Communicating with cerebral palsy: How Maddy found her voice

Lucy_Scope

Maddy Norman says she was born without a voice, using technology to communicate since she was five - now she performs poetry recitals.

Watch Maddie's interview on ITVX

Ironside1990

I went to a SEN school and I knew people who used touch talker machines to speak. The weird thing is that they only seem to have 1 accent. They all sound American and I went to a SEN school in the north east of England. I'I'm sure technology has advanced since then and touch talker machines can be personalised to have a regional accent, based on where the user is from.

Lucy_Scope

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/932312#Comment_932312

Yes it is a real shame about the lack of identity with speech technologies. I have seen some regional accents being developed, so hopefully this becomes more popular.