Ok, this might be a little freaky, but I'm experimenting here. Many of you have asked how Maggie uses her communication device. Using our brand new webcam, I caught a minute or so of her using the Dynavox - or the "talker" as we call it around here. Here it is (hope this works)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_FuA7Ossg
My use of the camera is very rudimentary - you cannot see that she is hitting a switch mounted below the device. One switch moves the selection around and the other chooses it. You can hear the prompt speech - that is to cue her. Maggie is visually impaired, so it scans auditorily. The softer voice is her cue, when she makes a selection the voice is much louder. The soft voice is directed at her and the loud voice is directed at othersWhen she really gets going she starts flying through the pages and choices. Today she was a little freaked out by my efforts.
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