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Man creates custom communication and entertainment software for his severely disabled brother (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This video was recommended to me and I found it quite sweet. Ben is a non-verbal quadriplegic who requires 24 hours care. His brother and caretaker created a custom software for him that can be controlled with two buttons. It has quite a lot of features by now, there is a keyboard with text-to-speech, movies and even some simple video games.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Thanks for sharing this. Sent it to my mother who has spent a large part of her career working with children who require special care like this, she really enjoyed it. Her take:

"Thanks for this. It is what I have done for 12 years. I wonder why they didn't use the devices that are already out there that do these things and can be customized. It is very cool tho" <- (my mommy)