Case study: AI helps recreate lady’s own voice so she could regain her identity when using AAC tech
Sarah Ezekiel The power of AI has helped recreate a lady’s own voice from just a single line of speech from an old video so…
AAC app update includes hundreds more icons to enable users to communicate on broader range of topics
Spoken, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology specialist, has released an update of its assistive communication app, which include expanded personalisation options, hundreds of…
Video: Innovative AI-powered AAC software turns any webcam into a hands-free computer access tool
SensePilot, an assistive technology startup, has launched its “groundbreaking” software that enables people with limited dexterity to control their computer and play video games using…
User feedback helps drive new helpful update to AAC app
Augmentative and alternative communication app (AAC) Spoken - Tap to Talk AAC has released a new update based on user feedback. At its core, Spoken…
Wearable device can help people regain their voice function with 95 percent accuracy
A team of engineers from US-based university UCLA have invented a small, thin, and flexible assistive device that adheres to the neck and translates the…
EXCLUSIVE: How technology is revolutionising our approach to autism therapy
Anthony Fager, Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with Circle Care Services Anthony Fager, Board Certified Behaviour Analyst with Circle Care Services, delves into how technology is…
Pioneering assistive headband that acts as a “head mouse” can integrate with wide range of tech
A wearable headband’s software that enables people to uses intentional movements like blinks, winks, and eye gazes to control devices can now be easily integrated…
Free open-source AAC app receives AI for Accessibility grant from Microsoft
Cboard, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) web app, recently received funding from Microsoft’s AI for Accessibility grant to expand some of its features that…
30 regional accents added to AAC software to give disabled people more choice and individuality
Smartbox Assistive Technology Grid Pad 10s Disabled people across the UK and Ireland who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) aids to speak now have…
Charity receives £75k funding to provide essential assistive tech to people with MND
Credit: MND Association A £75,000 grant is being given to the MND Association to fund vital wheelchair accessories and communication aids for people with motor…