auditory prompts for basic ECU function

[Andy Banns]

You could try and Advocate (Toby Churchill)

Andy Banns

ACE Centre North
Hollinwood Business Centre
Albert Street
Oldham
OL8 3QL
 
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From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [mailto:ASSISTECH@...] On Behalf Of Ciara Fitzsimons
Sent: 09 October 2009 15:55
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Subject: auditory prompts for basic ECU function [Scanned][Spam score:8%]

Hi Folks,

Just wondering what people are using for basic ECU controls with clients who need auditory prompts to scan- the kind of clients in the past that might have used a tash mini-relax with voice.  The clients typically need to control a few TV functions (channel up/down, volume up/down etc).  Obviously it can be done in dynamic screen devices but want to avoid going to that expense

Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks
Ciara Fitzsimons
CRC Dublin

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[Ciara Fitzsimons]

Hi Folks,

Just wondering what people are using for basic ECU controls with clients who need auditory prompts to scan- the kind of clients in the past that might have used a tash mini-relax with voice.  The clients typically need to control a few TV functions (channel up/down, volume up/down etc).  Obviously it can be done in dynamic screen devices but want to avoid going to that expense

Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks
Ciara Fitzsimons
CRC Dublin

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[Taylor, Barry]

Steeper Activ 500?
Possum Freeway?

Barry
 
Barry Taylor, Clinical Scientist
Medical Physics Service
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-----Original Message-----
From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
[mailto:ASSISTECH@...] On Behalf Of Ciara Fitzsimons
Sent: 09 October 2009 15:55
To: ASSISTECH@...
Subject: auditory prompts for basic ECU function

Hi Folks,

Just wondering what people are using for basic ECU controls with clients
who need auditory prompts to scan- the kind of clients in the past that
might have used a tash mini-relax with voice.  The clients typically
need to control a few TV functions (channel up/down, volume up/down
etc).  Obviously it can be done in dynamic screen devices but want to
avoid going to that expense

Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks
Ciara Fitzsimons
CRC Dublin

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[Conrad Hodgkinson]

My partner and I are users of assistive technology rather than developers
and it's possible that Mailbase members may have a solution to a problem
that I has been frustrating us for the last two or three years.

We are looking for a hands-free mobile phone.  Sounds simple because they
are all advertised as having a hands-free facility.  But 'hands-free' means
that you have to use your hands to access the facility - i.e. press a
button!  Christine can't do this.  She is quadriplegic and has no use of her
hands whatsoever.

We have found a partial solution with a Sony Ericsson K700i mobile phone.
Once switched on, but this can be 'woken up' with the use of a 'magic word'
to access and voice dialling - and it works!  But it is only a part
solution.  You can't end a call by voice, and if a text is received voice
dialling is disabled until someone is able to press the okay button to
dismiss the text and return to the desktop.  Surely, it's not beyond modern
technology to produce a genuinely hands-free phone?

The other solution would be to use an interface that allowed access to the
phone via standard environmental controls such as Fox or Possum.

Have I missed something?  Is there a solution out there - or at least tell
me there is one on the way!

And while I'm on the subject - exactly the same problem is about to exist
with the new generation of e-book readers.  Ideal for people who can't use
their hands, but inaccessible because they don't support a hands-free
control system.

Please say something positive - I'd love to hear that there are solutions on
the horizon!

Many thanks
Conrad Hodgkinson

[Robertson Zoe (Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust)]

Hi Conrad

Have you seen the Click2Phone. Below is a link to a youtube video which demonstrates and the website of the company.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Cufj0HyWc

http://www.click2go.ie/

Regarding the e-readers ever since they came out I have been looking through the specifications waiting for one with a remote control as I am often asked by people I see for access to books etc. and it is not always practical or desirable to access via a computer or laptop. If a remote control was available the IR codes would be able to be captured into any environmental control system making the e-reader very accessible. I will keep my fingers crossed for more accessibility in the future.

I hope this helps.

Thanks

Zoe
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From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals. [ASSISTECH@...] On Behalf Of Conrad Hodgkinson [conradh@...]
Sent: 10 October 2009 17:27
To: ASSISTECH@...
Subject: Hands-free that isn't

My partner and I are users of assistive technology rather than developers
and it's possible that Mailbase members may have a solution to a problem
that I has been frustrating us for the last two or three years.

