On Thu, 25 Feb 1999, Jim Vaglia - TRFN Volunteer wrote:

> After reading the message with regards to people with severe disAbilities
> it brings to mind some questions? How many people who don't know Morse
> code will these people with severe disAbilities be able to comunicate
> with? Would we expect the nondisAbled world to learn Morse code since many
> sighted persons do not know Braille?

Jim Jim Jim,.

You are underestimating technology by a long shot.  The morse is just the
input for the system.  The output can be anything, including text, speech,
whatever you want.  I know of a woman with severe CP who can't speak but
she can move her head.  She uses a morse key behind her head and taps out
what she wants to say and it is displayed, in text, on a small LED screen.

The actual problem of designing systems to take input such as morse is a
hell of a lot simpler than designing the system to produce alternative
output like speech.  I think it is a great idea to have some kind of
standard for alternative input and output.
> Jim
>

Dan

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