Category Archives: Parkinson’s disease
Voice banking to preserve the freedom of speech
More on voice banking, a subject I posted on a year ago when Laurence Brewer was interviewed for Radio 4’s Word of Mouth. This time there was a Scottish flavour to another Radio 4 programme ‘Giving the Critic Back His Voice’, … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Ethics, Head & Neck, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Parkinson's disease, Phonetics / phonology, Resources, Service delivery, Speech and Language Therapy, Voice, Voluntary organisations
Tagged CALL Scotland, CereProc, Joanna Courtney, Karen Yuill, Laurence Brewer, Mike Arnott, ModelTalker, motor neurone disease, Roger Ebert, speech and language therapist, speech synethesis, text to speech, voice banking, Worster-Drought Syndrome
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Voice banking for people with degenerative diseases
Radio 4's Word of Mouth this week interviewed Laurence Brewer. Laurence has Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and is in the process of banking his voice to create his unique synthesised version for future use. Laurence says that, although the idea of voice … Continue reading
Posted in AAC, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Parkinson's disease, Phonetics / phonology, Resources, Speech and Language Therapy, Voice
Tagged Chris Ledgard, Laurence Brewer, MND, ModelTalker, motor neurone disease, Radio 4, Shelley Trower, speech and language therapists, speech patterns, speech synthesis software, synthesised voice, Tim Bunnell, Tony Crimlisk, voice banking, Word of Mouth
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Cartoons, critical appraisal and raising money for Parkinson’s
With forecasts of bleak times ahead in the public sector, we could all do with a bit of cheering up. One man who can always home in on the funny side is cartoonist Fran Orford. Fran's work will feature in … Continue reading
Speech and language therapy using Skype – research update
Reader Rebecca Matthews has sent me her annual newsletter, which includes a report on progress with her PhD research into delivering therapy to children over the internet via Skype. Rebecca was motivated to investigate service delivery by videoconferencing to save fuel and make the most of clinical time … Continue reading
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