Music at the blink of an eye

'I just use technology to express myself,' says James Brosnan, seen here at his home in Kilbarrack with Colm Ó Snodaigh of Kíla.

Photograph: Frank Miller


An imaginative use of technology has allowed James Brosnan to use his laptop to jam with musicians – despite having cerebral palsy and being in a wheelchair, writes SIOBHÁN LONG
‘LIFE IS A PARADOX – the opposites between life and death, ability and disability, and technology and solitude.” James Brosnan, journalist, activist and music fanatic muses about the pros and cons of finding himself immersed in technology. Having cerebral palsy, being a wheelchair user and being unable to speak have done little to halt his gallop through the world of assistive technology: everything from communication devices to countless computers and the odd power wheelchair.

to read more please go to this link
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...243363668.html

Wish James Brosnan instead had the DynaVox EyeMax. Instead of just playing .wav files - which is all that can be done on the Tobii system, the DynaVox software allows the user to compose their own song with lyrics - and then sing it with the correct notes, etc. There is also better communication content and accuracy within the DynaVox EyeMax as well.

Megan.