We are looking for a hands-free mobile phone.  Sounds simple because they
are all advertised as having a hands-free facility.  But 'hands-free' means
that you have to use your hands to access the facility - i.e. press a
button!  Christine can't do this.  She is quadriplegic and has no use of her
hands whatsoever.

We have found a partial solution with a Sony Ericsson K700i mobile phone.
Once switched on, but this can be 'woken up' with the use of a 'magic word'
to access and voice dialling - and it works!  But it is only a part
solution.  You can't end a call by voice, and if a text is received voice
dialling is disabled until someone is able to press the okay button to
dismiss the text and return to the desktop.  Surely, it's not beyond modern
technology to produce a genuinely hands-free phone?

The other solution would be to use an interface that allowed access to the
phone via standard environmental controls such as Fox or Possum.

Have I missed something?  Is there a solution out there - or at least tell
me there is one on the way!

And while I'm on the subject - exactly the same problem is about to exist
with the new generation of e-book readers.  Ideal for people who can't use
their hands, but inaccessible because they don't support a hands-free
control system.

Please say something positive - I'd love to hear that there are solutions on
the horizon!

Many thanks
Conrad Hodgkinson

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[Conrad Hodgkinson]

Many thanks to Zoe Robertson for her suggestion re a solution to the
non-hands-free mobile phone problem (Click2Go).

Regarding inaccessible e-book readers, could I suggest that every
opportunity is taken to raise this issue with both Sony and the
manufacturers of Kindle 2 (the best route here may be through Amazon)? It's
clear that an e-book reader with a remote control where Infrared could be
captured and linked to environmental controls would make this bit of
technology completely accessible.  They need to be convinced that there
would be both demand and significant public relations benefits in
undertaking this development.

Conrad
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To: <ASSISTECH@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Hands-free that isn't


Hi Conrad

Have you seen the Click2Phone. Below is a link to a youtube video which
demonstrates and the website of the company.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-Cufj0HyWc

http://www.click2go.ie/

Regarding the e-readers ever since they came out I have been looking through
the specifications waiting for one with a remote control as I am often asked
by people I see for access to books etc. and it is not always practical or
desirable to access via a computer or laptop. If a remote control was
available the IR codes would be able to be captured into any environmental
control system making the e-reader very accessible. I will keep my fingers
crossed for more accessibility in the future.

I hope this helps.

Thanks

Zoe
________________________________________
From: A discussion list for Assistive Technology professionals.
[ASSISTECH@...] On Behalf Of Conrad Hodgkinson
[conradh@...]
Sent: 10 October 2009 17:27
To: ASSISTECH@...
Subject: Hands-free that isn't

My partner and I are users of assistive technology rather than developers
and it's possible that Mailbase members may have a solution to a problem
that I has been frustrating us for the last two or three years.

We are looking for a hands-free mobile phone.  Sounds simple because they
are all advertised as having a hands-free facility.  But 'hands-free' means
that you have to use your hands to access the facility - i.e. press a
button!  Christine can't do this.  She is quadriplegic and has no use of her
hands whatsoever.

We have found a partial solution with a Sony Ericsson K700i mobile phone.
Once switched on, but this can be 'woken up' with the use of a 'magic word'
to access and voice dialling - and it works!  But it is only a part
solution.  You can't end a call by voice, and if a text is received voice
dialling is disabled until someone is able to press the okay button to
dismiss the text and return to the desktop.  Surely, it's not beyond modern
technology to produce a genuinely hands-free phone?

The other solution would be to use an interface that allowed access to the
phone via standard environmental controls such as Fox or Possum.

Have I missed something?  Is there a solution out there - or at least tell
me there is one on the way!

And while I'm on the subject - exactly the same problem is about to exist
with the new generation of e-book readers.  Ideal for people who can't use
their hands, but inaccessible because they don't support a hands-free
control system.

Please say something positive - I'd love to hear that there are solutions on
the horizon!

Many thanks
Conrad Hodgkinson

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