Hi again Michell,
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Completely by coincidence I was just finishing writing up an article for my
website on my experiences with setting up Dragon to control a laptop. It is
not as straight forward for non mouse or keyboard users as one might think.
Take a look at
[link]

Dear Gill

We will of course do what we can to help from ACT but I think this one
may have come via us already. Perhaps the therapist is looking for a
solution that does not involve buying expensive software.

There are software options with Mind Express software at least. That
has Bliss symbol editor.

Dear Katrina
You might start here: [link]
Chris Sherlock

On Sep 8, 2:18 pm, "MacLeod Katrina (Great Ormond Street Hospital For

Hi Michelle,
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I have been supporting a person in a similar situation and we have found
Dragon to be an excellent product for computer control and dictation. We are
currently using Dragon 10 and have been impressed by its ability to
recognise his speech with only a few errors, most of which can be easily

Hi,
I'm sure this has been much-talked about before...but can anyone recommend the latest/best voice recognition software out there? I've got a client who tried Dragon 2-3 years ago, but found that because his voices changes slightly when he tires (he is otherwise highly intelligible), it was making more errors than helping.

Hi, I am a novice to making requests to this group but wanted to ask for some advice...
It's a 2 part one really:
1) Does anyone already use a particular list of core vocab when ensuring children and young people are learning about safeguarding? I realise there is an age and a developmental element to this. We have standard books and boards with core vocab that we have used in the past but are revewing our practise in special schools and I wanted to pick the many fine brains out there!!

Hi All

A reminder that Home Access AT Programme is up and running so please do keep
this in mind when working with schools & families. The purpose of the
programme is to get children with AT needs to get online at home to support
learning. Below is a post from Contact Associates to a) raise awareness

As Annalu says, Blissymbols UK can advise clients on Bliss and Bliss
resources, and as the others suggest, the therapist in question should
email Chair person Gill Hazell in the first place. I am also a member
of Blissymbol UK.
I am really pleased to see this enquiry as it indicates a willingness

Please contact me on 01827305429 or text /call
Kind Regards
Helen Hendrickson Bsc Hons (Speech and Language Pathology and
Therapeutics)
MRCSLT
Chief Executive Communicability Enterprise
Principal Consultant English-Elocution-Excellence uk

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Hi,

Our JayBee product ( [link] ) is partnered with CereProc
([link] ) based in Edinburgh who produce the voices. They
had a very large coverage of Voice Banking as they developed the voice for
Roger Ebert. Not a household name in the UK, but a huge film personality

Hi all,
Some of you may have heard 'Word of Mouth' on Radio 4 today which covered Voice Banking, including an interview with Laurence Brewer who has MND and is voice banking to make a voice for a communication aid. There is tangential reference to AAC via, as normal, Stephen Hawking!
[link]

Dear Hannah
Many thanks for the information, that looks like an exact match.
If you are coming to the Communication Matters Symposium this year
please come and visit the Techcess stand and claim your free Belgian
Chocolate!
Best wishes
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Does anyone have any specific references they would recommend re aac outcomes for children with dyspraxia and significant difficulties with intelligibility? We are building an evidence base.
Thanks
Becki
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Please contact me on 01827305429 or text /call
Kind Regards
Helen Hendrickson Bsc Hons (Speech and Language Pathology and
Therapeutics)
MRCSLT
Chief Executive Communicability Enterprise
Principal Consultant English-Elocution-Excellence uk
On 6 Sep 2010, at 17:29, "Williams Gill"

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We recommend a high resolution camera such as Microsoft LifeCam when
using Camera Mouse with JayBee, and have good success with it. The
jittering that other cameras produce is because of the low resolution.
The Microsoft camera is only about £50 at PC world, so with the free

Hi,
Regarding your headrest query, BES rehab ([link]) sells Stealth headrests and the Combo model matches your pictures.
Alternatively (and probably cheaper) Invacare do a similar headrest for their Protech back system ([link]).

We use Camera Mouse for face tracking with JayBee
( http:[link] ). It works very well as long as the WebCam
used is a high resolution device. The Microsoft LifeCam is a good
choice, and at around £50 from PC world is a good choice!

I know Gillian Hazell has a great knowledge of Bliss Symbols, if you contact me off list I will give you her contact details.
Trish Davidson
CENMAC
tr...@cenmac.com
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Hi
I have received a request from a therapist in the Adult Learning Disability team in Birmingham asking whether anyone in the Birmingham area uses Bliss symbols, or if there is a way of producing further Bliss symbols if required.

Hi Gill

Blissymbolics Communication UK is a small dedicated group trying to
support individuals who use Bliss. See [link]

If you email Gillian Hazell (gill...@aac-consultancy.co.uk ), she can
advise on producing symbols.

Best wishes
Annalu (Hon Treasurer of BCUK)

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Hi
I have received a request from a therapist in the Adult Learning
Disability team in Birmingham asking whether anyone in the Birmingham
area uses Bliss symbols, or if there is a way of producing further Bliss
symbols if required.
Any information would be helpful.
Thanks,

Gill Williams
Professional Clinical Lead - Speech and Language Therapy