'Breath Bird' Lets Disabled iPad Users Tweet Just By Breathing

I hope they got the timing right. to fast, and people won't be able to enter the characters they want to. too slow, and people will be irritated at it, and won't want to use it.

I really hope i dont sound like an idiot or a douche when I say this so I apologize ahead of time but, is a disabled person who cant use there hands or voice really going to have very much to tweet about?

that is a bit unwarranted, but that also raises another point: what would someone who can't use his hands be doing with an ipad in the first place?

RFOL! It's not like they're people or something!!!

Thank you, jonred5! My thoughts exactly.

@jonred5
they are people, but if they can't use their hands, how are they going to do anything with an ipad. it would be a wast of money for them. and if someone else was operating it for them, then couldn't they also tweet for them? it's a good idea, but it's also very unnecessary.

You people all need to get outside more. What kind of lame comments are these, "its not like they're people or something!!!" I'd say it's you that aren't people. Many people operate power wheelchairs, computers, environmental systems by blowing. That's how Superman operated his computer. How naive and ignorant of you all to think these people are so worthless. What have you accomplished in your lives? Have you accomplished more than Superman did after his accident? You should think before you write a comment like you did, it shows how uneducated and narrow minded you are. What makes you "real people"??? This is a great advance in technology for people with disabilities. How do you work your computers with no brains!!!!!!!!!!

technically they can do it their toes im sure

and i agree with cathy

now THAT was just plain rude. and if you would us YOUR brian, than you would realize that I never said anything condescending, or doubted the abilities of the crippled. I also have enough common sense to know that those who can't use their hands don't have ipads. I also know that, based on this article, it only works for the twitter, and they would still have to open the app in the first place. While the people may enjoy being able to tweet by them selves, it may not be worth the money just to tweet, and still have someone else operate everything for them. I'm not stupid, and do realize that such a thing, if opened to the whole ipad, could pave the way for hands free use, I also know that in this early stage it's hardly worth it.
and such biased comments, the automatic assumption that I was insulting the handicapped shows that you give just as little thought as you accuse us of having. and if you were't including me, than you should have specified before hand who you excluding, if you were even excluding anyone at all.
and it really irks me when such blind accusations are made, or when people always expect the worse in other people. you need to learn, not only respect, but how to disagree without calling people an idiot.
and maybe a bit of thought into what people are actually saying, and considering weather they are actually trying to be rude.

@bjorn: that is one idea I hadn't considered, but if so, it still wouldn't matter, as such software would be rendered impractical, and STILL proves my point.

@kenaicathy
That was sarcasm. It was not meant to be taken seriously.
And maybe the disabled people would be using their elbows. That is a weird word; elbows. Any disabled people with ipads here?
-Spouting a fountain of nonsense since 1995-

i disagree with most of the comments here. imagine having someone feeding you, changing your underwear, typing every tweet for you, washing your body for you everyday. i would be grateful for that person, but at the same time i would want some my private time. I want to do something on my own. Further I want to do something that everyone else is doing on their own, because even if I can't move my limbs or speak, i can think, i have feelings and i have personality. So i would be very happy if i can turn this little device called ipad on, and tweet and connect with people all over the world. People who won't know me as a person with disabilities, but as me with character. This software may not be a hit, it may still be 'useless' but the idea behind it is good, and i support it.

I wouldnt mind if someone disagrees with me, and i'm willing to talk more. But one thing that I would like to ask is not to use words such as "cripples" or even "disabled people". the latter seems to be perfectly fine, but I would rather have it said "people with disabilities". this is because the whole person is not disabled, the person has some disabled features. I hope this makes sense.

If this program can have a text-to-voice feature added, then it would almost certainly make for a great improvement to Stephen Hawking's apparatus...

@pikosama
You make many valid points. It still doesn't justify that someone with so little mobility should have an iPad.

"So i would be very happy if i can turn this little device called ipad on, and tweet and connect with people all over the world."

How would they turn on the device? I'm sure it's handy to have an app that lets you "breathe life into your words", but how would they start the device? Get to the app? Start the app? etc etc.

It's a good concept and I support advancements to help the lesser fortunate, but this isn't necessary.