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Jul 28 2011
This press release is very exciting http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/communications-upgrade-hearing-and-speech-impaired-communities It means that a video assisted speech-to-speech relay service will be available from around October 2011. People with speech difficulties will be able to use video to help the NZ Relay, relay assistant understand what they are saying. You will need a computer with a camera to use …
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May 03 2011
TalkLink Trust and People First www.peoplefirst.org.nz have been thinking about ways we can assist people affected by the Earthquake. For some people it has been difficult to explain what has and is happening around them. To this end Michelle King, one of our Christchurch based speech-language therapists has created a social story about the earthquake. …
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Oct 19 2010
An iPod docking unit specially adapted to give switch control. Operate the basic iPod functions – stop/start, next track and previous track – using the three big button switches on the supplied remote control. You can also use your own switches plugged into its 3.5mm jack sockets. Up to three switches can be used – …
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Oct 17 2010
Tobii C8 Communication is key Tobii C8 allows people with communication disabilities to achieve their full potential. They can communicate via text or symbols to generate synthesized or digitized speech for face-to-face interaction or connect through email, text messages or chat. Users also have the freedom and flexibility to write and edit documents, surf the Internet, play music …
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Aug 26 2010
February 24, 2009 My name is James Duncan. I am a tetraplegic (C5 C6). Before my accident I was an out-going man, worked 20 years on sheep and cattle farms, and during the holidays I would go shearing and crutching because I liked doing physical work. Then I moved to town and started working in forestry. …
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