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20 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Healthcare by ideaman 02/28/07

I was visiting my Father the other day and his Hearing Aids just do not do a very good Job. But My Father can ready very well and speaks perfectly fine. Yet I find myself having trouble communicating. My idea is to take the Text Capabilities of the phone minimize it to local RFI and include a remote keypad for others to commnicate to the elderly. Local RFI would keep the cost down compared to using normal Phone Texting Cell lines. Something that hangs around the neck and the elderly can simply look down to read. Flashing LED to let them know they have a message? 2nd generation could include voice recognition that work with Hearing Aids. maybe an option that also included the mobel phone service as well. This would only work for those who can read & speak but not hear very well. other models could follow depending on the elderly's capabilities depending on hearing, sight and speach.

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