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…
Video: Free AAC software recognises blinking as a switch input
Ace Centre, a UK charity focusing on assistive technologies for people with communication difficulties, has launched a new and free-to-use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)…
“World’s first” standalone eye tracker with outdoor capabilities launches
Tobii Dynavox, a specialist in assistive technology for communication, has launched PCEye – the “world’s first” stand-alone eye tracker with outdoor capabilities. The new augmentative…
World’s first eye tracker technology for iPad Pro turns the tablet into a flexible AAC device
Assistive technology provider Inclusive Technology has launched the world’s first eye tracker for the iPad Pro called Skyle, which helps people with complex access and…