These clips show how people share what they’re thinking and understanding, even when their speech is unclear or when they’re using things like phones or laptops to communicate.
Yvonne and Kayla
Yvonne has experienced changes in her speech and is sometimes unclear, but she is still communicating using speech.
Mike and Loraine
Mike has experienced changes in his speech and is sometimes unclear, but he is still communicating using speech.
Suyal and May
Suyal has experienced changes in his speech and is sometimes unclear, but he is still communicating using speech.
Caroline and Lois
Caroline has experienced changes in her speech and is sometimes unclear, but she is still communicating using speech.
Andrew and Rosaleen
Andrew has lost his ability to speak and due to weakness in his right hand is having to type with his left hand. He uses a text to speech app on his laptop or phone with his AI voice clone which enables him to sound as he did before he experienced any speech changes.
Phil and Louise
Phil has lost his ability to speak and is limited to typing using just his thumb on his right hand. He uses a text to speech app on his laptop or phone with his AI voice clone which enables him to sound as he did before he experienced any speech changes.
KT and Kuai Peng
KT has lost his ability to speak or use his hands to type. He is using eye gaze technology to communicate with his banked voice. He uses his eyes to control the cursor on the screen and type on a keyboard.