Severe injury; can't talk, can't write, can't type?

[byak]

Honestly, cannot imagine anything more frustrating than not having a way to communicate with family and friends after a severe/paralyzing trauma. There are so many instances where you could (temporarily) be unable to speak or write.

I saw this in .. err.. I don't remember the name of it offhand. Its the CMP generic programming magazine about six months ago. Just saw something now that reminded me of it so I thought I would share.

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/dasher/
(I am in no way related to this or anything)

This is truly amazing stuff. You've got your pick .. if you have /any/ mobility /anywhere/ you can use this to "type." If you can just move your arm an inch, or bend your ankle, its enough to rig up a joystick, a laptop, and Dasher.

(It uses a mouse by default; you should really download it and check it out if you haven't seen it before. This is astounding software.)

 

[Anubis]

being blind woudl suck more

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
being blind woudl suck more

Not as devastating as being deaf, IMHO. Music is my life.

 

[byak]

I would rather take deafness or blindness over the inability to communicate altogether.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
being blind woudl suck more

Not as devastating as being deaf, IMHO. Music is my life.

Speaking from a hearing-impaired point of view, being blind would suck a lot worse. Not that being hearing-impaired is a picnic either...

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
being blind woudl suck more

Not as devastating as being deaf, IMHO. Music is my life.

Speaking from a hearing-impaired point of view, being blind would suck a lot worse. Not that being hearing-impaired is a picnic either...

No, I really mean it when I say that music is my life. I'm not sure what I could do if I couldn't hear music, I'd probably have to rig up huge subs and lay my head on the boxes so I could feel the vibrations.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
being blind woudl suck more

Not as devastating as being deaf, IMHO. Music is my life.

Speaking from a hearing-impaired point of view, being blind would suck a lot worse. Not that being hearing-impaired is a picnic either...

No, I really mean it when I say that music is my life. I'm not sure what I could do if I couldn't hear music, I'd probably have to rig up huge subs and lay my head on the boxes so I could feel the vibrations.

But seeing things isn't important to you?

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Deslocke

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
being blind woudl suck more

Not as devastating as being deaf, IMHO. Music is my life.

Speaking from a hearing-impaired point of view, being blind would suck a lot worse. Not that being hearing-impaired is a picnic either...

No, I really mean it when I say that music is my life. I'm not sure what I could do if I couldn't hear music, I'd probably have to rig up huge subs and lay my head on the boxes so I could feel the vibrations.

But seeing things isn't important to you?

Seeing is very important to me, but if I was blind I would just have to change how I lived, if I was deaf, oh man... there would almost be no point. I really don't intend on loosing either btw