The company launched an experimental symbol-based assistive app today ... audio playback to read out to sentence to others. Current communication tools "are often too slow." In the US, about ...

Let’s look at each one in more detail. Most versions use graphic symbols paired with words. Their complexity is determined by the user’s needs. The primary advantage of low-tech communication ...

Although the first documented use of @ was in 1536, the symbol did not rise from modern ... is the sine qua non of electronic communication, thanks to e-mail addresses and Twitter handles.

"We wanted to bring an accessible, free app to people with talking and learning difficulties so that they could communicate more easily ... to create a symbol-based communication app, with apps ...