Originally Posted By: Pat Marr
very cool technology for a very cool dude! I'm happy they value you enough to pony up the cash ! Does this enable you to have real-time conversations?

Pat,

Yes. It has scores of built-in common phrases (good morning; thank you; more beer; is it cold/hot in the gazebo?; etc) and it will speak anything that I type in. I can assign new phrases to "hot keys" for one-key recall.

I'm anxious to learn if it is robust enough to run BIAB while I enjoy the gazebo.

We hear a lot about our veterans being neglected and abused but I haven't seen that to be true. Granted, it can take months to get a routine appointment but that is because your doctor will spend a full hour with each patient covering everything in great detail.

As regards funding: My ride, as equipped, is over $40k and they have upgraded my Dynavox a total of four times. Each time a newer model becomes available they upgrade me without my asking.

A lot depends on how you treat the staff. When my tiny 80 pound Physical Therapist was told that I didn't qualify for a tilt/recline power wheelchair she simply went into the showroom and drove off with it. I can cite many similar incidents. The Dynavox rep said: "Don, you certainly have a way of getting things done!"

I have been upgraded to the highest level of care at VA, lacking only dental care.

Donny

Last edited by Don Gaynor; 02/07/17 04:50 AM.
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