will wade

@OneSwitch Sadly not. That looks like a 9 pin din - I imagine Trace centre design of plug. Shout if I can help

The new voice creation tool in iOS and live speech (in-built tts app from any screen) in iOS. My voice is definitely.. clunky .. but bear in mind I recorded this at like 2am in a AirBnB and didn’t want to wake the neighbours. 15 mins recording. willwa.de/2023/07/15/the…

Need an AAC/AT textbook but nowhere near a library or have money? This is awesome from Internet Archive. Loan a textbook for free for an hour at a time. archive.org/details/inlibr… (and my personal fav : archive.org/details/altern…)

Just released a new build of our RelayKeys stack. RelayKeys allow us to turn any Windows AAC device into a Bluetooth Keyboard/Mouse (and to come.. Games controller). You plug a small dongle into the AAC device - pair it with any Bluetooth device - a ... willwa.de/2023/07/11/jus…

I was lucky to see the latest iteration of the Colibri (“Hummingbird”) from Colibri interfaces a few weeks ago. It’s a wireless head mouse - and blink switch. They also have a free web-based Scanning Speller, which is accessible with Blink from your ... willwa.de/2023/07/07/i-w…

Made a tool yesterday to help AAC users translate (& speak) their message to any language. It’s using google translate & TTS but also pyttsx4 which is super neat as it allows us to use offline TTS - using coqui or SAPI #translateandtts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">github.com/AceCentre/Tran… vid youtube.com/watch?v=c6zSPY…

Nice trip to Wales (Brecon to be exact) the other weekend. Although the mosquito bites here were crazy 📷 cdn.uploads.micro.blog/31227/2023/img…

@PennineCareNHS Nice! @ThinkSmartbox fyi! @AceCentre

With support from Niamh, a speech and language therapist with Rochdale community learning disability team, Ryan is able to use the device to do things he enjoys. Read more about the pic and why it was chosen as a finalist in the innovation category: penninecare.nhs.uk/about-us/lates… 2/2

A brilliant picture with a brilliant picture 🖼 Niamh, Ryan and Chris went to see their picture at an exhibition of the Fujifilm #NHS75 photography competition finalists. The moment, captured by Chris, shows Ryan using an communication device and enjoying a drink. 1/2

Midiblocks is a super neat idea. A block editor to program your gestures . Under the hood it’s using HandsFreeJs which is another wrapper around MediaPipe. Similar to EyeCommander and Project Gameface. Talking of which I’ll just leave this here. Eek. ... willwa.de/2023/06/29/mid…

Project Gameface was announced with fanfare - but the actual experience is something that isn’t very “complete”. There is a ton of issues & installing it is not fun. We made an installer at least which helps.. a bit. (warning: it’s not signed. You ... willwa.de/2023/06/29/pro…

@KenjiTakano4 It takes ages. Like about 4 days for me. Partly because the calculation of locked and plugged in is clearly whack right now. Also make sure you are on the latest beta release. On the second now.

@willwade My Accessibility Personal Voice isn't working with iPhone 12 Pro Max plugged in and locked but stuck at Preparing…0% for days. Not generating.

Submitted 8 feedbacks for ios 17. Under the terms of the beta testing you cant share much but I will say this; writing/autocorrect is now AMAZING! and all the personal voice creation is neat. BUT.. still no headmouse under assistivetouch! why?!

Just for fun really - dasher in visionOS. I think this totally needs rethinking for this platform - particularly given the hand detection stuff built into visionOS. (“Must not get distracted.. must not get distracted..” ) cdn.uploads.micro.blog/31227/2023/scr…

From our fab OT student today "So are you telling me my phone can autocorrect but that’s not done on AAC Devices .. and the user always has to select their predictions?." Hmmm. I wonder if I was missing something.. anyone?

I am reviewing the “traffic light” system for AAC by Karen Erickson for our ATU this week. It’s similar to ideas in an Activity & Occupation Analysis - but much more reduced and focused on AAC activities in a day. Redrawn here - maybe too reduced ... willwa.de/2023/06/21/i-a…

What duck are you today? On the rubber duck scale I think I’m feeling a bit of a 4.. (if not on that scale- but maybe a 4 on this page: theatlantic.com/photo/2023/06/… ) cdn.uploads.micro.blog/31227/2023/flb… twitter.com/tbelmontedu/st…

A fascinating couple of papers that Simon Judge notes in his blog about the design and abandonment of AAC systems - “the role of communication aids in an individuals’ communication is subtle and not a simple binary ‘used or not used’”. sjinterface.wordpress.com/2023/06/14/ret…

Having a great chat with our team of OTs about how we measure outcomes and sharing our old presentation from 2011, which still stands. Whatever happened to the adapted GAS for AT? Well GAS Light looks interesting. Outcomes in Occupational Therapy (& ... willwa.de/2023/06/19/hav…

@ZoeClarke77 @BarnsleyAT The food was awesome. Thanks All! Sorry I couldn't stay for long

Half an hour to go until our EC Networking Day. Pastries are here so all good. #ECNetworking23 @BarnsleyAT

@FilMcIntyre @ZoeClarke77 Haha. My ADHD brain had to stop myself doing that Fil

@ZoeClarke77 @willwade Is he going to play the organ too?

Great to hear @willwade speaking at our EC Networking Day #ECnetworking23

Looking forward to delivering day 9 today of our Assistive Technology Unit (with the University of Dundee). The focus is on Activity & Occupational Analysis - which I feel is an essential part of our AT assessment process. (Adapted from Acitivity & ... willwa.de/2023/06/14/loo…