Education and demonstration – Question or problem eliciting response
Patent
1997-08-25
1999-06-08
Richman, Glenn E.
Education and demonstration
Question or problem eliciting response
434236, 434237, G09B 500
Patent
active
059100095
ABSTRACT:
A communication aid for helping people with severe communication problems to express their needs or thoughts to others. The communication aid includes a case on which a touch pad contains series of mode selection switches and a plurality of activation switches. An overlay sheet is mounted on the touch pad and includes at least one mode symbol illustrating a general category of need, and a plurality of message symbols, each illustrating a specific need falling within the category. The mode symbols corresponding in location to the mode selection switches and the message symbols corresponding in location to the activation switches. The communication aid also incorporates a memory device for storing a plurality of audio messages, each corresponding to one of the message symbols. When a mode selection switch and on of the activation switches are depressed, a sound message associated with the depressed activation switch is generated.
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Leff Aaron N.
Leff Ruth B.
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