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One Year of Paolo: What Carl the Collector Teaches Kids About AAC
On October 13, 2025, a friendly panda named Paolo made television history. In an episode of the PBS KIDS series Carl the Collector called “A New Friend,” young viewers met a character who is autistic, largely nonspeaking, and communicates using a speech tablet — the first time an AAC device had ever been represented in…
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EyeOn Air for Veterans: Hands-Free Communication for Those Who Served
Veterans have spent their careers speaking up for others. When an illness or injury takes away the ability to speak, they deserve technology that gives that voice back — quickly, reliably, and with dignity. EyeOn Air was designed with veterans and their families in mind, supporting people living with ALS, spinal cord injuries, stroke, and…
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Trick-or-Treat With AAC: A Halloween Guide for Families
Halloween is one of the most social nights of the year. Kids knock on doors, compliment costumes, and trade candy with friends. For AAC users, it’s also a fantastic, low-pressure chance to practice communication with dozens of friendly neighbors in a single evening. With a little planning, trick-or-treating can be fun, inclusive, and full of…
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Positioning Is Everything: How to Choose the Right Mount for Your Eye Gaze Device
Here’s something that surprises a lot of new eye gaze users: the device is only half the equation. Where that device sits — its height, angle, and distance from the user’s eyes — can make the difference between effortless communication and constant frustration. Eye trackers need a clear, steady view of the user’s eyes. If…
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Plan B Matters: Why Every Eye Gaze User Needs a Low-Tech Backup
High-tech AAC is life-changing. But even the best device can have a bad day. Bright sunlight can interfere with eye tracking. A device may need repair. A power outage, a hospital stay, or a trip to the pool can all put a device out of reach. That’s why every eye gaze user should have a…
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Brain-Computer Interfaces Are Making Headlines. What Does It Mean for AAC Users Today?
If you follow ALS or disability news, you’ve probably seen headlines about brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs — technology that reads signals from the brain and turns them into text, speech, or computer control. Two major studies this year have pushed the field forward, and many families are asking the same question: what does this mean…
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Meet EyeOn Go: Communication That Keeps Up With Your Day
Communication doesn’t stop when you leave the house. It happens at the grocery store, in the car, at a grandparent’s kitchen table, and at the doctor’s office. That’s why we built EyeOn Go for Communication — a purpose-built AAC tablet designed to go wherever the day leads. Ready to Talk, Right Out of the Box…
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Ten Years of Speechless: How J.J. DiMeo Changed the Way TV Talks About AAC
On September 21, 2016, ABC premiered a family sitcom that did something network television had almost never done: it built an entire show around a nonspeaking teenager — and made him the funniest, sharpest person in the room. Ten years later, Speechless still comes up in conversations with AAC families, speech-language pathologists, and educators. For…
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Model It, Don’t Test It: A Beginner’s Guide to Aided Language Modeling
Children learn to speak by hearing thousands of hours of spoken language before they ever say a word. Nobody expects a toddler to talk after hearing a word once — and nobody quizzes a baby on vocabulary. AAC works the same way. If someone is learning to communicate with a device, they need to see…
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Fall Conference Season: Where to Try EyeOn Air This Autumn
Fall is one of the busiest seasons for AAC and assistive technology conferences. EyeTech will not be exhibiting directly this season, but several of our valued vendor partners, including RM Speech, will be on-site at events across the country and ready to demo EyeOn Air in person. Why In-Person Demos Matter Conferences remain one of…
