Publication Date
September 2023
11 min
A short talk given in the Disability Innovation Summit: Inclusive Interactions conference organised by the GDI hub on 13 Sept 2023.
The story of the progress in the development and of issues with the roll out of Earswitch is briefly outlined. The particular advantages for people with communication difficulties owing to cerebral palsy, motor neurone disease and locked in syndrome and also the advantages for the general population are highlighted. Work is being carried out on eye tracking. Difficulties in transitioning to market are discussed.
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Keywords
Disability and social diversity; functional limitation: communication; functional limitation: mobility; Enabling environments; ICT; innovation; Health; systems: medical products vaccines and technologies; Politics government and economics; private sector; Rehabilitation; alternative and augmentative communication; assistive technologies
