Hi Dave..
I noticed in your reply you said you can't talk in bed...it's just an idea,,if your speech computer is portable...you could get one of those hospital type bedside tables inexpensively ..
I keep Gary's speech on all the time and keep it on the bedside table...the only time he has no speech is in hospitals or while he is in the shower..he sleeps in a hospital bed airmattress but I roll over half the time and sleep with my head on his chest...the table doesn't get in the way......our beds are combined as one of the guard rails are down so it is like one huge king size bed..his side just has a special mattress...Lisa