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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:18:48 +0100
From: "John RABSON" <john.rabson@wanadoo.fr>
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On 16/02/2008 at 19:21 G4gvw@aol.com wrote:

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>silver wire and tuning coils wound on varnished bog-roll
You mean you _varnished_ your bog-rolls?

>My family have been instructed, that should I suffer some incapacitating il=
lness that appears to deprive me of  speech they should try using the morse=20=
code in various audible, tactile and  visual forms!=20

A couple of examples of using Morse in similar circumstances:=20

1) About 20 years ago the son of a Belgian amateur was in hospital after a r=
oad traffic accident.  The lad was unable to speak, but had been learning Mo=
rse, so was provided with a key and buzzer and could then communicate.  His=20=
first request was for a drink of grape juice.

2) About 1969, a team at Standard Telecommunications Laboratories produced a=
 voice writer for an amateur who had considerable difficulty speaking.  I do=
n't think he used it on air but he made Morse sounds into the microphone and=
 the results were printed out.

John F5VLF
PS I am copying Pat's suggestion to my XYL in case... In the meantime, I agr=
ee with Pat that we should not disparage technology.  I have had a wrist pro=
blem for a long time and have not used a straight key for years.  This e-mai=
l is being dictated using voice recognition software and I hope later this y=
ear to be back on the air using an iambic keyer or something similar