Don's Voice - What it's like to speak again | Not Impossible Labs + HP

How will you #BendTheRules with technology and #VoiceYourLove this Valentine's day? Watch the full story: http://hp.nu/IS9KR Don's Voice is a heart-warming look at the true story of Don and Lorraine Moir, a farm family debilitated by ALS. Don and Lorraine married in 1989. Six years and three children later, Don was diagnosed with ALS. Week by week, Don lost more of his motor-neurological functions. Then on May 21, 1999, Don Moir was fitted with a ventilator. He hasn't spoken since. Don communicates via a letter board: a simple sheet of paper with the alphabet divided into quadrants. Letter-by-letter, word-by-word, the disease has forced Don to communicate silently through others for over a decade. After hearing Not Impossible Founder Mick Ebeling on the radio, Lorraine contacted Not Impossible to help create a digital solution for her husband. The Not Impossible team, led by volunteer Javed Gangjee, utilized its know-how, the HP x360 Convertible PC and SpeakYourMind Foundation software to develop a simple interface that replicated Don's paper letter board. Don was now able to access a new world of technology and communication for the first time since being diagnosed. Through this simple technology, Don independently wrote a love letter to his wife and was able to audibly say "I Love You, Lorraine" for the first time in 15 years. Don's life with technology has just begun. Not Impossible's mission is to "Help One, Help Many," and it takes brave people, like Don Moir, to inspire us to action. How will you #BendTheRules with technology and #VoiceYourLove? To continue learning more about the story, visit http://www.NotImpossibleNow.com For more about the SpeakYourMind Foundation and the work they're doing, visit http://speakyourmindfoundation.org/ To learn more about the HP x360 Don uses to communicate, visit http://www.hp.com/x360 Special Thanks to: Don, Lorraine, Andrew, Luke, & Emily Moir for their courage & dedication to Help One, Help Many. Javed Gangjee, Dan Bacher and the SpeakYourMind team for their tireless efforts to give a voice to those who need one. HP for believing in Not Impossible and our commitment in technology for the sake of humanity. Alan Yu, Todd Herskovitz and Maggie Hughes from YouTube who were huge advocates and supporters of Not Impossible & the Don's Voice Project. And, to Tempt, who got us started and continues to inspire us to action. http://www.NotImpossibleLabs.com Credits: Made possible by Hewlett Packard & Not Impossible. Executive Producers: Mick Ebeling, Caskey Ebeling, Elliot Kotek, & Andrew Moir. Producers: Mat Lundberg & Sophia Dilley. Directors of Photography: Lost & Found (David Usui and Ben Wu). Edited by: Matt Chessé. Sound Editor / Sound Mix: Suzanne Goldish. Original Score Composed by: Leah Curtis. Color Correction: Beau Leon. Visual Graphics: Simon Robson. Associate Producer: Leah Carnahan. Assistant Editors: Scott Chrisman & Matthew Sweat. Content Manager: Brian Mitchell. Location Production Assistant: Vincent Pun. Empowered by: SpeakYourMind. Software Developers: On-screen Keyboard evaluation program: Javed Gangjee, Not Impossible. Main Interface: SpeakYourMind, Javed Gangjee, Dan Bacher, Michael Weinstein. Word Prediction: SpeakYourMind, Javed Gangjee, & Michael Weinstein. Software Testing: SpeakYourMind, Javed Gangjee, & Kelsey Evans. Software Training and Support: Javed Gangjee, Not Impossible. Hardware Procurement: Not Impossible & David Putrino. Laptops provided by Hewlett Packard. Hardware Configuration: Javed Gangjee.