Affordable push-talk buttons??!?

I may have found an actually affordable speech button that records your speech and initiates it when the button is pushed!

Thanks to another mom on my Angelman Syndrome email list, I may not have to go about figuring out how to manufacture an affordable speech button myself! I was disgusted by the price tag of $100 or more for these speech devices since the recording device itself costs $9 and the rest is plastic. Companies like to charge more for things that their customer base needs for survival and can't find anywhere else. Thank goodness there is this company that seems to have some sort of moral compass! I'm going to try one to see if it is really easy for Jack to press, and if it is, we're going to get a bunch of them!

http://store.mayer-johnson.com/us/easy-push-talking-pocket.html

Jack and other people who may not be able to speak at any point in their lives, and who have trouble learning signs need augmentative communication devices like these buttons to be able to communicate with other people. It's not right to charge an arm and a leg for a product like this with parts made cheaply in China just because you can.