On the Monday we had two guest speakers from Kimiora school in Wellington at Star Education. When they came they offered us a chance to have a turn with assistive technology and information during our tutorial session
Assistive technology is Any item, piece of equipment, or system, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals (Cook & Hussey, 2002)
The piece of assistive technology that was introduced during the tutorial was Go talk which is a piece of technology that assists someone who is unable to communicate or have severe deficits. GoTalks are battery powered devices that have pre recorded messages that another person has recorded for them that the person using this device may possibly need to say. This wil allow the person to communicate without assistance form others therefore giving them more independence. An example of this is if they are in a supermarket and are asking for some bread, they press the botton saying "could you please show me where I could fid the bread?" then push a button saying "how much will that cost" and then possibly a button saying "thank you and goodbye". all the user needs to do is press the correct button so they correct sentence is produced.
The piece of assistive technology that was introduced during the tutorial was Go talk which is a piece of technology that assists someone who is unable to communicate or have severe deficits. GoTalks are battery powered devices that have pre recorded messages that another person has recorded for them that the person using this device may possibly need to say. This wil allow the person to communicate without assistance form others therefore giving them more independence. An example of this is if they are in a supermarket and are asking for some bread, they press the botton saying "could you please show me where I could fid the bread?" then push a button saying "how much will that cost" and then possibly a button saying "thank you and goodbye". all the user needs to do is press the correct button so they correct sentence is produced.
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