There were a few stories recently about how computers have made assistive technology much, much cheaper lately. Computers have reached the point that it's cheap to produce software that speaks words in a human voice.
Which raises some problems, because medical insurance is supposed to pay for medical devices, but doesn't want to buy a laptop. But now you can get a laptop for $800 that will do the same job - talking for you when you can't - that otherwise takes a $3000 piece of equipment.
I hope they figure it out. Seems a no brainer to me to use the lower cost equipment if it does the job well. New technology can really change the playing field.
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