{"id":1107,"date":"2013-03-28T21:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisgiles.org\/blog\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2013-03-28T21:10:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T02:10:04","slug":"proximity-switches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisgiles.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/28\/proximity-switches\/","title":{"rendered":"Proximity Switches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"20130321084728\"So this is awesome: \u00a0Chris’s speech therapist at TIRR worked with the Texas\u00a0Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services and a local device vendor in Austin to put together an assortment of really cool proximity switches and control devices to start practicing with (ahh, and I should explain: \u00a0proximity switches don’t require you to press them to activate; \u00a0you move a body part within a 1\/4″ or so of the sensor to activate it).<\/p>\n

The setup is a combination of some rather ingenious Manfrotto photographic \/ lighting mounts, velcro and proximity switches from AbleNet. \u00a0The more generalized orange AbleNet “Candy Corn” proximity switches interface with a variety of gear: \u00a0to start off with, Jennifer at TIRR set Chris up with an iPod controller and a 120V PowerLink 4 relay (that controls up to two appliances).<\/p>\n

It takes some time, but we were able to practice turning a lamp on and off with the PowerLink relay, and had some luck playing and pausing some MP3s.<\/p>\n

The second set of proximity switches (AbleNet’s “QuickTalker”) are very simple, completely self-contained battery-powered devices that will record a short sample of audio to conveniently play back when the proximity switch is activated. \u00a0In these particular photos, the QuickTalker devices are configured for “YES” and “NO”:<\/p>\n

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My folks are using the QuickTalker devices to augment the daily evening yes and no questions they practice with Chris; \u00a0I think the audio feedback will be really useful for Chris (hearing “YES” and “NO” when he turns his head a certain direction).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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