This IS all very exciting.   

As part of our work together, I have asked Google to make it very clear that this technology is all web based and cannot be integrated into an SGD.   

Much like the Lyrebird work, the quality is great but the function is limited to specific scenarios.    

There is lots of promise and lots more to figure out to make this work they way we and our friends with ALS want and need this to work.

Best,
John


John M. Costello
Director, Augmentative Communication Program and
ALS Augmentative Communication Program
Boston Children's Hospital
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   Fascinating article — great, innovative ideas coming from Google.


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