Toby
I'm Toby and I shouldn't need any further introduction! I lost my speech in my early twenties as a result of encephalitis and designed the first Lightwriter® for my own use over 30 years ago. I am in a wheelchair and have the use of my left arm. Over the years I have used almost every model of Lightwriter® that we have produced.
The early Lightwriters® were big and heavy, reducing their portability; now with much better battery technology and low power electronics, we have reduced their size and weight, and so I find it much easier to have a Lightwriter® with me whenever I need one. The addition of speech synthesisers some years ago made it much easier to communicate with people who are not familiar with communicating with those who cannot speak, and made it possible to communicate over the phone.
