Non-verbal Accessibility
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Has selective mutism and autism and is non‑verbal for about 1.5 months and counting while working. Uses a phone as voice with a Bluetooth Apple keyboard, external battery, and a custom text-to-speech app. Typing speed around 80 wpm versus spoken ~200 wpm causes meeting timing, interruption and small‑talk failures. Video conferencing often blocks shared audio so the phone‑microphone workaround is flaky. Best accommodations are explicit cues from coworkers to give space; built solutions mostly work but introduce delays and occasional intelligibility problems.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:28What is selective mutism
- 1:11Stephen Hawking
- 2:35Asking someone to eat
- 3:17The voice synthesizer
- 4:10Typing vs speaking
- 7:45Using my phone
- 9:21Using an app
- 10:28Interview
- 11:38Communication
- 14:28Office Party
- 15:59Mirror Mode
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