Communicating with cerebral palsy: How Maddy found her voice
Lucy_Scope
Posts: 193 Cerebral Palsy Network
Maddy Norman says she was born without a voice, using technology to communicate since she was five - now she performs poetry recitals.
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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.
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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.
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