Liberator 14

Liberator 14 Trial
It’s the penultimate night of my Liberator trial, and I wish I used it more. In the short time I had it, I grew to start to be acquainted with how the language Unity works again.

With an overview of the device in mind, it takes less presses on my chin switch, but it takes more time with the number of columns and rows on the keyboard. I tried increasing the scan speed, but although I could ask my PA to press the Tools Button, it was slower and more limiting than EZ-Keys that I normally use. The Unity software was 84-hit.

I used an earlier version on a Touch Talker in my teenage years with which I operated my finger typing. The particular system has the typing facility on it, but the keyboard is upright and has no option for filter keys. When I got the system trial, I told Eleri the representative that I hardly had prior knowledge. She sent me a cd of the software, but I downloaded the manual in the following days after the trial start.

I kept switching between Unity and Word Core during the trial. One resets sentences in the other, so I didn’t think it was reliable that way. I didn’t use it outside but I saw the potential for it, as opposed to EZ-Keys on the laptop being plugged in on a consistent basis.

On Tuesday, I am trading it in for the MyTobii C12, which will be on another two week trial. I last used an eye gaze system two years ago, but it was its predecessor. The speech therapists think it is the way forward for me but I have to decide after the two weeks. I want to realize whether I can use it outside and in what way I can use it in tandem with my switch and hand. Also, I want to find out how independent I am with getting around with the system.

Saturday, October 1 2011