanting to do some …
: Why Brussels taste better now From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom Did you hate …
: A number plate for all those working in VI & AAC
: 1 or 2 switch scanning? If you ever wondered if one switch automatic scanning is really that hard to learn - or should I …
: Apple. Accessibility. What we need in 2023 This is a great little video from Apple today - but it reminds me of some really bizarre design …
: Do you really need a MDM For us at Ace Centre, the MDM we use (incidentally Meraki) is a lifesaver. We have an endless amount …
: A group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance ref: http://birding.about.com/od/Bird-Trivia/a/20-Fun-Facts-About-Flamingos.htm
: Functioning labels are useless F O R the autistic person. We don’t wake up every morning and think: …
: “Life is like a camera. Focus on what’s important, Capture the good times. Develop from the …
: “A sign seen in Luxembourg for a car parking space, translates as “If you take my place then …
: Dr John Dingley - A AT hacker Great things here Check out some of Johns instructables too : m.instructables.com/member/Xe… …
: Just got back from ISAAC in Lisbon. The next one is in Toronto. Time to learn some sign language
: Not sure how this passed me by. Check out more on Martin Finn and the whole “Autisms got Talent …
: Martin Finn - You’re Beautiful (Live @ Autism’s Got Talent 2012) - YouTube
: Go Baby Go! Fab. More info on the Go Baby Go project here with a nice manual on how-to here.
: The ramblings of a mad person. So I figure I can do something as a weekend bit of fun and do a Open …
: theotsiproject: Terrific visual of handwriting grips. #OT #Handwriting #Grips
: Real classy inclusion Mr Photographer
: “If you want to take my parking, take my disability” Sign in Saudi.
: I keep getting picked up on my pronunciation of town names up in Manchester and I think of this.
: For individuals who struggle to re-position a mouse it can be useful to build a frame so when they …
: Been following these ideas for a while since the early trials in Sweden/Denmark. Nice to see its …
: Fab video - chuffed to bits for everyone who got involved with this. The outcome is great.
: If you look at the research on vocabulary acquisition, you’ll find a surprising result: weirdly …
: Hellen Keller and her communication system. “It is not blindness or deafness that bring me my …
: This is a pretty amazing little film. Interesting for anyone interested in Occupational Therapy, …
: Wonderful little film. The backstory is just as interesting. Shelter: a look at Manchester's …
: Updated the Music Switcher recently. Amongst other things: Support for more switch boxes by using …
: Happy St Patricks Day/Weekend(!)
: Loving Andy Councils work. (The babel tower of language) This was for a feature on learning …
: Rubber bands rule (If you have a spare hour watch the much longer chat here)
: A little montage from my walk round town
: Mark & Sam. Two fab people who use AAC & AT highlighted by the Guardian Christmas Appeal for …
: (via ACE Centre Christmas charity appeal – video)
: Dogs driving cars. Awesome. Now cats - follow that!
: <h1>How to get a Exchange 2003 Public Shared Calendar on an iPhone (using Outlook 2007) (and maybe Dropbox)</h1> I really hate exchange. Like really. As time goes by it looks like Exchange and the days of Outlook …
: Please vote for Hilary’s Straws on Vimeo - a great video contender for the Focus Forward Films. …
: Some brief highlights from my recent trip to Arches National Park, Moab, Utah. A big thanks to Doug …
: Grid 2 Scientific Calculator The Grid 2 provides a number of workspaces to do neat things; control a …
: ' .Google HQ . ; ' .LA - where are the trees? . ; ' .View from inside Charlies cafe looking out. . …
: I had to visit didn’t I. (It’s Apple’s HQ in Cupertino, California if you were wondering)
: Many Congrats to Richard & Elaine last weekend. Was much fun :-) (you can spot them - look for …
: A typical high school graduate has a vocabulary of 60,000 words. That equates to [learning] one word …
: Your brain can sometimes do funny things to letters. OpenDyslexic tries to help prevent some of …
: ' .The Apple Event Abstract . ; ' .Crowds Arriving.. . ; Last night I did a little presentation on …
: Tim Kelsey, the NHS Commissioning Board’s first national director of patients and information, is to …
: Film 4. It’s a bit like TK Max. Mostly crap bit you occasionally find something half decent — …
: Eeeeeek! (Thanks To @SteveALee for spotting this… I think Thanks!)
: Wheelchair users in South Africa really must have their brakes checked. …
: “What do we want?! Evidence-based change! When do we want it?! After peer review!” (from here)
: Hmmm. Interesting positioning equipment to use whilst lying down that.
: Eventually a common theme became apparent: Apple’s applications — Calendar, Messages, Mail, iPhoto, …
: This past fall, Obert took a class on assistive technologies. Coincidentally, in the first week the …
: It’s roughly equivalent to giving someone a car in which the steering wheel has been replaced by a …
: The Canadians know how to advertise their own Paralympic team.
: In computer terms, I have a baud rate of about three that responds to the information in about 20 …